Shivan Super Laser

The Shivan Super Laser is a primary weapon used in turrets of the large vessels.

Weapons in Descent: FreeSpace

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS1

Weapons in FreeSpace 2

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS2

Description

Weapon used to represent the beam weapons of the SD Lucifer in FS1

Performance

Statistics

Range	30 000 m
Rate of Fire	0.1 shots per second
Velocity	1 000 ms-1
Base Damage	15 000
Armor Damage	Full	15 000
Shield Damage	Full	15 000
Subsystem Damage	Full	15 000

Notes

Veteran Comments

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This weapon is meaner than near any beam in FreeSpace 2. Capable of taking down anything in its path in one or two hits, this is what made the Lucifer so dangerous. This is described as a "Flux Cannon" in the Lucifer's tech description.

THE gun, the meanest, most destructive weapon in FreeSpace, period.

On a side note, while the Shivan Super Lasers are still available in FreeSpace 2 (and can be used by the player through cheating), it is no longer a beam weapon, more of an insanely long-ranged turret projectile. It is still very dangerous, though.

It never was a beam weapon, except in the FreeSpace Port. FS1 did not have true beam weapons, so the SSL was a hack designed to look like a beam. In FS2, it is almost but not quite as strong as an LRed.