SAAA

Shivan Anti-fighter beam is the basic beam used by the Shivans in the FreeSpace 2 to defend capital ships against Terran and Vasudan fighters

Weapons in Descent: FreeSpace

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Weapons in FreeSpace 2

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Description

Basic Shivan anti-fighter beam weapon

Performance

Statistics

Range	1500 m
Recharge Time	5 s
Beam Lifetime	3.5 s
Type:	Anti fighter
Shots	3
Damage per second	50
Damage per second (sustained)	173 (total)
Damage per pulse	{{{8}}}

Notes

Veteran Comments

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The SAAA is actually weaker than its GTVA, the AAAf and AAAh. However, the SAAA's lower damage is offset by its faster recharge time, which almost equates to no recharge time on higher difficulties, so take it seriously.