Shivan Super Laser

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

Primaries
Secondaries
Turrets

Weapon Comparison Table, FS1

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. The incredibly rapid refire rate, designed so its hacked trails would look beamlike, means that it outdamages anything and everything.


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.