What I find funny about this ship is that it has a 'Death Blossom with infinite recharge'... The Pkunk Fury's Death Blossom [Star Control I, II and III] (for those of you who don't know) came from the Pkunk ship (with a high turn speed [2-d universe]) rotating in either direction, firing its main gun (which is three turrets in a _|_ formation), whilst occasionally insulting the enemy to recharge its gun. The ship ALREADY has an infinite recharge, and is pretty pointless in the first place (unless you, like myself, are a highly qualified Fury Fighter Pilot who resurrects far too many times in one battle).
And I could take out your ship with one Arrow VI.
Take the Arrow chassis, replace the main guns with a pair of Dust Cannons, make the power plant slightly larger, increase its Decoy storage space (make it 28 instead of the [24?] it already has), and load it with 6 ELRIRs. Then, from 10000 klicks, I can beast your "ship" with impunity.
AND I can say I took out a super-fighter.
Oh, and if those ELRIRs don't work, I can always take you out the tried-and-true way: Strafing.
At 1400 klicks, you're not likely to hit me, but I can hit yooooouuuuuuu.
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Maestro: "Lighten up Spyder! We're not gonna die! We're gonna WIN!!"
Zero: "Hey, Maestro... Uhh... If you DIE, can we pick through your stuff before we head back to Sol?"
Maestro: "You can burn in Hell."
[This message has been edited by Anagram (edited October 17, 2000).]