Difference between revisions of "Torch"

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The Thraddash Torch is the pride and joy of Thraddash Culture Nineteen. It is very small, but its maneuverability and its powerful afterburners make it a serious contender even against large ships.

Navigation

The Torch is a small, somewhat slow ship with excellent maneuverability and acceleration.

Armament

Primary

The Torch's main weapon is the medium-range Mark-VI blaster. Its four-megawatt energy discharge is pretty weak, but it does have some suprising characteristics, such as resistance to the Earthling Cruiser's point-defense lasers, and the Umgah Drone's anti-matter cone. In the right hands, it can be an incredibly effective weapon.

Secondary

The Reeunk Afterburner accelerates the Torch to incredible speeds and leaves in its wake a fiery trail of ionized plasma that, while still hot, can cripple enemy ships in seconds should one be following too closely. It is so useful in an offensive capacity that most Thraddash pilots consider it to be the primary weapon on the Torch.

The Reeunk Afterburner is a relatively recent addition to the Torch. Earlier revisions of this ship were armed only with the Mark-VI Blaster and therefore deemed too ineffective for combat by the Ur-Quan. Once they became Battle Thralls, the Thraddash were ordered to "guard the rear" by staying in their home territory. Now that their ships have been improved, the Thraddash would love nothing more than to try them out against another race and thus prove their worth to the Ur-Quan.

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 The [[Thraddash]] [[Torch]] is the pride and joy of Thraddash Culture Nineteen.  It is very small, but its maneuverability and its powerful afterburners make it a serious contender even against large ships.
-The Torch's main weapon is the medium-range Mark VI blaster.  The blaster is pretty weak (although it can penetrate an [[Umgah]] [[Drone]]'s anti-matter cone), so most Thraddash pilots use the secondary weapon, the [[Reeunk]] Afterburner as their main weapon.  The afterburner accelerates the Torch to incredible speeds and leaves in its wake a fiery trail of ionized plasma that, while still hot, can cripple enemy ships in seconds should one be following too closely.
+==Navigation==
+The Torch is a small, somewhat slow ship with excellent maneuverability and acceleration.
-The Reeunk Afterburner is a relatively recent addition to the Torch.  Earlier revisions of this ship were armed only with the blaster and therefore deemed too ineffective for combat by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]].  Once they became battle thralls, the Thraddash were ordered to "guard the rear" by staying in their home territory.  Now that their ships have been improved, the Thraddash would love nothing more than to try them out against another race and thus prove their worth to the Kzer-Za.
+==Armament==
+===Primary===
+The Torch's main weapon is the medium-range Mark-VI blaster.  Its four-megawatt energy discharge is pretty weak, but it does have some suprising characteristics, such as resistance to the [[Earthling]] [[Cruiser]]'s point-defense lasers, and the [[Umgah]] [[Drone]]'s anti-matter cone.  In the right hands, it can be an incredibly effective weapon.
+===Secondary===
+The [[Reeunk]] Afterburner accelerates the Torch to incredible speeds and leaves in its wake a fiery trail of ionized plasma that, while still hot, can cripple enemy ships in seconds should one be following too closely.  It is so useful in an offensive capacity that most Thraddash pilots consider it to be the primary weapon on the Torch.
+The Reeunk Afterburner is a relatively recent addition to the Torch.  Earlier revisions of this ship were armed only with the Mark-VI Blaster and therefore deemed too ineffective for combat by the [[Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]].  Once they became [[Battle Thrall]]s, the Thraddash were ordered to "guard the rear" by staying in their home territory.  Now that their ships have been improved, the Thraddash would love nothing more than to try them out against another race and thus prove their worth to the Ur-Quan.
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