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Pulsed Maser Mk3 is a redesign of the weapon series. It periodically fires glowing sticky spheres which deal very little immediate damage but instead deal continuous stacking damage over a long time. Although the DPS output starts out very low, it quickly ramps up to levels similar to other weapons as more spheres are stuck to the target. It has extremely good heat management allowing for continuous use over extended periods, potentially infinitely if a strong enough cooling rate mod is used. Although it has a massive 3.0 km range, it has slow projectile speed making it hard to hit moving targets. The continuous damage from sticky spheres supresses target shield regeneration. The shield suppression and good damage make it effective at removing capital ship components. Its high DPS and good heat management make it effective at lowering and managing capital ship hulls in preparation for boarding. Usefulness in dogfights is badly affected by the slow projectile speed and the delayed damage. Due to the delayed damage mechanic, practice is needed in order to avoid wasting time by sticking additional spheres to an already as good as dead target.
Teladi ships capital ships are of a unique dome shaped design.a dome shaped design series. This is considerably different from X3 where their ships were more a merger of tech from other races. All these ships offer great mobility, offering the highest speeds and turn rates of ships in their class. Offensively they tend towards few but strategically placed turrets under powerful forcefield generators. The capital shipwrights are located aboard Serpentine Haze/Verdant Profit/TU Overwatch.
Teladi Trade ships only come in specific cargo varieties. The XL variants have top end mobility with competitive toughness and decent anti-capital defenses in the form of numerous Plasma/MA Turrets. The Energy variants suffer from very low capacity XL offerings making them considerably worse than ships like the Lyranea. Although the Container variants are beaten for speed by the Sanahar, the XL offerings have unparalleled capacity. Likewise the bulk offerings also have unprecedented capacity. Although the liquid variants cargo space is only mediocre, they do still have mobility and toughness advantages for their price. With exception of Container, the Vulture L series is very competitive in the L transport class. The Albatross and Crane XL series are not that useful as they are mostly obsoleted by the Albatross XL series which offers the same mobility but with better capacity, toughness and weapon systems for similar value efficiency. The Albatross XL series large cargo capacities generally cannot be fully utilized during trading however the Container variant makes a good mobile warehouse for hoarding various high value products such as construction materials and the bulk version can be a decent mining ship.
Teladi Fight ships are only available in XL variants and are the most physically compact in their class.
Heart of Light (Interlude)
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