XF5700 Mantis - Technology

Technology

Many of the game's ships were majory different than shown in the manual, such as the Mantis not being the ship shown on the box, but rather a streamlined fighter jet.

Human Ships

  • XF5700 Mantis, the main starfighter of FOE.
  • Behemoth, the appearance suggests the Behemoth is presummed to be captured Sirian freighters. Is used by the humans as a Superfreighter.
  • Palamino, small utility craft used by FOE.
  • Kangaroo, a small but wide cargo ship used by FOE.
  • SolBase, FOE's large starbase for defending Earth. Holds 1200 humans.

Sirian Ships

  • Sirian Attack Vessel (SAV), the main invasion craft used by the Sirians. The SAV is a carrier vessel, can hold up to 20 Drones & Dragonflys.
  • Drone, small Sirian scout craft.
  • Dragonfly, larger Sirian starfighter.
  • Wasp, the Sirian's heavy attack craft, this is classified by FOE as a "Large Attack Ship", or Large Starfighter. The manual shows the Wasp as a smaller version of the SAV, with only one tail instead of two.
  • Hornet, the Sirian's large assault craft.

Weapons

  • Mass-Driver Cannon
  • Point Defense Cannon, Anti-Missile weapon
  • Stinger Missile, first missile developed by FOE. Equipped with a 100 kg warhead. Destroys a Drone in 1 hit.
  • Nuclear Missile, equipped with a 200 kg warhead. Can disable Sirian propulsion & weapon systems.
  • Pseudostellar Missile, the most destructive missile weapon. It destroys everything within a 5 km radius.
  • Proximity mine, detonates close to its target.
  • X-ray Laser mine, a small "mine" that shoots a high energy X-Ray laser at a target. Can be used 3 times.

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