MITOSIS
THRACE SHIPS
(MR5.1) THRACE HEAVY CRUISER (CA)
The Thrace Heavy Cruiser was a feared combatant during the early years of Mitosis. Thrace starship design was atypical due to the unusual nature of their heavy weapons. While nearly all other Mitosis vessels concentrated their fire to the port and starboard sides, the Thrace Heavy Cruiser was unique in that it could focus its firepower to the bow and stern. To support this design, the Thrace Heavy Cruiser featured unusually strong forward shields.
The devices carried by Thrace starships were able to generate a globe of destructive energy which was deadly to starships and shuttles at close range. Due to the 360 degree nature of these generators, the Thrace vessel did not have to bring the opponent into any kind of firing arc; the Thrace Heavy Cruiser simply closed the range and allowed the globe to strike the enemy directly. Germania Heavy Cruisers, in particular, found combat against Thrace starships to be frustrating because the energy globe provided a natural defense against their seeking weapons.
The Thrace Heavy Cruiser stood out among its peers in terms of energy management. Not only did the Thrace Heavy Cruiser have double the standard compliment of batteries, but it also possessed an ample supply of auxiliary power. This tremendous reservoir of power was necessary not only to arm the spheres of energy, but also to charge the many phasers that the Thrace Heavy Cruiser relied upon when the enemy was out of range of its close range energy globes.
Inexperienced Thrace Captains would adopt a strategy of simply charging at the enemy in an attempt to ram them with their energy spheres. However, experienced Thrace Captains knew that this method was predictable and easily countered. For this reason, seasoned Thrace Captains instead utilized tactics which called for first wearing the opponent down with phaser fire, taking advantage of the phenomenal phaser firing arcs inherent on the Thrace Heavy Cruiser. Only after the enemy starship’s shields have been worn down do experienced Thrace Captains give the order to close, typically using their generous supply of reserve power to give the Thrace Heavy Cruiser a sudden burst of speed.
EXPANDING SPHERE GENERATORS
These function exactly as standard ESG’s.
PHASER-1’S
These function exactly as standard Phasers.
PHASER-3’S
These function exactly as standard Phasers.
