Glory Device

The Fury have two base starships that have an explosive device built into the hull called a Glory Device. These two starships are the D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer and the Saber Class Frigate. In addition, the Glory Device is in three starships that can be researched for use in Campaign games. These are the D7b Painmaker Class Cruiser, the D19c Nefarious Class Destroyer and the Saber Class Shield Generator.

A Glory Device consists of a shaped charge of chemical explosive placed near the in-system engines, and configured to blast through them. This creates a plasma flare that does damage to nearby starships (within the same grid square) similar to the amount of damage from a single mine hit. The starship containing the Glory Device is, of course, completely destroyed. This starship destruction is much more controlled than normal, so it is not noticed by remote sensors.

Starships owned by the race that controls the Glory Device take less damage from a Glory Device detonation than other races. This is because the race that controls the starship containing the Glory Device has the ability to steer the plasma flare away from their starships. In addition, the Fury who developed it built in a safety override which automatically steers the plasma flare away from any Fury starship. To date, no race has been able to disable the safety override without disabling the Glory Device.

If a Glory Device detonation occurs over a planet with Amorphous natives, all the natives will be converted into supplies at the rate of 1 KT of supplies per 1,000 natives, regardless of planet owner.

If a Glory Device detonation occurs over an uncolonized planet, or over a planet controlled by a player other than the player who controlled the Glory Device, it will kill 40% of all colonists (except Lizard and Crystalline), 40% of all natives (except Bovinoid, Reptilian, and Siliconoid), and a significant portion of Planetary Structures ( Mines , Factories and Defense Posts ). It is not possible to completely depopulate a planet by using Glory devices; at least 1 clan will always remain.

Starship	Damage	Collateral	Structures
Hull	Delivered	Damage	Destroyed
D19b	1 mine	0.2 mines	25%
D19c	1 mine	0.2 mines	25%
D7b	0.5 mines	0.1 mines	12.5%
Saber Class Frigate	1 mine	0.1 mines	25%
Saber Class Shield Generator	1 mine	0.1 mines	25%

• Damage Delivered – This is the amount of damage delivered to each starship that is at the same location as the Glory Device, and belongs to a race other than the Fury, or the race who owned the starship with the Glory Device.
• Collateral Damage – This is the amount of damage delivered to each starship that is at the same location as the Glory Device, and belongs to the Fury, or the race who owned the starship with the Glory Device.

Glory Device Friendly Codes:

• POP – This code will cause the Glory Device to explode after all movement has completed.
• TRG – This code will cause the Glory Device to detonate after movement, if any cloaked enemy starship is detected (determined by a short-range neutrino detector). You can set your Primary Enemy to the race that you want to detect. If you set the mission to Kill! the Glory Device detonation will be triggered by any cloaked enemy starship. In both cases, starships belonging to players set to Safe Passage or higher will not trigger a Glory Device detonation. If there is no Primary Enemy set, and the mission is not Kill! , the Glory Device will not be triggered. It's important to remember that, if the Glory Device is not triggered to detonate, the starship will follow its orders as would any other ship not set to Kill! .

Any cloaked starship that is damaged by a Glory Device will uncloak immediately.

For specifics on timing with regard to the Host Order and the Glory Device, please see The Host Order of Combat.

For an in-depth look at details and tactics associated with the Glory Device, this off-site guide may be of use.

See also: Out of Fuel.

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