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.