

Apart from these problems that can be easily resolved, the crystals power of locking down a room with crystal means that the enemy doesnt stand a chance when boarding is involved. Cloaking is also as standard which is extremely helpful and the only downside is that there isnt a clonebay (because it was in the game before the advanced edition) and there are no weapons at all. With a 4-man teleporter compared to the shrikes measly 2-man tele, boarding with friends has never been easier.

Tetragon start: Managed to get Vulcan/2 Flaks and a complete deck of Drones. I Said that the Shrike was considered to be the best by some, others think that this is. adds so many goofy looking things that just didnt really fit the OG FTL vibe. This crystal ship comes with a heavy crystal launcher and a burst crystal launcher, both of which can go through 1 layer of shielding, making it a great ship to have for the first few jumps, also the augmentation of the crystal means that if you are hit, there is a 10% chance that a lump of crystal will fly off your ship and hit theirs,The ultimate revenge weapon. The reactor is so small that the backup battery has to be used for the ship to have power,so end your battles quick or you are in some trouble This ship starts with a chain ion and a beam drone, it should be fine, right? Wrong. making it a good all rounder in terms of combat. However the 2 ion blasts and the pike beam does balance the ship. it starts with a weakened shield system and so a level 1 shield will require 100 scrap in upgrades.

This Ship may have the zoltan shield for defence, but not much else. Sector 5 or 6, good Shields and Engines, upgraded hacking, fair weapons rack (though in retrospect, it wouldn't stand a bat's chance in hell against the Flagship), though a crew of five humans and two engi (I think). To save missiles in the first few sectors, dont use the Leto and instead start your laser over their shield room, with any luck, the shields will go down (because it does 2 damage per room hit, if it hits the shield, it will go through and do 1 damage instead) and normal damage will occur to any other rooms your laser passes through. The Adjudicator is the 1st of the zoltan ships, which means that is has a zoltan shield, so dont expect early teleporters or hacking drones coming to your ship anytime soon.
