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Medium Disruptor Beam (Apocalypse)

2010-03-02T07:22:31Z

Aquatoid Commander:

[[Image:med lazer.png|frame|The Medium Disruptor Beam, image from the UFOpaedia]]

The Medium Disruptor Beam is the second of the vehicle disruptor weapons. It is one of the more useful and perhaps the most popular of the three types of aircraft disruptor beams. Medium Disruptors will often make up the majority of the weapons armed on all interceptors towards the final stages of the game. They are also one of the vital components necessary for X-COM Disruptor Armor research.

Medium Disruptors offer twice the firepower and range of the [[Light Disruptor Beam (Apocalypse)|Light Disruptor Beam]] and are strong enough to pierce the hulls of the [[Alien Battleship (Apocalypse) | Battleship]] and [[Alien Mothership (Apocalypse) | Mothership]]. As as per the norm with all disruptor technology, they are powered by drawing energy from the [[Alien Dimension (Apocalypse) | Alien Dimension]] and thus do not need ammunition.

Additionally, they can be mounted onto a wide variety of combat aircraft. The size of a Medium Disruptor Beam is fairly bulky at 2×3 slots. For the conventional aircraft this means that only the [[Hawk Air Warrior (Apocalypse)|Hawk Air Warrior]] can mount this weapon. All [[X-COM Hybrid Aircraft]] from the [[Explorer]] up to the [[Annihilator]] can arm the Medium Disruptors.

Medium Disruptor beams are commonly found on the [[Alien Assault Ship (Apocalypse) | Alien Assault Ship]], which are amongst the most straightforward of the UFOs to capture. It is highly recommended that these ships are shot down and captured as soon as and as often as reasonably possible.

== See Also ==

* [[Vehicle Weapons (Apocalypse)|Vehicle Weapons]]
* [[Light Disruptor Beam (Apocalypse)|Light Disruptor Beam]]
* [[Heavy Disruptor Beam (Apocalypse)|Heavy Disruptor Beam]]

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Heavy Disruptor Beam (Apocalypse)

2010-03-02T07:21:13Z

Aquatoid Commander:

[[Image:heavy lazer.png|frame|The Heavy Disruptor Beam, image from the UFOpaedia]]

This is the ultimate aircraft weapon in the game. It has double the firepower, range and size of the [[Medium Disruptor Beam (Apocalypse) | Medium Disruptor Beam]], allowing it take down large UFOs easily. As with other disruptor weapons, it has an infinite ammunition supply.

Its large space requirements of 4×4 slots means that it can only be armed on the [[Annihilator]]'s forward weapon mount. No other ship is capable of arming it.

Being the most destructive aircraft weapon, it is also one of the most dangerous weapons to use while fighting UFOs in [[Mega-Primus]] as long ranged attacks are highly prone to missing their marks, and any misfired shot will level any building in a single shot. It is in its element in the [[Alien Dimension (Apocalypse)|Alien Dimension]] as you can be as destructive as you like. The extreme range of the Heavy Disruptor Beam is best utilized while under manual vehicle control or when the Annihilator is hovering in the air at a great distance from its target.

This weapon is recovered from capital class UFOs such as the [[Alien Battleship (Apocalypse) | (Type 9) Alien Battleship]] and [[Alien Mothership (Apocalypse) | (Type 10) Alien Mothership]].

== See Also ==

* [[Vehicle Weapons (Apocalypse)|Vehicle Weapons]]
* [[Annihilator]]

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Small Disruption Shield (Apocalypse)

2010-03-02T07:18:45Z

Aquatoid Commander:

[[Image:Small shield.png|frame|The Small Disruptor Shield, image from the UFOpaedia]]

Like the Personal Disruption Shield, each Small Disruption Shield provides an extra 200 units of hit points to the vehicle that it is mounted on. The shield energy bar will even recharge slowly over time.

The small disruption shield is the most popular of the two varieties of shields as it is the most compact and will fit on many ships, including earlier aircraft like the [[Phoenix Hovercar (Apocalypse)|hovercar]]s. Its size is also shared by very many other useful optional vehicle modifications such as the two largest accuracy modifiers, [[Missile Evasion Matrix (Apocalypse) | Missile Evasion Matrix]] and even the [[Teleporter (Apocalypse)| Teleporter]]. This means that if you have sudden need of any one of these modifications, it can be added by simply swapping out one shield.

Arming a vehicle with shields, even if it's only one, will bring a whole new level of air combat to the playing field. Ships will be able to rush into combat, sustain a few hits, retreat, recharge and then fly back into the fray over and over again, meaning less downtime in the repair bay. Or even if the ships need a lot of time in the repair bay, fully charged shields can give them a temporary lease of life so that they can attend to an air skirmish - as long as the shields hold out.

Bear in mind that a newly bolted on shield will always be empty, so you cannot simply put on a new shield in the middle of a battle. You have to let the ship have some time to replenish its shield.

Finally, while shields can be mounted on some [[Roadcars and Tanks (Apocalypse)|ground vehicles]], destruction of the road underneath the vehicle will render the shield's benefits completely useless.

== Vehicle vs. Personal Shield ==

Vehicle shields differ from the hand-held shields in that energy bar for all the shields mounted onto the vehicle will combine into a single bar. This has the advantage that you won't lose the individual shields as their hit points get used up.

The disadvantage to the combined energy bar is that once the entire shield bar is depleted, all of the shields are destroyed at once. Also, because the shields are not independent, energy will recharge at a constant rate no matter how few or how many shields are currently on board.

== See Also ==
* [[Vehicle Equipment (Apocalypse)|Vehicle Equipment]]
* [[Small vs Large Disruption Shields (Apocalypse)| Small vs Large Disruption Shields]]

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File:Small shield.png

2010-03-02T07:13:11Z

Aquatoid Commander: Ufopedia picture of the Small Disruptor Shield

Ufopedia picture of the Small Disruptor Shield

File:Heavy lazer.png

2010-03-02T07:12:19Z

Aquatoid Commander: Ufopedia picture of the Heavy Disruptor Beam.

Ufopedia picture of the Heavy Disruptor Beam.

File:Med lazer.png

2010-03-02T07:11:27Z

Aquatoid Commander: Ufopedia picture of the Medium Disruptor Beam.

Ufopedia picture of the Medium Disruptor Beam.