Yeah I never thought the Lucifer debris was going to be much use. They blew that ship to pieces and on top of that they ripped it in half. I figure they may have learned bits and pieces but nothing really usable. Certainly not the ability to develop Shivan beam weaponry. But I did think they would be on a similar development path as the GTVA....beams seemed the logical thing that they would come up with. But I wanted it to be slightly less advanced...so they have anti fighter beams (less effective), more pulsed weapons, flak (seemed logical that they would have it) but less of it, and the torpedoes.
At the moment torpedoes are targetable but the tables are likely to change somewhat before we're finished. The special effects and torpedo models need work as well. Basically the torpedoes are a bit like rail guns with magnetic accelerators getting them up to speed. I wanted a suitably outfitted Sol Military destroyer to be able to almost stand up to a similar GTVA ship. Two Orions can really duke it out between each other...with one firing torpedoes and the other using beams. The beams are undeniably cooler but the torpdoes have their own charm.
