Ion Cannon
| Title | Ion Cannon |
|---|---|
| Side | Dark |
| Type | Weapon — Starship |
| Set | Premiere Limited |
| Publisher | Decipher |
| Era | Decipher era |
| Rarity | U1 |
| Uniqueness | Unrestricted |
| Destiny | 5 |
| Icons | Weapon |
| GEMP ID | 1_318o |
| Versions | Decipher — this page (1_318o)Decipher Errata — Ion Cannon (Errata) ( 1_318) |
Ion Cannon is a Dark Weapon (Starship) from Premiere Limited.
Card Text
Use 2 Force to deploy on any Star Destroyer. May target using 1 Force. Draw destiny. If destiny +2 > target's armor or maneuver, all weapons aboard target are lost, armor or maneuver = 0 and hyperspeed = 0.
Lore
Fires blasts of ionized energy. Causes massive disruptions in weapon, engine and computer systems aboard a target. Disables starship defenses against tractor beams.
Notes
- Decipher Glossary Version 2.0 Errata. Side-by-side faces: Errata.
Strategy
By Brian Lee[1]
A great combo to do with the "Ion Cannon" and the "Turbolaser Battery" is to fire the "Ion Cannon" (preferably at a "Correlian Corvette" filled with passengers) at a capital Starship. Then, if you hit them, fire your "Turbolaser Battery" at the ship. It's near impossible to miss the ship considering it has an armor of 0. If you do this all in one turn the Light side can't do anything about it, which really could be nice if the starship is filled with troublesome characters like Luke, Obi-Wan, etc.
Reviews
- Jeff Hansen, "Ion Cannon", Neglected Card Series, Corellian Engineering Corporation (2000). Hansen calls it a Star Destroyer toy that strips a starship's weapons and defense value and strands it for a tractor beam or a beatdown. "This makes it easy prey for a tractor beam, and gets rid of obnoxious weapons to boot!"[2]
Combos
Rulings
- Whether fired during battle or at another time, the target starship is armor/maneuver and hyperspeed = 0 until it leaves play (or until something makes it 'restored to normal').[3]
- Weapons aboard the starship are only lost as a one-time response to the Cannon firing. Weapons can subsequently be deployed on the starship without becoming lost.
Pulled by
Canceled by
Characteristics
- cannon
- ion cannon
See Also
Sources
- Decipher Glossary Version 2.0 (November 1998)
- Printed face: Ion Cannon
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020804011354/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/premiere/dark/small/ioncannon.html
- ↑ "Ion Cannon" review, Jeff Hansen, Neglected Card Series, Corellian Engineering Corporation fan site (GeoCities). Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Listed on the site's Articles page by 14 October 2000. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scomp: Ion Cannon; card data swccg-card-json Light.json (commit d4e661ec). Preserved copy: Internet Archive