Ion Cannon (Original)
| Title | Ion Cannon (Original) |
|---|---|
| Side | Dark |
| Type | Weapon — Starship |
| Set | Premiere Limited |
| Rarity | U1 |
| Uniqueness | Unrestricted |
| Destiny | 5 |
| Icons | Weapon |
| card_uid | 1_318o |
| Version | printed (Decipher archive) |
| Printings | Printed Decipher face — this page (1_318o)Ion Cannon (PC Errata) — PC AR 2023 Appendix A |
Ion Cannon (Original) 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.com cardlists archive face (Wayback / 2004 backup). Game text from printed archive GIF.
- PC rewrite: Ion Cannon (PC Errata). Side-by-side: Errata — PC Errata.
Strategy
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.
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').[2]
- 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
- Premiere Dark Side card list at Decipher.com (archive, 11 June 2002)
- Star Wars CCG cardlists index at Decipher.com (archive, 25 December 2008)
- Complete Card List (Decipher PDF, archive 28 September 2007) — Dark Weapon: Ion Cannon, Premiere, U1