Glory Device

Overview

The Glory Device is a hull function that acts as a self-destruct feature. Although all hull models belong exclusively to the Fascist fleets, the device can be triggered by any race in possession of a ship equipped with the device.

These hulls below are each given varying degrees of friendly splash damage relative to a mine hit.

• D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer (20% friendly splash)
• Saber Class Frigate (10% friendly splash)
• Campaign ship D7b Painmaker Class Cruiser (half the normal mine hit damage and Planetary structures destroyed, net 10% friendly splash)
• Campaign ship D19c Nefarious Class Destroyer (20% friendly splash)
• Campaign ship Saber Class Shield Generator (10% friendly splash)

Conditions

There are two principle activation triggers for the Glory Device:

Manual Trigger

By setting the friendly code of the ship to 'POP' the Glory Device will be activated. The ship does not need fuel, however it will fail to trigger if it is destroyed beforehand by a mine/webmine hit or an ion storm. This code always detonates before the Warp Chunnel step in Host Order. On Planets.Nu even without any Crew due to Radiation Halo's, detonation is still possible.

Cloak Detection Trigger

By setting the friendly code of the ship to 'TRG' the glory device will activate if certain criteria are met, keeping in mind the effects the shockwave has on cloaked ships:

• The Glory Device ship and a cloaked enemy ship are present, the Glory Device ship has it's mission set to KILL
• The Glory Device ship and a cloaked enemy ship are present, and the Glory Device ship has the Primary Enemy set to that of the cloaked ship

Note: At Planets.Nu the KILL! mission will reset on a ship without fuel if anything interacts with it, such Robbed, Webmine hit, Webdrain or runs out-of-fuel while moving.

Actions

When triggered, the devices detonates the ship and causes 1 mine hit worth of damage (exception: D7b pop does half damage) to all ships at the location AFTER the movement phase. Any cloaked ships caught in the detonation are decloaked regardless of the damage level to prevent cloak setting.

Fascist ships, along with ships belonging to the player who owns the Glory Device ship take only the friendly splash percentage as listed in the overview. When a glory device is triggered over an foreign planet the following additional damage will be done:

• 40% of all Colonists will be killed. Lizard and Crystalline Colonists are immune.
• All Amorphous Natives will be vaporized, leaving behind a supply cache at a range of 1 per 10 clans, regardless of planetary ownership.
• 40% of all other Natives will also be killed. excluding Siliconoids, Reptilians, and Bovinoids as they are immune.
• 25% of all planetary structures will be destroyed (halved to 12.5% if detonated by a D7b Painmaker Class Cruiser)

Note: Numbers of Colonists/Natives/structures destroyed are rounded down, so one of each will always remain no matter how many detonations occur.

Ship Repair Reference

This reference is for Fascist players that need to plan how to handle their fleets when Glory Device(s) are used. Cargo numbers are bolded for those ships which can repair themselves on the same Turn as the detonation happens, provided they have enough Supplies onboard after they get hit by a Glory Device.

Tech	Name	Mass	Cargo	20% FSD	10% FSD
1	Small Deep Space Freighter	30	70	335	165
2	D7a Painmaker Class Cruiser	170	120	60	30
2	Little Pest Class Escort	75	20	135	65
3	Neutronic Fuel Carrier	10	2	dead	dead
3	Medium Deep Space Freighter	60	200	165	85
4	D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser	175	100	55	30
4	Small Transport	30	50	335	165
5	Ill Wind Class Battlecruiser	275	260	35	20
5	D3 Thorn Class Destroyer	90	40	110	55
6	Large Deep Space Freighter	130	1200	75	40
6	Valiant Wind Class Carrier	180	80	55	30
6	Deth Specula Class Frigate	113	35	90	45
6	D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer	96	40	105	50
8	Saber Class Frigate	153	25	65	35
9	Neutronic Refinery Ship	712	1050	15	5
10	Super Transport Freighter	160	2600	65	30
10	Victorious Class Battleship	451	130	20	10
10	Merlin Class Alchemy Ship	920	2700	10	5

Formulas used:

• =ROUND(10000/mass*0.2)*5 for D19b Glory Device Explosion
• =ROUND(10000/mass*0.1)*5 for Saber Glory Device Explosion

hitdamage = Round(10000/(m+1));

d7bhitdamage = Round(hitdamage / 2);

d7bfriendlydamage = Round(d7bhitdamage * 0.2);

Differences between NuHost and Host 3.22

• Stellar Cartography: Any non-Robotic ships that get hit by a Glory Device while in radiation will immediately take a loss in crew and colonists equal to the radiation due to the sudden hull breach
• Campaign: The D7b, D19c, and Saber Shield Generator designs are exclusive to NuHost
• NuHost does not require a Glory Device ship to have fuel in order to use any of the triggers. Host 3.22, on the other hand, requires fuel on a trg code involving a kill mission

References

• Glory Device on Donovan's Super Site
• Absolution Gap: Frequently Asked Questions about Glory Devices - Planets Mag
• Glory Device on Planets.Nu's Documentation