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They have however been observed operating in planetary atmospheres in temperatures exceeding 12,000 standard units and gravity wells well over 2 standard gravities before succumbing to the pressure. Like all First One ships, save the Vorlons and Lorien's Vessel, Shadow vessels have never been observed utilising normal Jump points and instead appear to "phase" between normal space and Hyperspace. A sufficiently strong telepath can effectively "jam" a ship's systems leaving it vulnerable to attack from conventional energy weapons. The only known weakness in this system is susceptibility to telepathic interference. This take the form of a specially prepared sentient being that, once merged, acts as the ship's central processing unit. Like most Shadow Technology, these ships require a living component to operate. They have even been known to capture and take on board small non-Shadow craft such as an Earth Alliance Starfury. Auxiliary crafts Īside from their role as front-line warships, Shadow Vessels also act as mother ships to a number of smaller craft including transports and a complement of fighters.
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When fired into an active hyperspace vortex it causes the formed jump point to quickly collapse, which leads to a massive shockwave that will destroy any ships caught in the blast radius. The Shadow vessel also possesses a weapon capable of destabilizing jump points. A direct hit from this weapon is under normal circumstances sufficient to destroy almost any known ship and a fully operational Shadow Vessel never misses. An extremely powerful war machine, its primary beam weapon has an energy output on par with a controlled thermonuclear reaction and can effortlessly cut through even a four-mile-wide space station from a range of around a dozen miles.