Default: 41 (Saber)

Numeric Value: 18

The Glory Device is a special means of self-destruction. When triggered, it will explode the ship and turn the explosive energy into deadly Berthold rays. This will damage all ships that are at the same position:

  • Enemy ships will get damaged by the same amount as one mine hit.
  • Own ships, and ships you offered the ship and combat levels of alliance, will get 10% of that damage. The "low damage" in the name refers to just that.

When detonated in orbit of a planet, the planet will be damaged.

  • 1/4 of the planetary structures will be destroyed.
  • 40% of the population (colonists and natives) will be destroyed. Lizards and Crystals are immune to this, as are Bovinoid and Reptilian natives. Another exception are Amorphous natives: These will all be killed and turned into supplies (1 supply per 10 clans). This is the only way to get rid of Amorphs.
  • When the planet is owned by the same player as the GD ship, only the Amorph thing happens; planetary structures and other populations remain intact.

The Glory Device can be triggered in two ways:

  • With the pop friendly code, the glory device will go off immediately (after movement, before combat).
  • With the trg friendly code and the Kill mission, the glory device will go off when it detects a cloaked ship owned by any race you have not offered the ship level of alliance. When the ship doesn't have a kill mission but a primary enemy setting, only ships belonging to that race or to the declared enemies will trigger the glory device (unless they are allied).

Preconditions for Glory Device:

  • Ship has fuel
  • Glory Device is triggered using trg or pop (i.e. it will never go off when not asked for)

Combinations:

  • GloryDeviceLow/HighDamage + AntiCloak
  • ► 

    (4.0i/3.4k) When a glory device goes off, the explosion also emits Tachyon radiation which will decloak all ships in range.

  • GloryDeviceLowDamage + GloryDeviceHighDamage
  • ► Ship does low damage to own units. Until 4.0i, glory device would have done high damage.

Relevant PControl Stage: GloryDevices (Id order)

Relevant Configuration Option: AllowGloryDevice.

Relevant Formulas: Glory Device.