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* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner [[MacrossMissileMassacre using a full cargo bay of missiles]]; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. In addition, [[SuperPersistentMissile any [=M7M=] missile can lock on to new enemy targets after their original one is destroyed]]. And this is taken UpToEleven when you find and use the Missile Barrage command in the command console. Think about it: a single barrage of a single-warhead missile launches 8 missiles. One multi-warhead missile fires as eight missiles. One barrage of an multi-warhead missile generates 64 of them at once. And of course, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can determine how many barrages you want for your own liking]], though you do have to take note that more barrages can cause your computer to use a lot more resources; in other words, your game will lag. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

* The Springblossom corvette in ''X3: Terran Conflict''. It's a corvette which has the firepower of a Prototype M6, can outrun most fighter craft, has the cargo bay of a small transporter, and can use Prototype Starburst Shockwave Cannon, which is ''frigate-grade flak weapon''. The only disadvantage to it are the rarity of the weapons it uses (you can't build factories for Aldrin weapons), and the fact that the insane speed will mean you're probably going to end up ramming into enemies and dying, a lot. Its little brother, the Spitfyre interceptor, can outrun most scout ships, has the firepower of a prototype M3 (or potentially an ''M6'', if you use Matter/Antimatter Launchers), and the shielding of a M3 Raider.

* The Phased Shockwave Generator is an immensely powerful AreaOfEffect weapon that does wonders on both fighters and capital ships. Add to the fact that it can be mounted on most M3 fighters and you got yourself a weapon that rack up your kill count and combat ranking very quickly. This weapon became nerfed to being only compatible with capital ships in ''Terran Conflict'' and ''Albion Prelude''.

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner [[MacrossMissileMassacre using a full cargo bay of missiles]]; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. In addition, [[SuperPersistentMissile any [=M7M=] missile can lock on to new enemy targets after their original one is destroyed]]. And this is taken UpToEleven when you find and use the Missile Barrage command in the command console. Think about it: a single barrage of a single-warhead missile launches 8 missiles. One barrage of an eight-warhead missile generates 64 of them at once. And of course, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can determine how many barrages you want for your own liking]], though you do have to take note that more barrages can cause your computer to use a lot more resources; in other words, your game will lag. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. In addition, [[SuperPersistentMissile any [=M7M=] missile can lock on to new enemy targets after their original one is destroyed]]. And this is taken UpToEleven when you find and use the Missile Barrage command in the command console. Think about it: a single barrage of a single-warhead missile launches 8 missiles. One barrage of an eight-warhead missile generates 64 of them at once. And of course, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can determine how many barrages you want for your own liking]], though you do have to take note that more barrages can cause your computer to use a lot more resources; in other words, your game will lag. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

** Due to a typo in the data for its anticapital weapon, the ATF Skirnir is a GameBreaker even by [=M7M=] standards. Like all [=M7Ms=], it has eight missile tubes. Its primary weapon is the Shadow missile, which has [[RecursiveAmmo eight warheads]]. Each warhead does 755 megajoules of damage. The toughest ship to appear in the vanilla game has 12 gigajoules of shielding. Then activate the Missile Barrage command with the Shadow for only one round. Do the math. ''Albion Prelude'' fixed the Shadow so Argon characters don't get their heads blown off the minute a Skirnir shows up.

** Due to a typo in the data for its anticapital weapon, the ATF Skirnir is a GameBreaker even by [=M7M=] standards. Like all [=M7Ms=], it has eight missile tubes. Its primary weapon is the Shadow missile, which has [[RecursiveAmmo eight warheads]]. Each warhead does 650 megajoules of damage. The toughest ship to appear in the vanilla game has 12 gigajoules of shielding. Then activate the Missile Barrage command with the Shadow for only one round. Do the math. ''Albion Prelude'' fixed the Shadow so Argon characters don't get their heads blown off the minute a Skirnir shows up.

* The Springblossom corvette in ''X3: Terran Conflict''. It's a corvette which has the firepower of a Prototype M6, can outrun most fighter craft, and has the cargo bay of a small transporter. The only disadvantage to it is its extreme (for a M6) price, the rarity of the weapons it uses, and the fact that the insane speed will mean you're probably going to end up ramming into enemies and dying, a lot. Its little brother, the Spitfyre interceptor, can outrun most scout ships, has the firepower of a prototype M3 (or potentially an ''M6'', if you use Matter/Antimatter Launchers), and the shielding of a M3 Raider.

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. In addition, [[SuperPersistentMissile every [=M7M=] missile can lock on to new enemy targets after their original one is destroyed]]. And this is taken UpToEleven when you find and use the Missile Barrage command in the command console. Think about it: a single barrage of a single-warhead missile launches 8 missiles. One barrage of an eight-warhead missile generates 64 of them at once. And of course, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can determine how many barrages you want for your own liking]], though you do have to take note that more barrages can cause your computer to use a lot more resources; in other words, your game will lag. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. And this is taken UpToEleven when you find and use the Missile Barrage command in the command console. Think about it: a single barrage of a single-warhead missile launches 8 missiles. One barrage of an eight-warhead missile generates 64 of them at once. And of course, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can determine how many barrages you want for your own liking]], though you do have to take note that more barrages can cause your computer to use a lot more resources; in other words, your game will lag. What's more, [[SuperPersistentMissile every [=M7M=] missile can lock on to new enemy targets after their original one is destroyed]]. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. And this is taken UpToEleven when you find and use the Missile Barrage command in the command console. Think about it: a single barrage of a single-warhead missile launches 8 missiles. One barrage of an eight-warhead missile generates 64 of them at once. And of course, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can determine how many barrages you want for your own liking]], though you do have to take note that more barrages can cause your computer to use a lot more resources; in other words, your game will lag. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. And this is taken UpToEleven when you find and use the Missile Barrage command in the command console. Think about it: a single barrage of a single-warhead missile launches 8 missiles. One barrage of an eight-warhead missile generates 64 of them at once. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

** Due to a typo in the data for its anticapital weapon, the ATF Skirnir is a GameBreaker even by [=M7M=] standards. Its primary weapon is the Shadow missile, which has [[RecursiveAmmo eight warheads]]. Each warhead does 650 megajoules of damage. The toughest ship to appear in the vanilla game has 12 gigajoules of shielding. Then activate the Missile Barrage command with the Shadow for only one round. Do the math. ''Albion Prelude'' fixed the Shadow so Argon characters don't get their heads blown off the minute a Skirnir shows up.

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. And this is taken UpToEleven when you use the Missile Barrage command in the command console. Think about it: a single barrage of a single-warhead missile launches 8 missiles. One barrage of an eight-warhead missile generates 64 of them at once. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

** Due to a typo in the data for its anticapital weapon, the ATF Skirnir is a GameBreaker even by [=M7M=] standards. Like all [=M7Ms=] it has eight missile tubes which can be fired simultaneously. Its primary weapon is the Shadow missile, which has [[RecursiveAmmo eight warheads]]. Each warhead does 650 megajoules of damage. The toughest ship to appear in the vanilla game has 12 gigajoules of shielding. Do the math. [[SerialEscalation It becomes even more ludicrous when you activate the Missile Barrage command with these missiles]]. ''Albion Prelude'' fixed the Shadow so Argon characters don't get their heads blown off the minute a Skirnir shows up.

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. And this is taken UpToEleven when you use the Missile Barrage command in the command console. Think about it: a single barrage of a single-warhead missile launches 8 missiles. One barrage of a eight-warhead missile generates 64 of them at once. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be VERY afraid]].

** Due to a typo in the data for its anticapital weapon, the ATF Skirnir is a GameBreaker even by [=M7M=] standards. Like all [=M7Ms=] it has eight missile tubes which can be fired simultaneously. Its primary weapon is the Shadow missile, which has [[RecursiveAmmo eight warheads]]. Each warhead does 650 megajoules of damage. The toughest ship to appear in the vanilla game has 12 gigajoules of shielding. Do the math. ''Albion Prelude'' fixed the Shadow so Argon characters don't get their heads blown off the minute a Skirnir shows up.

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=], though the AI's inability to use [=M7Ms=] properly was rectified in ''Albion Prelude''. [[BossInMookClothing Be very afraid]].

** Due to a typo in the data for its anticapital weapon, the ATF Skirnir is a GameBreaker even by [=M7M=] standards. Like all [=M7Ms=] it has eight missile tubes which can be fired simultaneously. Its primary weapon is the Shadow missile, which has [[RecursiveAmmo eight warheads]]. Each warhead does 650 megajoules of damage. The toughest ship to appear in the vanilla game has 12 gigajoules of shielding. Do the math. ''Albion Prelude'' fixed the Shadow so Argon characters don't get their heads blown off the minute a Skirnir shows up.\\
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Meanwhile, its Ghoul missiles, while time-consuming to obtain since there's no purchasable factories for them, are lethal against fighters given that such [[RecursiveAmmo swarm missiles]] are nearly impossible to shoot down, and the Ghoul will even retarget if there are warheads left over.

* The games feature a Singularity Engine Time Accelerator ship add-on that allows you to speed up travel times via time compression.[[note]]Justified in-game as a TimeDilation device.[[/note]] Setting SETA to 10x causes the game to prioritize where it uses system resources. In other words, it will run AI routines slower (making them ''more'' [[ArtificialStupidity idiotic]]), meaning that if the player hides in, say, a station while SETA is on 10x, in a combat mission, almost ''all'' enemy ships will plow into the station and destroy themselves because their AI doesn't realize there's a station in their flight path. When your system is really being taxed, the AI will also stop firing (and in extreme cases, stop moving entirely) at you when SETA is on 10x.

Meanwhile, its Ghoul missiles, while time-consuming to obtain since there's no purchasable factories for them, are lethal against fighters given that such [[RecursiveAmmo swarm missiles]] are nearly impossible to shoot down, and unlike its Commonwealth equivalent the Ghoul will even retarget if there are warheads left over.

* [=M7M=] missile frigates can wipe out an entire sector from a remote corner using a full cargo bay of missiles; the sheer volume of rockets will completely overwhelm any target who isn't using Plasma Burst Generators or Phased Shockwave Generators. Thankfully, the AI never uses [=M7Ms=] for this in vanilla [=X3TC=].

* The games feature a Singularity Engine Time Accelerator ship add-on that allows you to speed up travel times via time compression.[[note]]Justified in-game as a TimeDilation device.[[/note]] Setting SETA to 10x causes the game to prioritize where it uses system resources. In other words, it will run AI routines slower (making them ''more'' [[ArtificialStupidity idiotic]]), meaning that if the player hides in, say, a station while SETA is on 10x, in a combat mission, ''all'' enemy ships will plow into the station and destroy themselves because their AI doesn't realize there's a station in their flight path. When your system is really being taxed, the AI will also stop firing (and in extreme cases, stop moving entirely) at you when SETA is on 10x.

* The Terran M1 Tokyo was formerly considered a mild GameBreaker by the standards of its class, because unlike most full-size carriers its weapons generator was powerful enough for it to fire its anti-capital guns indefinitely. This ability was removed in the 3.0 patch. However, the "center" of the ship that enemies will target is essentially floating in empty space ahead of the flying-saucer-bridge-thingy; this causes most weapons to miss the ship entirely unless manually aimed by the player, or when the weapons are fired at the Tokyo from the left or right sides.

* SETA on 10x causes the game to prioritize where it uses system resources; in other words, it will run AI routines slower (making them ''more'' idiotic), meaning that if the player hides in say a station while SETA is on 10x, in a combat mission, ''all'' enemy ships will plow into the station and destroy themselves because their AI doesn't realize there's a station in their flight path. When your system is really being taxed, the AI will also stop firing (and in extreme cases, stop moving entirely) at you when SETA is on 10x.

** The speed of the Springblossom and Spitfyre is somewhat justified by fluff. Their native Aldrin has no jumpgates or trans-orbital accelerators to quickly get ships from one planet or system to another, so they put all their design efforts into getting as much power out of the engines as possible to reduce travel time. (The Spitfyre is basically a cockpit with big f***ing engines attached.) When you combine that with the typically strong shields and weapons of Terran ships, however, you get a GameBreaker.

Meanwhile, its Ghoul missiles, while time-consuming to obtain since there's no purchasable factories for them, are lethal against fighters given that such [[RecursiveAmmo swarm missiles]] are nearly impossible to shoot down, and the Ghoul will even retarget if there are warheads left over.

* When ''Terran Conflict'' first came out, missions had ''very'' high payouts. A "Very Hard" patrol mission would net you about 20 million (enough for a TL or a fully decked out corvette). Said patrol missions could be stacked, leading to payouts of several hundred million, for about an hour's work -- several thousand times faster than any other method of money making, save possibly for Nividium mining.