The Syreen Penetrator is lightly crewed and not terribly powerful in terms of conventional weaponry, but it is able to use psionic weaponry to strengthen itself while weakening enemy ships. Along with the Mycon Podship and the Pkunk Fury, the Penetrator is one of the few ships able to come out of battle stronger than it went in. The ship's phallic resemblance, coupled with the fact that it is piloted by a matriarchal race of mostly women, may lend it its euphemistic name.