The Mon Saanti Torch Ship is a very powerful first strike weapon, employed to disrupt the enemy lines early in a battle. The initial approach of the Torch Ship is slow, masking its dangerous attack pattern: Without warning, the Torch Ship will fire its lethal quad laser batteries, then quickly accelerate to ramming speed using a powerful stream of plasma fire. The Pilots will then try to ram the enemy capital ships, or even enter the atmosphere of the besieged planets to strike civilian targets on the surface below.