What Is A Subunit

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dcarr
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What Is A Subunit

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What is a subunit, exactly? I have recently Dodo, and when I was looking at the weapons section in the ship info when I discovered a subunit [1]. The fact that I have no idea what that is alone is weird, but it has its own shields, capacitors, and so-on; but I can't do anything with it. Also what are Special Self Guided weapons?
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Re: What Is A Subunit

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Sub-units are just that parts of a large set for example if your ship has turrets each turret is a sub-unit so each can be targeted individually.

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Re: What Is A Subunit

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I believe the subunit you are referring to on your Dodo is the 'Skate Cargo' which is basically just a piece of the ship that can be shot away on npc Dodo's for visual effect...although I rather wish it dropped some loot XD at least when I'm not actually flying a Dodo :P
The only really good use I've found for the Dodo is as a rescue ship: equip it with Heavy Tractors on every available slot. She doesn't have such great acceleration, but with a full loadout of tractor beams she does a great job of scooping up wayward pilots.
I've experimented with a mix of repulsors and tractors to make the Dodo a weapons platform. The push-pull phase damage works surprisingly well, and the Dodo's freakishly quick turning rate allows one to get inside the turn in a furball against theoretically superior spacecraft.
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