Slav Technology (Larts & Breach pods)

Though Slavs are behind by roughly 100 years to most human technology, they have some unique tactics which make them such a military might in known space.

Their large ships known as "Larts" are similar to S.F. carrier ships, and have manned turrets covering the ships, they also have conventional warheads but are not often used for the fact they prefer to board ships and gain control.

In these Larts, they use landing pods, but they are tactical and used not only to get warriors onto enemy ships but to maximize damage and chaos for the enemy.

Each pod holds 10 warriors, and 1 pilot. The pilot manoeuvres and defends (use of a turret) from the rear of the pod, the pod has a sophisticated system to pierce the enemies’ hull and allow the warriors to board.

As the pod approaches the enemy ship it deploys plasma burners which not only de-accelerate the pod but also melt the hull before impact (which creates a seal when pod punctures the hull), moments before fireproof carbon foam fills a chamber, this does two things, 1. It protects the warriors from impact. 2. Extinguishes any fires that occur during impact. The warriors must wear protective breathing masks during this time.

Once this is complete, the warriors attack the enemy from within the ship, but the pod has a secondary purpose, now the pilot targets enemy ships(using the turret), this causes not only major chaos amongst the enemy fleet, but also is used to damage systems on the outside of the boarded enemy ship.