Kill Sats sometimes display the orbital properties of their more benign counterparts, the Spy Satellites, able to move themselves over any target in record time and then park themselves there to get off as many shots as they please.
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In these cases it generally leans toward the powerful end of the scale.
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The weapon, if fired, risks being discovered and shot down, hence it is reserved for only super high value targets.Īlternatively, it's not active at all yet, in which case the story centers around making sure it never gets off its first shot.Or the exact opposite, it's a Weapon of Mass Destruction that can't even be considered until the Godzilla Threshold is reached. Thus, usage is reserved for important high-value targets. The area of effect for its firepower is too limited: you can pick off soldiers or armored vehicles one at a time, but the amount of time this takes makes it unable to turn back a mass invasion.Some combination of the above two, the former giving the opportunity for the heroes to do the latter.It Only Works Once, because there was only enough power/ammo to fire it the one time, or because the heroes sabotage it or its control system before the villains can shoot again.If Everything Is Online in their world (and you know it is), there is always the risk of control falling into the wrong hands. So-called good guys who resort to these will, at best, fail miserably. Since it's considered poor form to snipe your opponent from such a risk-free distance, Kill Sats are generally the realm of villains. Power/accuracy on Kill Sats vary, ranging from "lone vehicle" to "entire building" to (rarely) "town or small city." Planet busters are another category entirely, as firing them remotely from anywhere on the surface is inadvisable.
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Instead, you can fire it from the safety of your headquarters: your satellite will move into position and unleash a shiny descending Pillar of Light (or, less often, a good ol' kinetic projectile ) on your unsuspecting target. When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed on time, nothing beats your own remote-controlled, satellite-mounted laser cannon.Ī variation of the Wave-Motion Gun, Kill Sats have the added advantage that you don't need to be anywhere near either the weapon or the target.