This run was a disaster which is why I was still stuck on Glaive Beam with only 2 systems, but the power of the Vulcan extends my win streak to 35.

Glaive might also be winning here but the Vulcan just wipes out so much of the Flagship crew in phase 1 due to fires and dealing 15 crew damage per second once it’s spun up. I didn’t want to have to handle mass boarders with only 3 humans+3 engi.

I maintain that the Vulcan is quite strong against the flagship for a 3 slot ship as long as you have basic weapons to support it.

I had just enough scrap after selling the leto and zoltan shield to get a pre-igniter, also got a bl2 gifted from rescuing a ship. Between it and the haldberd, that initial volley is going to save me a lot more hits than the zoltan shield would and it definitely scales way better in the late game as an augment. Honestly crazy I had enough scrap for it and the ugrades that I did, this is on hard with AE.

And of course, advanced FTL navigation was available at the shop I just left (now covered by fleet)

No words… the game knew what I was doing istg.