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A short description of the weapons systems with which Surak's Razor is equipped follows.
- Surak's Razor has two single-shot photon torpedo tubes. They are on either side of the ship, pre-loaded with one torpedo each, and are concealed amidst the warp field generators (which serve to mask the torpedo tubes from enemy sensors). I have fired one of them, and hat tube is now empty until I can acquire another photon torpedo with which to reload it.
- Although this ship previously belonged to Orion Syndicate smugglers, it was officially licensed for trade and salvage. It is therefore equipped with low-power civilian-rated phaser and tractor beams. Their official purpose is to maneuver cargo, cut into abandoned ships for salvage, dissect asteroids for the extraction of ore, and so forth. However, there are secret bypass circuits installed that can channel the power for these systems through the warp core - this increases their output by approximately 772%, which is well above the legal limits for a ship of this class.
- The warp core itself was also upgraded above normal specifications, but this was done openly. The alleged reason was to give the ship the power to take a larger ship under tow (for rescue and/or salvage). This warp core upgrade provides Surak's Razor with much higher speed and manueverability than one would expect in a ship of this size, class, and age; and also provides excess power for the phaser and tractor beams.
All in all, a powerful ship in a deceptively small package. The shields are within normal specifications (near the maximum allowed for this class/license) - presumably, they had not been able to fashion an excuse/technique for upgrade yet. I would thank the former owners, if I had not already killed them.