Sun Flares

A defensive mechanism. Sun flares are small, yellow, coffee can shaped flares which explode and look like golden, flaming fireworks. They can be fired from a wide range of locations on the hull of the Hidden Sun. In most cases, they were fired from the rear to trick enemy missiles into thinking that the flares were the Hidden Sun.

Author’s Note:

I didn’t want the Hidden Sun to rely strictly on shields and its fantastic maneuverability. Absorbing and avoiding laser cannons and other weapons will only get you so far. It needed some defense capabilities and the most obvious one was defensive flares. These are modeled after the ones they use on Air Force One.