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R5-Slappenheimer

The R5-Slappenheimer is an unreliable weapon of mass destruction. Before you fire, you set a dial from 0 to 10, but the dial is for show and changes nothing, so pick any number you like. The missile is a gamble every time. Most launches do nothing: it misses, it malfunctions, or the enemy's SDI shoots it down. When one does get through, it destroys part of one of the enemy's assets — troops, jets, tanks, turrets, bombers, carriers, agents, gold, food, or regions — and sometimes it wrecks several of these at once, which can be devastating. It can also backfire: if the enemy keeps a very large trooper army, the missile may turn back and strike your own empire instead.