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===== Sandstorm =====
The first Ares ship players will encounter, this all-purpose gunship is the only ship seen guarding Ares Outposts, and it also escorts [[game:ships:Polar]]-class freighters and shows up nearly everywhere else the Ares are. Like the [[game:ships:Corsair]] of the New Beyond and the [[game:ships:Wind slaver]] of the Ungoverned Territories, this is a ship that (when it first shows up) has a decent weapon that can be dangerous in swarms, but has very weak armor.
^ |{{:ships:ares_sect:sandstormgunship.gif|}}|
^ Name               | Sandstorm|
^ UNID               | &scSandstorm;|
^ Class              | Sandstorm|
^ Type               | gunship|
^ Score              | 805|
^ Mass               | 75|
^ Cargo Space        | 25|
^ Max Speed          | .20c|
^ Thrust             | 300|
^ Maneuverability    | 2|
^ Wreck Chance       | 25%|
^ Armor^^
| [[game:items:Light Tharsis plate]] X4||
^ Weapons^^
||[[game:items:Ares lightning cannon]]|| 
===== Tactics =====
When you first meet this ship, probably at an Ares Outpost early in the Outer Realm, its weapon may be dangerous, but unless you only have a laser or kinetic weapon (or weak particle weapon) it should be very easy to destroy. The armor has a fair amount of particle resistance, but it's light enough that it should still be pretty easy to destroy it with a particle weapon such as a [[game:items:Tev 9 blaster]] or variant on it.