Designation: NM-01 Flarestar Blades
Zoid(s) For: King Liger
Weapons Added: Plasma Blade Emitter x4
Equipment Added: Plasma Converter x2
Cost: 17,000
Royalties to: Nighteyes

Designed to equalize the playing field between the King Liger and its relative, the famous and powerful Blade Liger, the Flarestar Blades are a decided step up in power and utility, although they come with their own serious set of drawbacks.

The old blades are completely replaced by a forcefield emitter assembly that emits a polarized field not unlike that of an E-Shield that contains a blade of searing hot plasma, pressurized to incredibly high density and temperature. Two seperate plasma converters are mounted where the Liger's Mega-Vulcans would normally reside, lined into nearby power lines. The blades can remain active for a maximum of twelve seconds before requiring a six-second shutdown to cool the emitters and circuitry.

When the field strikes a target, it parts and disrupts allowing plasma to burst forth, searing through armor, structure and internals at a ferocious rate. For this reason, there is often a "flare" around the blade as it pours out plasma, hence the name. The blade reseals after it exits the opposing Zoid, and the plasma is regenerated. It boasts similar power to a Blade Liger's charged blade attack, although with the drawback that the inferior positioning and inflexibility of the emitters makes executing cripping blade attacks harder. Still, it's a danged nasty attack.

On the King Liger, the blade system can link into the specialized power allocation system just as the normal blades can. When activated, the blades extend from four meters in length to seven meters, and the plasma intensity increases by almost 50%. This takes an incredible amount of power, however, and will additionally burn out the blade emitters after six seconds of continuous use, rendering them useless for the rest of the battle.

The downsides are considerable, however. First, when the blades are first filled with plasma and then later regenerated, it is a considerable strain on the King Liger's power supply. Although the older Liger is still robust enough to take the strain, if this mod is retrofitted to other Zoids it may prove a considerable drawback. Also, it replaces the formidable machinecannons, leaving the King Liger rather bereft of ranged weapons. Although this can be supplemented with a back mount, remember the power drain...