Gorgon

ENCOUNTERED Area 6 CLASSIFICATION Dimension-shifting destroyer OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES Crimson Cannon, missiles, articulated tentacles DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES Advanced dimensional stealth technology, impenetrable armored shell, energy orbs

INTEL At great personal risk, our intelligence agents have at last confirmed the long-rumored existence of the Gorgon, an immensely dangerous weapon of last resort held in reserve above Venom.

Confiscated design documentation reveals the reason for the weapon's elusiveness: an experimental dimension-transport system. This cutting-edge phase-shifting technology is believed to render the Gorgon imperceptible to all known manner of detection—including direct eyesight.

This same documentation details a potential vulnerability in the Gorgon's core. That core is heavily protected, however, by multiple defensive measures. These include an impenetrable tripanel armored shell; three extendable, articulated tentacles; and mobile energy orbs that absorb laser fire intended for the core.

Most powerful of all is the Gorgon's high-yield Crimson Cannon, which produces an energy beam capable of destroying large battleships in a single blast.

ASSESSMENT There is some good news. Our analysts believe the Gorgon has yet to be tested in battle, and there is even indication that members of Andross's own army are reticent to unleash it. But if it should be deployed, destroying the tentacles must be a priority, and repeated strikes at the energy orbs should expose its core to fire. Imposing as it may appear, the Gorgon is not unbeatable.