Zanac/Capital Ships

On certain levels you will have to fight super-sized aerial craft I call Capital Ships. In a fixed place on each of those levels, a large craft will appear and zoom around the screen firing various projectiles at you in a fixed pattern. Your weapons will literally bounce off the surface of the craft; although they still do damage this slows your rate of fire.

Eventually, after being hit enough times the ship will change color. First, the ship will turn yellow and then after being hit some more it will turn white. After you shoot it a few more times it will freeze in place and become dotted with small explosions. Then it will self-destruct, hurling a ring of missiles in all directions.

If you do not destroy a Capital Ship, it will depart at another fixed place later in the level.