Bishop Cruisers

The bishop cruisers are a new set of unlockable cruisers in FTL: Multiverse. Crewed by the highest ranking mantis, they utilize stealth and unmatched combat prowess to brutally eliminate all opposition. They appear on page 7.

## **Layout A**

*This cruiser was once the only of its kind, but now it's been reproduced over millions of different realities. Unfortunately the blueprints for it were incomplete and some of the systems start in disrepair.*

* Default Name: SS Leikonpliiinakra
* Starting Crew: 1 Mantis Bishop, 1 Mantis, 1 Engi
* Starting Reactor: 10
* Max Hull: **25**
* Crew Capacity: 8
* Starting Systems
	+ Shields (1)
	+ Engines (3)
	+ Oxygen (1)
	+ Weapons (4)
	+ Medbay (1)
	+ Teleporter (2)
	+ Cloaking (1)
	+ Piloting (2)
	+ Doors (2)
* Starting Weapons
	+ Burst Laser MK III
	+ Breach Bomb
* Starting Augments
	+ Suzerain Pheromones
* Starting Resources
	+ 8
	+ 4
* Slots: 2 Weapons, 3 Drones, 4-tile Teleporter
* Last Stand entry text: *On the vidscreen appears several Federation and Engi officers, as well as Admiral Tully in the center. "Support from the Hive? I can't say this was expected. Not that I'm complaining, we need all the help we can get against the Flagship."* **(SHIP\_HIVE)**

### **Unlock**

* Meet with Queen Leikonpliiinakra herself and negotiate terms with the Coalition to unlock this ship.

### **Trivia**

* The type A ship is named after the Mantis Queen.
* The Bishop cruiser is also an encounterable and fightable enemy ship. It has the same layout as the player ship, but has no airlocks.
* This is one of the only cruisers to have just two weapon slots.

## **Layout B**

*The original prototype of the Bishop cruiser, one of the first ships to have ever been installed with cloaking tech.*

* Default Name: The Gyges
* Starting Crew: 1 Mantis Suzerain, 1 Engi Defender, 1 Mantis
* Starting Reactor: 9
* Max Hull: **25**
* Crew Capacity: 8
* Starting Systems
	+ Shields (1)
	+ Engines (3)
	+ Oxygen (2)
	+ Weapons (4)
	+ Medbay (1)
	+ Cloaking (2)
	+ Piloting (2)
	+ Sensors (2)
	+ Doors (1)
* Starting Weapons
	+ 'Fauchard' Beam🗲
	+ Light Laser MK II
* Starting Augments
	+ Suzerain Pheromones
	+ Shadow Weaponry [X]
* Starting Resources
	+ 15
	+ 3
* Slots: 3 Weapons, 3 Drones, 2-tile Teleporter
* Last Stand entry text: *On the vidscreen appears several Federation and Engi officers, as well as Admiral Tully in the center. "Is that the Gyges? I thought that ship was destroyed in the Federation-Mantis war... I'll never get used to this Multiverse stuff."* **(SHIP\_GYGES)**

### **Unlock**

* Get to Sector 5 with the Type A to unlock this ship.

### **Trivia**

* The Gyges is a ship mentioned in Kestrel Adventures, an animated series about the FTL universe, which uses the same hull as the type B.
* Despite being a Bishop cruiser, the type B has no Mantis Bishop crew.

## **Layout C**

*This cruiser specializes in incapacitating the enemy crew while the boarding team causes havoc.*

* Default Name: Photuris
* Starting Crew: 1 Mantis Bishop, 1 Slug, 1 Zoltan Monk
* Starting Reactor: 8
* Max Hull: **25**
* Crew Capacity: 8
* Starting Systems
	+ Engines (2)
	+ Oxygen (2)
	+ Weapons (3)
	+ Drones (3)
	+ Clonebay (1)
	+ Teleporter (2)
	+ Cloaking (2)
	+ Piloting (2)
	+ Sensors (1)
	+ Doors (1)
	+ Battery (1)
* Starting Weapons
	+ Charge Stunner🗲
	+ Stun Bomb
* Starting Drones
	+ Ion Intruder Drone
* Starting Augments
	+ Suzerain Pheromones
* Starting Resources
	+ 8
	+ 10
* Slots: 2 Weapons, 3 Drones, 2-tile Teleporter
* Last Stand entry text: *On the vidscreen appears several Federation and Engi officers, as well as Admiral Tully in the center. "Support from the Hive? I can't say this was expected. Not that I'm complaining, we need all the help we can get against the Flagship."* **(SHIP\_HIVE)**

### **Unlock**

* Get to Sector 5 with the Type B or beat the game with the Type A to unlock this ship.