Photon sailer

The photon sailer (光子帆船 kōshi hansen) is a type of spacecraft that "sails" along on rays of light from stars.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Beast Wars II cartoon

The brainwashed Seacons used a photon sailer to attack the Maximals. Revenge of the Space Pirates

Generations Selects comic

The Seacons teamed up with another Space Pirate named Duncan God Neptune comic 2 to harvest proton energy. Seacons comic 5 He betrayed them and aside from leaving them for dead may have destroyed their photon sailer if the debris floating around the Seacons was what was remained of their ship. Halfshell, the only one left standing, was approached by a messenger from Primus and offered a chance at survival for all of them if he did exactly as told. Halfshell accepted God Neptune comic 2 and if the Seacons' ship was truly broken, it either got fixed or he was given a new one. In any scenario, the photon sailer Halfshell got to use came equipped with lots of medical machinery meant to keep the Seacons alive and infuse them and others with Angolmois Energy. As per his instructions, Halfshell fetched a badly defeated Turtler from Earth in the year 2020 and brought him on board to the Precursor World of 2050. Seacons comic 5 Together, the two sought out Galvatron and brought him on board too, offering to give him power to match Optimus Prime in exchange for the Angolmois Energy inside him. As soon as Galvatron floated quietly in a reconstruction pod, Halfshell infused Turtler with Angolmois Energy Seacons comic 5 and sent him out to battle Optimus. Seacons comic 2 Turtler and his newly-formed Seacon drones did very well, which pleased Halfshell as he observed the battle from the safety of the photon sailer. Turning to his suspended crew, he declared he Clone Seacon Combination Experiment a success. Seacons comic 3 Now certain Angolmois Energy was safe to use, he began administering it to his own crew. What he hadn't accounted for was Galvatron's suspended form Seacons comic 4 reviving into Super Megatron Seacons comic 5 and escaping with vengeful destructive force. With the Angolmois Energy-infusing equipment destroyed and close to death himself, Halfshell was about to accept that this truly was the end, Super Megatron comic 1 only to see his crew become revived after all as enough Angolmois Energy had been pumped into their systems. Super Megatron comic 2 They left in secret and the first one to realize they weren't dead was Turtler, because he went looking through the wreck of the photon sailer to pay his respects and found no bodies. God Neptune comic 1

Beast Wars II comic

Somehow getting lost, the Seacons' photon sailer eventually ran low on energy and they were forced to land their ship in Gaia in search of more energy, with Scylla being sent out to scout. When the squid thought she found love in the form of Scuba, Halfshell threw an extravagant wedding by the photon sailer, with the Maximals and Seacons in attendance. After hijinks involving a love triangle involving Bighorn, Scuba, and Scylla, the Predacons attacked, hoping to destroy the Maximals. After they were turned away and Scylla gave her goodbyes to her suitors, the pirates left the planet on their ship. Realize the Forbidden Love!

Notes

• The Space Pirates from The Headmasters used a ship that looked very similar to the photon sailer, and functioned in a similar way.