Fire Star (Japanese: ファイアースター, Hepburn: Faiāsutā?) [Japanese name: Retsukaboshi] is a boss introduced in Super Darius. It is shaped after a blue Linckia (Linckia laevigata).
Darius Odyssey Guidebook Bio
- Name: Fire Star
- Motif: Blue Sea Star
- Type: Main control Battleship
- Size: 74.88 m / 245.7 ft
- Zone: R (Submarine Base)
- Weapon: Diffusion particle gun (abdomen), Etc.
Battleship with the same five-pointed star form as the starfish. In addition to its diffusion particle gun in the abdomen, laser guns are also attached to the tip portion of the five tentacles respectively.
Appearance
Super Darius/Darius Plus/Darius Alpha
Fire Star has the shape of a mechanical blue linckia with five long arms. Its body is mostly blue with metallic details, and each arm ends in sharp, pointed tips. The design is sleek and angular, giving it a futuristic, machine-like appearance.
Super Darius II
In this version looks like a robotic blue linckia with five symmetrical arms. Its body is mainly dark blue with red lines running across it, and it has glowing orange spots at the center and near the tips. The design appears sharper and more mechanical compared to its earlier form.
Gameplay
Fire Star is a tough boss, despite it's simple pattern. Each of it's five tentacles will be constantly firing homing fireballs, while the center releases star-shaped homing drones. The tentacles can be destroyed, leaving only the star drones to be dealt with, which can be destroyed but they leave their center which immediately moves forward.
Darius-R
Fire Star is one of the three possible final bosses in Darius-R, appearing in Zones "K" and "O".