Small Ship Weapons

Laser

This is the cheapest of all small weapons at a cost of 5mc per weapon. The Laser does not get any exotic tech bonus for shield or armor drain. Shorts out pulsed lasers on target ship if this weapon hits the target's armor. When a target ship's armor is hit all pulsed lasers drop to an energy level of negative 20 and must be depolarized before they can be fired again.

Pulsed Laser

Fastest charge rate of all small ship weapons. This weapon recharges in just 3 seconds. This weapon does not get any exotic tech bonus for shield or armor drain.

Disrupter

This weapon does 400% more damaging to life support systems than any other small ship weapon. It has special crew killing powers, but has a short range. If the weapon hits a target that has no armor there is a 25% chance of 10 crew, 100 colonists, and 30 troops being killed. The Stormers, Solar Federation, Crystals, and Robots are immune from this effect. This weapon can hit the target's soft spot and cause the target ship to explode.

Streak Missiles

The streak missile is the most accurate of all small ship weapons and is the only small ship weapon to use ordnance. It has a high blast level, very long range, a very slow recharge rate (takes 30 seconds to recharge) and drains 5 shield units per hit. They have the advantage of overcoming any enemy evasive factors. A target ship's evasive rating has no effect on causing this weapon to miss. Point defense systems have a very easy time of intercepting streak missiles. The 35mm Vulcan is the best of all point defense systems with a special 70% chance of stopping an incoming Streak Missile.

Phasor

Heavy damage to ships subspace engines. Solar Federation ships have a +40 change of hitting an enemy target with phasors. This weapon can hit the target's soft spot and cause the target ship to explode.

Positron

It has good accuracy, does heavy damage to the hyper drive jump engines, heavy damage to ships subspace engines, and destroys 3 armor units per hit. Any impact on a target ship's armor will result in a 40% chance of shorting out the power banks of the target ship's small weapons. When the banks are shorted out all power levels drop to negative 20 and the weapons must depolorized and recharge before they can fire again.

Meson Gun

Does a good amount of damage to ship control systems and arcs through 95 units of armor. An impact on the armor may drain the enemy's large weapon power banks slightly. If the target has full armor no large weapon power is drained. If the target has no armor there is a 25% chance that 5 points of large weapon energy will get drained from all large weapons. It is possible to force all the targets energy banks to go into a very negative state of charge keeping the large weapons from firing at all. The Stormers and Solar Federation are immune from this effect.

Xenon Beam

It does a good amount of damage to ship control systems, does a high amount of damage to ship parts and ship hull, kills the crew, has a very slow recharge rate ( takes 30 seconds to recharge ) , destroys 4 armor units per hit and shots arc through 50 shield units. Any impact one the target ship's armor will result in a 80% chance of the target ship's point defense weapon systems losing energy, for a few seconds as the target's point denfense power banks drop to negative 10 energy points. This weapon can hit the target's soft spot and cause the target ship to explode.

Tachyon Gun

It is hard to intercept with point defense systems, has a high blast level, has a very long range, draws 5 gw a second of power while recharging, shot arcs though 120 units of armor and does no damage at all to armor. In other words this weapon can not hurt a ship with 120 units or more of armor. Unless exotic tech is used to give the weapon a armor drain bonus. The have the advantage of overcoming any enemy evasive factors. A target ship's evasive rating will always be zero when fired on by a tachyon gun.

Plasma Gun

It does very heavy damage to ship control systems, heavy damage to the hyper drive jump engines, heavy damage to ships subspace engines, kills the crew. It has the highest blast level of all small weapons, has a very short range, draws 10 gw per second ( the heaviest power draw of all small weapons ), arcs through 100 units of ship armor, and drains the target`s shield of an impressive 10 units of shields with every hit. Every hit on a target ship's armor results in a 80% chance of draining 200 energy points out of the target ship's super weapon and a 2% chance of causing an energy loss in the target ship's large weapon systems. The plasma gun is twice as likely all other small weapons to cause shields to loose power when hit than all other small weapons. The plasma gun does not suffer from the 25% chance of a glancing hit on the target's shields that all other small weapons suffer from. This weapon can hit the target's soft spot and cause the target ship to explode.

All small weapons can be countered with 35mm Vulcan, Flake Cannon, Auto Blaster point defense systems. Aczanny ECM systems can cause all small weapons systems to loose 30% accuracy.

Weapon Attributes Explained

Laser	Shorts out the Pulsed Laser. Exotic Tech bonus does not help this weapon.
Shield Drain	1
Shield Arc	1
Armor Drain	1
Armor Arc	0
Charge Draw	1
Full Charge	4
Charge Time	4
Max Range	376
Blast	1
Kill	1
Damage Parts	1
Damage Eng	1
Damage Hyp	1
Damage Sys	1
Damage Life	1
Ord Usage	0
Accuracy	40
PointD Odds	40
Hardness	10
Cost	5
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	1
Cost of Tech	100
Pulsed Laser	Exotic tech does not help this weapon.
Shield Drain	2
Shield Arc	0
Armor Drain	2
Armor Arc	0
Charge Draw	1
Full Charge	3
Charge Time	3
Max Range	355
Blast	1
Kill	1
Damage Parts	2
Damage Eng	1
Damage Hyp	1
Damage Sys	1
Damage Life	1
Ord Usage	0
Accuracy	40
PointD Odds	40
Hardness	20
Cost	10
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	2
Cost of Tech	120
Disrupter	Every impact on target ship's armor kills 2 crew, 3 troops and 10 colonists. Feds, Crystals and Robots immune.
Shield Drain	1
Shield Arc	0
Armor Drain	1
Armor Arc	0
Charge Draw	1
Full Charge	8
Charge Time	8
Max Range	290
Blast	1
Kill	3
Damage Parts	3
Damage Eng	1
Damage Hyp	1
Damage Sys	1
Damage Life	4
Ord Usage	0
Accuracy	45
PointD Odds	35
Hardness	76
Cost	20
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	3
Cost of Tech	200
Streak Missiles	Ignores target ship's evasive rating
Shield Drain	5
Shield Arc	0
Armor Drain	1
Armor Arc	0
Charge Draw	1
Full Charge	30
Charge Time	30
Max Range	950
Blast	5
Kill	2
Damage Parts	2
Damage Eng	2
Damage Hyp	1
Damage Sys	1
Damage Life	1
Ord Usage	1
Accuracy	70
PointD Odds	80
Hardness	55
Cost	50
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	4
Cost of Tech	300
Phasor	Feds get a 40% increased chance to hit target when using phasors
Shield Drain	2
Shield Arc	0
Armor Drain	1
Armor Arc	0
Charge Draw	1
Full Charge	10
Charge Time	10
Max Range	495
Blast	2
Kill	1
Damage Parts	3
Damage Eng	4
Damage Hyp	1
Damage Sys	1
Damage Life	1
Ord Usage	0
Accuracy	45
PointD Odds	30
Hardness	40
Cost	52
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	5
Cost of Tech	300
Positron	Any impact on a target ship's armor results in a 40% chance shorting out the ship's small weapon systems. (Negative 20 power points lost per hit on ALL small weapons)
Shield Drain	1
Shield Arc	0
Armor Drain	3
Armor Arc	0
Charge Draw	1
Full Charge	10
Charge Time	10
Max Range	550
Blast	1
Kill	1
Damage Parts	1
Damage Eng	5
Damage Hyp	4
Damage Sys	1
Damage Life	1
Ord Usage	0
Accuracy	67
PointD Odds	35
Hardness	40
Cost	55
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	6
Cost of Tech	300
Meson Gun	Any impact on a target ship's armor results in a chance of draining the ship's large weapon systems slightly. If the ship has full armor there is no chance of a power drain. If the target has no armor there is a 25% chance that 5 points of large weapon power will be drained. It can cause the weapon to go negative.
Shield Drain	2
Shield Arc	0
Armor Drain	2
Armor Arc	95
Charge Draw	1
Full Charge	10
Charge Time	10
Max Range	365
Blast	2
Kill	2
Damage Parts	1
Damage Eng	1
Damage Hyp	1
Damage Sys	5
Damage Life	1
Ord Usage	0
Accuracy	40
PointD Odds	35
Hardness	40
Cost	30
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	7
Cost of Tech	550
Xenon Beam	Any impact on a target ship's armor results in a 80% chance shorting out the ship's point defense systems (Negative 10 energy)
Shield Drain	2
Shield Arc	50
Armor Drain	4
Armor Arc	20
Charge Draw	1
Full Charge	30
Charge Time	30
Max Range	370
Blast	4
Kill	5
Damage Parts	8
Damage Eng	2
Damage Hyp	1
Damage Sys	5
Damage Life	1
Ord Usage	0
Accuracy	50
PointD Odds	10
Hardness	70
Cost	150
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	8
Cost of Tech	1020
Tachyon Gun	This weapon effectively ignores the target's evasive rating. Needs exotic tech to do any damage to the target's armor.
Shield Drain	1
Shield Arc	10
Armor Drain	0
Armor Arc	120
Charge Draw	5
Full Charge	40
Charge Time	8
Max Range	950
Blast	5
Kill	1
Damage Parts	2
Damage Eng	2
Damage Hyp	1
Damage Sys	4
Damage Life	1
Ord Usage	0
Accuracy	60
PointD Odds	0
Hardness	90
Cost	160
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	9
Cost of Tech	1765
Plasma Gun	Any impact on a target ship's armor results in a 80% chance shorting out the ship's super weapon system as well as a 2% chance of draining 5 energy points from the target's large weapon's systems. Always drains shields, unlike all other small weapons, which have a 50% chance of a glancing blow.
Shield Drain	10
Shield Arc	0
Armor Drain	2
Armor Arc	100
Charge Draw	10
Full Charge	100
Charge Time	10
Max Range	200
Blast	9
Kill	5
Damage Parts	5
Damage Eng	5
Damage Hyp	5
Damage Sys	8
Damage Life	1
Ord Usage	0
Accuracy	50
PointD Odds	40
Hardness	100
Cost	165
Mass	1
Duranium	0
Tritanium	0
Molybdenum	0
Tech Level	10
Cost of Tech	1900
Shield Drain
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	2
Disrupter	1
Streak Missiles	5
Phasor	2
Positron	1
Meson Gun	2
Xenon Beam	2
Tachyon Gun	1
Plasma Gun	10
Shield Arc
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	0
Disrupter	0
Streak Missiles	0
Phasor	0
Positron	0
Meson Gun	0
Xenon Beam	50
Tachyon Gun	10
Plasma Gun	0
Armor Drain
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	2
Disrupter	1
Streak Missiles	1
Phasor	1
Positron	3
Meson Gun	2
Xenon Beam	4
Tachyon Gun	0
Plasma Gun	2
Armor Arc
Laser	0
Pulsed Laser	0
Disrupter	0
Streak Missiles	0
Phasor	0
Positron	0
Meson Gun	95
Xenon Beam	20
Tachyon Gun	120
Plasma Gun	100
Charge Draw
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	1
Disrupter	1
Streak Missiles	1
Phasor	1
Positron	1
Meson Gun	1
Xenon Beam	1
Tachyon Gun	5
Plasma Gun	10
Full Charge
Laser	4
Pulsed Laser	3
Disrupter	8
Streak Missiles	30
Phasor	10
Positron	10
Meson Gun	10
Xenon Beam	30
Tachyon Gun	40
Plasma Gun	100
Charge Time
Laser	4
Pulsed Laser	3
Disrupter	8
Streak Missiles	30
Phasor	10
Positron	10
Meson Gun	10
Xenon Beam	30
Tachyon Gun	8
Plasma Gun	10
Max Range
Laser	376
Pulsed Laser	355
Disrupter	290
Streak Missiles	950
Phasor	495
Positron	550
Meson Gun	365
Xenon Beam	370
Tachyon Gun	950
Plasma Gun	200
Blast
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	1
Disrupter	1
Streak Missiles	5
Phasor	2
Positron	1
Meson Gun	2
Xenon Beam	4
Tachyon Gun	5
Plasma Gun	9
Kill
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	1
Disrupter	3
Streak Missiles	2
Phasor	1
Positron	1
Meson Gun	2
Xenon Beam	5
Tachyon Gun	1
Plasma Gun	5
Damage Parts
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	2
Disrupter	3
Streak Missiles	2
Phasor	3
Positron	1
Meson Gun	1
Xenon Beam	8
Tachyon Gun	2
Plasma Gun	5
Damage Eng
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	1
Disrupter	1
Streak Missiles	2
Phasor	4
Positron	5
Meson Gun	1
Xenon Beam	2
Tachyon Gun	2
Plasma Gun	5
Damage Hyp
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	1
Disrupter	1
Streak Missiles	1
Phasor	1
Positron	4
Meson Gun	1
Xenon Beam	1
Tachyon Gun	1
Plasma Gun	5
Damage Sys
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	1
Disrupter	1
Streak Missiles	1
Phasor	1
Positron	1
Meson Gun	5
Xenon Beam	5
Tachyon Gun	4
Plasma Gun	8
Damage Life
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	1
Disrupter	4
Streak Missiles	1
Phasor	1
Positron	1
Meson Gun	1
Xenon Beam	1
Tachyon Gun	1
Plasma Gun	1
Ord Usage
Laser	0
Pulsed Laser	0
Disrupter	0
Streak Missiles	1
Phasor	0
Positron	0
Meson Gun	0
Xenon Beam	0
Tachyon Gun	0
Plasma Gun	0
Accuracy
Laser	40
Pulsed Laser	40
Disrupter	45
Streak Missiles	70
Phasor	45
Positron	67
Meson Gun	40
Xenon Beam	50
Tachyon Gun	60
Plasma Gun	50
PointD Odds
Laser	40
Pulsed Laser	40
Disrupter	35
Streak Missiles	80
Phasor	30
Positron	35
Meson Gun	35
Xenon Beam	10
Tachyon Gun	0
Plasma Gun	40
Hardness
Laser	10
Pulsed Laser	20
Disrupter	76
Streak Missiles	55
Phasor	40
Positron	40
Meson Gun	40
Xenon Beam	70
Tachyon Gun	90
Plasma Gun	100

Cost
Laser	5
Pulsed Laser	10
Disrupter	20
Streak Missiles	50
Phasor	52
Positron	55
Meson Gun	30
Xenon Beam	150
Tachyon Gun	160
Plasma Gun	165
Mass
Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	1
Disrupter	1
Streak Missiles	1
Phasor	1
Positron	1
Meson Gun	1
Xenon Beam	1
Tachyon Gun	1
Plasma Gun	1

Duranium

Laser	0
Pulsed Laser	0
Disrupter	0
Streak Missiles	0
Phasor	0
Positron	0
Meson Gun	0
Xenon Beam	0
Tachyon Gun	0
Plasma Gun	0

Tritanium

Laser	0
Pulsed Laser	0
Disrupter	0
Streak Missiles	0
Phasor	0
Positron	0
Meson Gun	0
Xenon Beam	0
Tachyon Gun	0
Plasma Gun	0

Molybdenum

Laser	0
Pulsed Laser	0
Disrupter	0
Streak Missiles	0
Phasor	0
Positron	0
Meson Gun	0
Xenon Beam	0
Tachyon Gun	0
Plasma Gun	0

Tech Level

Laser	1
Pulsed Laser	2
Disrupter	3
Streak Missiles	4
Phasor	5
Positron	6
Meson Gun	7
Xenon Beam	8
Tachyon Gun	9
Plasma Gun	10

Cost Of Tech

Laser	100
Pulsed Laser	120
Disrupter	200
Streak Missiles	300
Phasor	300
Positron	300
Meson Gun	550
Xenon Beam	1020
Tachyon Gun	1765
Plasma Gun	1900

Dec 24, 2003