Energy Weapons

Energy-based Ship Weapons are powered entirely by a ship's power supply.

• Energy Weapons are blocked by Shields, while (ordnance-based weapons aren't blocked by shields. However, Energy Weapons typically do more damage to ships when shields are down/not installed than their ordnance-based counterparts.
• Because Energy Weapons are powered by the ship's power, they do not require Ship Ordnance to function, and so will never run out of ammunition.
• Energy Weapons are generally more expensive than ordnance-based weapons, requiring Ziryl in their construction (which isn't needed for ordnance-based weapons).

Cannons (fixed mount)

• Fixed cannons require a clear line of sight to their target, and are unable to fire if another ship is in the way.
• Fixed cannons also cannot move independently of the ship, and are unable to fire at a target not directly within its line of fire.

Image	Name	Level	Research	Size	PC	RPM	DPR	DPS	Splash	FT	AS	Fa	Zi	Credits
	Power Cannon SPC-1	1		S	25	30	6	3	-	-	-	250	250	112
	Power Cannon SPC-2	1		S	25	30	8	4	-	-	-	375	250	168
	Power Cannon SPC-3	1		S	25	30	11	5.5	-	-	-	550	250	247
	Power Cannon SPC-4	1		S	25	30	16	8	-	-	-	800	250	360
	Power Cannon SPC-5	1		S	25	30	23	11.5	-	-	-	1,125	250	506
	Plasma Cannon MPC-1	2		M	75	30	15	7.5	-	-	-	750	750	674
	Plasma Cannon MPC-2	2		M	75	30	18	9	-	-	-	875	750	786
	Plasma Cannon MPC-3	2		M	75	30	21	10.5	-	-	-	1,050	750	944
	Plasma Cannon MPC-4	2		M	75	30	26	13	-	-	-	1,300	750	1,170
	Plasma Cannon MPC-5	2		M	75	30	33	16.5	-	-	-	1,625	750	1,462

See below for table column definitions.

Turrets

• Turrets require a clear line of sight to their target, and are unable to fire if another ship is in the way.
• Turrets can move independently of the ship to track and fire at a moving target (indicated by the AS angular speed property).
• Turrets will not track independently of any other fixed weapons that the hull may have, and will not fire until all other weapons are able to do so.

Image	Name	Level	Research	Size	PC	RPM	DPR	DPS	Splash	FT	AS	Fa	Zi	Credits
	Plasma Turret PT-1	2		M	100	60	5	5	-	-	75	500	1,000	600
	Plasma Turret PT-2	2		M	100	60	6	6	-	-	75	625	1,000	712
	Plasma Turret PT-3	2		M	100	60	8	8	-	-	75	800	1,000	870
	Plasma Turret PT-4	2		M	100	60	11	11	-	-	75	1,050	1,000	1,094
	Plasma Turret PT-5	2		M	100	60	15	15	-	-	75	1,375	1,000	1,386
	Power Beam BT-100	3		M	225	7.5	80	10	-	-	75	1,000	3,500	2,775
	Power Beam BT-200	3		M	225	7.5	90	11.25	-	-	75	1,125	3,500	3,093
	Power Beam BT-300	3		M	225	7.5	105	13.13	-	-	75	1,312	3,500	3,570
	Power Beam BT-400	3		M	225	7.5	125	15.63	-	-	75	1,562	3,500	4,209
	Power Beam BT-500	3		M	225	7.5	155	19.38	-	-	75	1,937	3,500	5,163

See below for table column definitions.

Armor bane

• Armor bane weapons are a type of energy weapon that do damage relative to the armour of the hull they strike. The percentage of damage done is relative to the target hull's base HP, plus any additional armor modules installed.
• Against Shields, armor bane weapons will inflict their listed DPS as a raw number (not a percentage), and so are ineffective.

Example - a target ship with 1,000 HP (900 HP hull + 100 HP armor module) is fired on by an ABA-S armor bane weapon (1% damage per round). Against armour, each shot will cause 10 hull damage per strike, even when that ship's hull falls below 1,000 HP. Against shields, each shot will cause only 1 damage to the shield.

Image	Name	Level	Research	Size	PC	RPM	DPR	DPS	Splash	FT	AS	Fa	Zi	Credits
	Armor Bane Cannon ABA-S	6		S	25	30	2%	1.0%	-	-	-	1,000	250	132
	Armor Bane Cannon ABB-S	6	N/A	S	25	30	2%	1.0%	-	-	-	1,500	250	198
	Armor Bane Cannon ABA-M	6		M	75	30	3%	1.5%	-	-	-	2,000	750	270
	Armor Bane Turret ABA-M	6	N/A	M	75	30	4%	2.0%	-	-	-	4,000	750	336

See below for table column definitions.

* The ABB-S cannon and ABA-M turret are not yet in the game.

Plasma shells

• These weapons do not require a clear line of sight to their target, and so can strike any target in a fleet, even if other ships are in the way.
• Other ships within the splash radius of these weapons' shots will also take damage (ships positioned close to each other in a fleet are vulnerable).

Image	Name	Level	Research	Size	PC	RPM	DPR	DPS	Splash	FT	AS	Fa	Zi	Credits
	Lightning Gun LPL-1	4		L	300	4.98	35	2.91	-	10	-	1,100	3,500	7,220
	Lightning Gun LPL-2	4		L	300	4.98	40	3.32	-	10	-	1,350	3,500	8,424
	Lightning Gun LPL-3	4		L	300	4.98	45	3.74	-	10	-	1,700	3,500	10,028
	Lightning Gun LPL-4	4		L	300	4.98	50	4.15	-	10	-	2,150	3,500	12,036
	Lightning Gun LPL-5	4		L	300	4.98	55	4.57	-	10	-	2,700	3,500	14,448

See below for table column definitions.

* Plasma Shell Launcher weapons are not yet in the game but will be added shortly.

Unique energy weapons

The following weapons are only accessible for specific civilizations:

Ripchee

Image	Name	Level	Research	Size	PC	RPM	DPR	DPS	Splash	FT	AS	Fa	Zi	Credits
	Power Beam BT-ABA-I	4		M	225	7.5	14%	2%	-	-	75	1,625	2,500	5,824
	Power Beam BT-ABA-II	4		M	225	7.5	16%	2.00%	-	-	75	2,250	2,500	7,948

Fighter carriers

Fighter Carriers are a type of Ship Weapon that launch fighter squadrons to attack the enemy during Fleet Battles. They are detailed on the Fighter Carriers page.

Definitions

• Name: The weapon's name.
• Level: The weapon's tech-level.
• Research: The technology that must be researched to unlock this weapon for use.
• Size: Small, Medium or Large (weapons are only compatible with the correct size of Weapon hard-point).
• PC: Ship Power consumption in MWt.
• RPM: Number of Rounds Per Minute that can be fired.
• DPR: Damage Per Round delivered.
• DPS: Average Damage Per Second, based on the weapon's RPM and DPR stats.
• Splash: Splash radius in meters for projectiles (all ships within this range are damaged as if directly struck themselves).
• FT: Projectile's Flight Time from launcher to target.
• AS: Angular Speed of turret rotation in degrees per second.
• Fa: Module cost in farsu (added to ship total build cost).
• Zi: Module cost in ziryl (added to ship total build cost).
• Credits: Module cost in credits (added to ship total build cost).