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Chapter 12: Unit Statistics
Beam Weapons
Beam weapons are generally
more powerful than their projectile brethren. Most of the beam weapon
prerequisites lie up the scientific section of the technology advance
tree. Make your way up through fusion power and into quantum mechanics
to gain access to these powerful tools of war.
|
Weapon
|
Active Medium
|
Fire-
power
|
Type
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Pulse
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Wave-
length
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Peak Power
|
Burn Rate/1-inch Steel
|
Pre-
requisite
|
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Gatling laser
|
Neodymium-glass
|
5
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Stacked array
|
2nsec
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107nm
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.96gw
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.52 sec
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Super-
conductor
|
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Fusion laser
|
Neodymium-YAG
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10
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Stacked array
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15nsec
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573nm
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2.4gw
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.14 sec
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Organic super-
lubricant
|
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Tachyon bolt
|
Molecular hydrogen
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12
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Liquid coolant
|
1usec
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680nm
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5gw
|
.07 sec
|
Unified
field
theory
|
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Quantum laser
|
Field distortion
|
16
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Crystal diffusion
|
N/A
|
.005nm
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Variable
|
N/A
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Quantum machinery
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Singularity laser
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Temporal boundary
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24
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Singularity induction
|
Relative
|
.001nm
|
N/A
|
Relative
|
Controlled singularity
|
Defenses
To
protect yourself against enemy attack, you can outfit your units with
a variety of armor or defense types. The most relevant statistic to look
at here is the tensile strength, particularly the value in parenthesis.
This value represents the relative strength of the armor against the others.
Using these values, you can see that the probability sheath is about three
times as strong as the synthmetal armor. Many of the defenses lie up the
same path in the technology advance tree. Head up to photon/wave mechanics
to begin acquisition of powerful defenses.
|
Armor
|
Type
|
Tensile Strength (Value)
|
Density
|
Thickness
|
Pre-
requisite
|
|
Synthmetal armor
|
Chobham
|
Base (2)
|
2.3kg/l
|
250mm
|
Industrial base
|
|
Plasma steel armor
|
Mass-energy composite
|
5x base (3)
|
2.5kg/l
|
520mm
|
High energy chemistry
|
|
Silksteel armor
|
Bonded
|
23x base (4)
|
2.5kg/l
|
520mm
|
Silksteel alloys
|
|
Photon wall
|
Refractive shield
|
46x base (5)
|
N/A
|
2m
|
Photon/wave mechanics
|
|
Probability sheath
|
Phase adjustment
|
97x base (6)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Probability mechanics
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Neutronium armor
|
Kinetic diffusion
|
198x base (8)
|
4kg/l
|
755mm
|
Matter compression
|
|
Antimatter plate
|
Reactive
|
560x base (10)
|
-4kg/l
|
Variable
|
Matter editation
|
|
Psi defense
|
Psi energy field
|
Psi (psi)
|
N/A
|
N/A
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Eudaimonia
|
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Stasis generator
|
Temporal field distortion
|
N/A (12)
|
N/A
|
N/A
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Temporal mechanics
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