RF Blaster

Type: Close range EM weapon.

For ship type: Interceptor

For ranks: 6-9, 9-13, 12-17.

Munitions:

Description

Rapid-fire EM weapon for close ranges. Accuracy decreases but damage increases with prolonged firing.

Pirate RF Blaster: when you deal critical damage, it increases its rate of fire by 10%, stacks up to 5 times.

Weapon history

RF Blaster is the most lightweight small-caliber plasma cannon, shooting in bursts. Single-projectile blaster damage may be lower, but it's compensated with density of fire.

RF Blaster is perfect for those pilots who prefer to rain a hail of shells on their enemies.

The gun was developed a few centuries ago, commissioned by Vanguard as a tool for massive interceptor attacks. Having taken an infantry weapon as a basis, ‘Typhoon Electronics Weapons’ produced a prototype that showed the best results and the company managed to sign a long-term contract. The weapon later spawned a variety of modifications, including infantry and armoured vehicle variants, based on next-gen technology developed by ‘Typhoon Electronics Weapons’. Now they're produced by dozens of companies across the galaxy. Although the largest and the only supplier of ship cannons for the Federation and the Mercenary Centre, is still ‘Typhoon Electronics Weapons’.

Characteristics

Parameters are shown without ship bonuses and modifiers for the 1 weapon.

Damage per second and per shot increase depending on the number of weapons mounted on the ship.

Damage increase time increases with damage increase from ship bonuses and modifiers.

Some damage parameters are rounded to integer values.

Parameters	RF Blaster 9					RF Blaster 13					RF Blaster 17					Pirate RF Blaster 17
	Mk.1	Mk.2	Mk.3	Mk.4	Mk.5	Mk.1	Mk.2	Mk.3	Mk.4	Mk.5	Mk.1	Mk.2	Mk.3	Mk.4	Mk.5	Mk.4
DPS (EM)	892-1186 dmg./s.	+36 - +48 dmg./s.	+35 - +47 dmg./s.	+29 - +38 dmg./s.	+25 - +34 dmg./s.	945-1257 dmg./s.	+36 - +48 dmg./s.	+36 - +48 dmg./s.	+29 - +38 dmg./s.	+25 - +33 dmg./s.	981-1305 dmg./s.	+36 - +48 dmg./s.	+36 - +48 dmg./s.	+29 - +38 dmg./s.	+25 - +33 dmg./s.	866-2160 dmg./s.
Damage (EM)	134-178 dmg.	+5 - +7 dmg.	+6 - +7 dmg.	+4 - +6 dmg.	+4 - +5 dmg.	142-189 dmg.	+5 - +7 dmg.	+6 - +7 dmg.	+4 - +6 dmg.	+4 - +5 dmg.	147-196 dmg.	+6 - +7 dmg.	+5 - +7 dmg.	+4 - +6 dmg.	+4 - +5 dmg.	130-216 dmg.
Damage increase time	6.5 s.					6.5 s.					6.5 s.					14 s.
Rate of fire	400 rounds/min					400 rounds/min					400 rounds/min					400-600 rounds/min
Critical chance	5%					5%					5%					10%
Critical damage bonus	75%					75%					75%					75%
Projectile speed	4655 m/s					4785 m/s					5003 m/s					4752 m/s
Firing range (max.)	1650 m.					1650 m.					1650 m.					1650 m.
Spread (from-to)	1-3.5 deg.					1-3.5 deg.					1-3.5 deg.					1-3.5 deg.
Overheating/cooling	30/2 s.					30/2 s.					30/2 s.					30/2 s.
Cost	82500	123800	247500	577500	Manufacturing	Can be picked up from destroyed enemies in the zone Ice Pits	270000	540000	1260000	Manufacturing	Can be picked up from destroyed enemies in the zone Iridium Strand	900000	1800000	4200000	Manufacturing	Manufacturing

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