Branching laser

Branching laser

Type: Thermal weapon.

For ship type: Chiron and premium ships of the role

For ranks: 9-13.

Munitions:

Description

Hitting a target also damages up to 3 enemy ships.

By the final enemy in the chain the damage decreases to 25% from the starting value.

Range between targets in chain is limited.

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.

Some damage parameters are rounded to integer values.

Parameters	Branching laser 13
	Mk.1	Mk.2	Mk.3	Mk.4	Mk.5
DPS (thermal)	553 dmg./s.	+25 dmg./s.	+24 dmg./s.	+19 dmg./s.	+18 dmg./s.
Damage (thermal)	553 dmg.	+25 dmg.	+24 dmg.	+19 dmg.	+18 dmg.
Range between targets	300 m.	+50 m.	+50 m.	+50 m.	+50 m.
Rate of fire	60 rounds/min
Critical chance	5%
Critical damage bonus	50%
Firing range (max.)	4500 m.
Overheating/cooling	10/2.8 s.
Cost	Can be picked up from destroyed enemies in the zone Ruined Station	427500	855000	1995000	Manufacturing

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