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
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855000
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1995000
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Manufacturing |
