Branching laser
Type: Thermal weapon.
For ship type: Chiron and premium ships of the role 
For ranks: 10-14.
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 14 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mk.1 | Mk.2 | Mk.3 | Mk.4 | |
| DPS (thermal) | 462 dmg./s. | +20 dmg./s. | +20 dmg./s. | +16 dmg./s. |
| Damage (thermal) | 462 dmg. | +20 dmg. | +20 dmg. | +16 dmg. |
| Range between targets | 300 m. | +50 m. | +50 m. | +50 m. |
| Rate of fire | 60 rounds/min | |||
| Critical chance | 5% | |||
| Critical damage bonus | 50% | |||
| Firing range (max.) | 5000 m. | |||
| Overheating/cooling | 4/2 s. | |||
| Cost | Can be picked up from destroyed enemies in the zone Destroyed Station | 427500
|
855000
|
1995000
|
