Cutting Beam
From SOTS
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The contents of this page were introduced in the original Sword of the Stars. |
| Description: | A very large, fixed-mount beam weapon that fires a high-energy stream of anti-protons that cut through any solid material at very long ranges. |
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| Research Category: | Energy Weapons |
| Research Cost: | 280,000 (Lancer) or 240,000 (Meson Beam) Research Points |
| Required Technology: | (Meson Beam OR Lancer) AND Antimatter |
| Races Allowed: | Hiver, Human, Liir, Morrigi, Tarka, Zuul |
| Effect: | Ultra-high damage heavy beam weapon. Enables the Battle Bridge Section for Cruiser and Dreadnought class ships if no other Heavy Beams are already researched. Enables the Blazer Section for Cruiser and Dreadnought class ships if no other Heavy Beams are already researched. |
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| Version: | This information valid for Version 1.7.1 
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| No New Technologies Available |
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| Weapon Statistics | |||||||||||
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| Weapon Type |
Cost (per mount) |
Mount Size |
HP Bonus (per bank) |
Recharge Time (in seconds) |
Population Damage |
Infrastructure Damage |
Terraforming Damage |
Range vs Ships |
Range vs Planets |
Damage | Duration |
| Heavy Beam | 20,000 | Special | 700 | 22 | 1,000,000 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1,150 | 1,550 | 600/sec | 2.5 sec |
