Bursters

The contents of this page were introduced in the original Sword of the Stars.

"Approaching Galactica's flak barrier. Cylon target within gun range." — Racetrack

Description:	A heavy driver that hurls a container that detonates at a set distance and sprays the area with hyper-velocity shrapnel. Very good at damaging tight groups of small enemy ships. Like all mass-driver weapons, bursters push the target off-course.
Research Category:	Ballistic Weapons
Research Cost:	60,000 Research Points
Required Technology:	Mass Drivers AND Cruiser Construction
Races Allowed:	Hiver, Human, Liir, Morrigi, Tarka, Zuul
Effect:	The in-game description says that Bursters are designed for use against Destroyers but they actually work best against larger targets. The main round produces a minuscule amount of damage and a considerable amount of kinetic energy, shoving the vessel off course. Burster fire is recognizable by the smaller balls of matter that are equivalent to the rounds from Mass Drivers. Each burster round will release 12 rounds in a sphere from the center of the burst. Damage depends on how many of the smaller rounds impact the target(s) They have a noticeably reduced chance (-100%) of ricocheting off of ship armor.
Notes:	The damage listed below is per Burster submunition.
Version:	This information valid for Version 1.8.0

Weapon Statistics
Weapon Type	Cost (per mount)	Mount Size	HP Bonus (per bank)	Recharge Time (in seconds)	Population Damage	Infrastructure Damage	Terraforming Damage
Ballistic	3,000	Large	350	5	250,000	0.5	0

Range Band	Range		Targeting Inaccuracy	Damage	Duration
Range Band	Ship to Ship	Ship to Planet	Targeting Inaccuracy	Damage	Duration
Point Blank	350		6°	25	n/a
Effective	800		7.5°	25	n/a
Maximum	1,300	1,500	10°	25	n/a