Heavy Drivers
From SOTS
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The contents of this page were introduced in the original Sword of the Stars. |
| Description: | Heavy barrel mass drivers that hurl very large kinetic rounds that do very heavy damage and can knock Destroyers and Cruisers off course. |
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| Research Category: | Ballistic Weapons |
| Research Cost: | 45,000 Research Points |
| Required Technology: | Mass Drivers AND Cruiser Construction |
| Races Allowed: | Hiver, Human, Liir, Morrigi, Tarka, Zuul |
| Effect: | Allows heavy drivers to be mounted on ships. Medium rate of fire, very heavy damage, long range, low accuracy. They have a significantly reduced chance (-120%) of ricocheting off of ship armor. |
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| Version: | This information valid for Version 1.7.1 
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| Technology | Research Cost |
Chance of Availability | |||||||||
| Hiver | Human | Liir | Morrigi | Tarka | Zuul | ||||||
| Neutronium Rounds | 125,000 | 80 | 60 | 20 | 30 | 75 | 30 | ||||
| Siege Drivers | 160,000 | 90 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 85 | 30 | ||||
| Shield Breaker Rounds | 60,000 | 50 | 60 | 90 | 95 | 50 | 80 | ||||
| Energy Leech Rounds | 60,000 | 50 | 70 | 90 | 95 | 50 | 90 | ||||
| Accelerator Ampilification | 90,000 | 100 | 90 | 75 | 80 | 100 | 80 | ||||
| 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 |
| Ballistic | 2,000 | Large | 300 | 5 | 250,000 | 1.0 | .3 |
| Range Band | Range | Targeting Inaccuracy |
Damage | Duration | |
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| Ship to Ship | Ship to Planet | ||||
| Point Blank | 450 | 4° | 450 | n/a | |
| Effective | 700 | 5° | 450 | n/a | |
| Maximum | 1,050 | 1,250 | 7° | 450 | n/a |
