Red Lasers
From SOTS
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The contents of this page were introduced in the original Sword of the Stars. |
| Description: | Initial combat laser technology. Very fast and accurate, but has a low damage output. |
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| Research Category: | Energy Weapons |
| Research Cost: | No Research Points |
| Required Technology: | None (Starting technology) |
| Races Allowed: | Hiver, Human, Liir, Morrigi, Tarka, Zuul |
| Effect: | Allows red lasers to be mounted on turrets. May be mounted in Point Defense turrets. They have a noticeably reduced chance (-100%) of ricocheting off of ship armor. |
| Notes: | All players in all games start with this technology already researched. Red lasers have among the lowest damage output of any weapon in the game. It is rather difficult to actually kill a ship with these. You can use them for point defense if you don't have anything else, as their accuracy and rate of fire is pretty good. |
| 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 | ||||||
| Green Lasers | 5,000 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Light Emitter | 15,000 | 30 | 60 | 90 | 55 | 40 | 20 | ||||
| Particle Beam | 18,000 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Plasma Cannon | 10,000 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| UV Lasers | 22,000 | 20 | 30 | 90 | 90 | 30 | 10 | ||||
| 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 |
| Laser | 100 | Small | 0 | 3 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Range Band | Range | Targeting Inaccuracy |
Damage | Duration | |
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| Ship to Ship | Ship to Planet | ||||
| Point Blank | 200 | 0.5° | 15 | n/a | |
| Effective | 400 | 1.5° | 15 | n/a | |
| Maximum | 725 | 1,075 | 2.5° | 12 | n/a |
