The Weapons of Epoch Star

There are a variety of weapon types in Epoch Star. With over 1000 weapon and devices in the game, we will try to summarize these devices into groups.

• Heavy Cannon Weapons - Slower firing heavy projectile weapons.
• Heat Seaking Weapons - Projectile weapons that seek out the nearest enemy ship.
• Lasers - Vanilla beam weapons.
• Tractor Beams - Beam weapons that pull the target twords your ship.
• Rapid Fire Projectile Weapons - Rapid fire weapons that shoot projectiles a a high rate.
• Repulsor Beams - Beam weapon that pushes the target away from the firing ship.
• Defense Lasers - Fast firing low damage lasers used to destroy incomming projectiles.
• Shockwave Weapons - Shock Waves that eminate from the firing ship doing damage to everything in it's radius.
• Seige Weapons - Explosive cannon rounds that detonate when they reach a certain distance from the firing ship.
• Flame Thrower Weapons - Slow moving spray weapons.
• Charge Devices - This group of devices does a variety of repairs and bonuses to engines, batteries, shields and ship structure.
• Cloaking Devices - This device gives temporary invisibility to the ship using it.
• Repair Devices - These devices give instant repairs to the ships that use them.
• Mines - Mines float in space until a ship gets close enough to them to detonate.
• Portal Devices - This device opens a Jump Gate to the Lustalla System.
• Phantom Devices - This device creates a "Phantom" which seeks out and destroys nearby enemy ships.
• Shields - Defensive shields that protect your ship from damage.
• Armor - Defensive armor that protects your ship from damage.

In addition to the different types of weapons, there are also Bonuses and Ailments that those weapons can have.   Below is a list of bonuses and ailments that can be assigned to a weapon or device.

Bonuses

• Defense Recharge - Increases the shield recharge rate of the target ship.
• Energy - Increases the battery energy recharge rate of the target ship.
• Attack - Increases the attack damage of the target ship.
• Engine - Increases the speed of the target ship.
• Defense - Decreases the amount of damage that is done to the target ship.

Ailments

• Stunned - Temporarily disables the engines of the target ship.
• Slow - Decreases the speed of the target ship.
• Vulnerable - Does damage directly to the structure of the target ship, ignoring shields and armor.
• Weak - Reduces the attack effectiveness of the target ship.
• No Recharge - Temorarily disables the engine battery recharge of the target ship.
• No Energy - Eliminates all energy in the engine batteries of the target ship.

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