High-Tech Weapons

High-tech weapons use energy pulses instead of the typical explosive shells. Most of the more 'heavy duty' weapons (EXAMPLE: railgun, magnetic pulse cannon) in this catagory do not sit comforatably in your arsenal, for one, they are too large to place on your ship more then once and are fired in succession rather than in a single salvo. This is not the only problem with these high-tech weapons, low ammunition and an incredably long reloading speeds make these heavy guns hard to use frequently. Some of these problems can be solved by adding ammo depos and an Auto Reload System to your ship.

There are several Catergories of Energy weapons.

Laser Types
Laser type weapons are the first kind of weapons you will acquire, while laser weapons are basic at first with Basic, Scattering and Seeking as well as a direct fire laser, they split off into several categories of lasers which have unique firing patterns. Laser weapons in general are designed for head in battles as they do not compensate for movement. However, laser weapons do not fire in a single salvo and instead uses a rolling barrage which staggers damage output.

Plasma Type
Plasma Type weapons rely on ionizing gas and energy into a condensed blast with 3 different catergories: Regular, Scattering and Heatseeking. Regular plasma weapons are the most powerful but basic in combat, scattering causes the energy weapon to disperse on impact, theoretically allowing it to do several times the damage on impact as it caculates damage per shot. Heatseeking gives it the same benefits and drawbacks of a Missile type weapon but uses the energy defense to caculate damage rather than ballistic defense.

Railguns
The ultimate shipmounted weaponry a warship could ask for in an accuracy/movement/damage ratio. Firing electronically charged rods at an enemy vessel, it has a great deal of damage potential. The Ship Mounted railgun is capable of having a great firing angle but lacks damage and is a direct fire weapon. It's cousins on the other hand are devstating in terms of damage but have limited firing angle and ammo.