Description
Establishes the emitter physics, focusing methods, and fire-control vocabulary needed to develop practical beam weapons.
Benefits
Reveals later technologies and strategic combinations.
Strategy notes
Directed Energy Fundamentals gives a young empire its first dedicated Beams research discipline. It opens the path to precise directed-energy weapons without requiring investment in an unrelated civilian science branch. Its immediate value is access to later Beams technologies and strategic combinations. The principal counterpressure is that beam development competes directly with missile and heavy-ordnance programs for early research capacity.
Player hints
Research this foundation to begin the Beams branch. Once it reaches its first breakthrough, early beam-control and laser weapons projects become available.
Research cost
100RP
200Credits
50Common
5Rare
0Strategic
5FuelPrerequisites
None