Description
Energy Beam and Disruption Weapons Technology develops powerful energy beams and disruption fields to disable enemy ships and systems.
Benefits
Research output Empire-wide+0.78%
Shield strength Empire-wide+1.57%
Hull strength Empire-wide-0.16%
Space attack Empire-wide+5.49%-
Aggressive Fleet strategy
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Offensive Fleet role
Strategy notes
Energy Beam and Disruption Weapons develops the SpaceWarfare discipline within Fortress and Combined Arms. Hold valuable systems through shields, layered orbital defense, disciplined ground forces, and coordinated production. Its immediate value is +35% Space Attack, +10% Shield Strength; +5% Research; -1% Hull. The principal counterpressure is that siege, blockade, espionage, and expansion around fortified systems can make static strength irrelevant.
Player hints
This tier begins to define an empire. Compare its resource demand with the other technologies competing for your laboratories. Favor this technology when its SpaceWarfare benefits reinforce your current economy, fleets, or frontier. Pause the branch if its expected RP per tick is too diluted or its resource costs would stall higher-priority projects. Unlocks the Aggressive fleet strategy (+20% firepower, -10% shields).
Research cost
9.6KRP
7.2KCredits
3.12KCommon
2.4KRare
2.88KStrategic
1.2KFuel