Description
Armor-Piercing Rockets Technology creates rockets designed to penetrate heavily armored targets, including ships and stations.
Benefits
Strategic materials cost Empire-wide-1%
Space attack Empire-wide+5%
Strategy notes
Armor-Piercing Rockets develops the HeavyRockets discipline within Missile Siege Fleet. Project sustained long-range force through guided ordnance, heavy siege missiles, and protected fuel logistics. Its immediate value is +25% Space Attack; -5% Strategic Materials Cost. The principal counterpressure is that point defense, fast interception, ammunition raids, and attacks on slow supply fleets can break the siege.
Player hints
This is an inexpensive path entry. Research it early when you want to test this direction without sacrificing strategic flexibility. Favor this technology when its HeavyRockets 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.
Research cost
1.5KRP
937Credits
525Common
300Rare
375Strategic
450Fuel