Ballistic Weapons are good short ranged weapons with low damage and low He3 usage. They can eventually be upgraded to do scattering damage, hitting all ships in a row.

• Shooting Range: 1 - 2 (Maximum of 1-4 after research.
• Packing Round: 0 (Rounds needed before next use)
• Attack power in a round: Low
• He3 Consumption: Low
• Damage Attribute: Heat/Kinetic
• Scattering Damage (researched): All ships in the same row as the target will suffer damage. (Scattering amount can be increased by research.)
• Cannot be blocked or Intercepted

The initial shooting range of 1 – 2 allows for specific use of short range combat. Ballistics Science research can be improved to enhance the skills of these weapons to a range of 4. After some research, it will increase the critical hit rate, penetrate enemy shields, increase damage to Neutral, Light and Compound Armor types and can even increase the attack range.

Scattering Damage - After some research, your Ballistic Weapons can produce Scattering Damage to other ships located in the same vertical row. That scattering rate can increase to up to 50% of the weapon damage as the target. You can also research up to a 15% chance that the scattering rate will be 100% of weapon damage. The volume of Ballistic Weapons can also be decreased by as much as 10% with research.

Like Directional Weapons, these start with low attack power. To enhance their attack power, you must equip several of them, making it hard to defeat target's with high defense. Layering in later levels is advised as you can layer strategically to increase the Cooldown of weapons and also limiting the amount of He3 used per round.

Ballistic Weapon Stats

The following table is a list of all Ballistic-Based weapons, their base attributes and the base cost per module installed on ships. Certain types of research can enhance their Damage, Volume, Range, Cost, and He3 usage. For a comprehensive list of ALL weaponry and their stats go to the Composite Weapons Table.

Module Name	Icon	Attack	Range	CD	Volume	He3 Use	Steering	Avg Att / Vol	Damage Type	Strong Against	Metal Cost	He3 Cost	Gold Cost
Rapid Fire-I		16-20	1-2	0	20	0.01	6.0	0.900	Heat	Regen	22	13	12
Rapid Fire-II		24-29	1-2	0	21	0.01	6.3	1.262	Heat	Regen	25	16	15
Rapid Fire-III		32-39	1-2	0	23	0.01	6.6	1.543	Heat	Regen	31	22	21
Taskmaster(S)-I		19-23	1-2	0	23	0.01	5	0.913	Kinetic	Neutralizing	30	18	16
Taskmaster(S)-II		27-33	1-2	0	25	0.01	5.3	1.200	Kinetic	Neutralizing	34	21	19
Taskmaster(S)-III		39-47	1-2	0	28	0.01	5.6	1.536	Kinetic	Neutralizing	39	27	25
"Tempest" Rapid Fire-I		29-36	1-2	0	22	0.02	6.4	1.477	Heat	Regen	26	16	15
"Tempest" Rapid Fire-II		38-47	1-2	0	24	0.03	6.7	1.771	Heat	Regen	27	18	17
"Tempest" Rapid Fire-III		50-61	1-2	0	25	0.04	7.0	2.220	Heat	Regen	31	21	20
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb-I		34-41	1-2	0	25	0.04	5.4	1.500	Kinetic	Neutralizing	34	22	20
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb-II		47-57	1-2	0	28	0.05	5.7	1.857	Kinetic	Neutralizing	36	23	21
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb-III		61-74	1-2	0	30	0.06	6.0	2.250	Kinetic	Neutralizing	39	27	24
Gatling Cannon-I		42-52	1-2	0	23	0.04	6.8	2.043	Heat	Regen	28	18	17
Gatling Cannon-II		54-66	1-2	0	25	0.05	7.1	2.400	Heat	Regen	29	19	18
Gatling Cannon-III		68-83	1-2	0	27	0.05	7.4	2.796	Heat	Regen	33	23	22
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon-I		55-67	1-2	0	27	0.07	5.8	2.259	Kinetic	Neutralizing	36	23	21
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon-II		70-86	1-2	0	29	0.08	6.1	2.690	Kinetic	Neutralizing	38	25	23
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon-III		87-106	1-2	0	33	0.09	6.4	2.924	Kinetic	Neutralizing	42	28	26
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon-I		59-72	1-2	0	26	0.05	7.2	2.519	Heat	Regen	29	20	18
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon-II		73-90	1-2	0	29	0.06	7.5	2.810	Heat	Regen	31	21	20
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon-III		90-111	1-2	0	32	0.07	7.8	3.141	Heat	Regen	35	24	23
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-I		74-90	1-2	0	30	0.09	6.2	2.733	Kinetic	Neutralizing	38	25	23
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-II		93-113	1-2	0	34	0.10	6.5	3.029	Kinetic	Neutralizing	40	27	24
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-III		112-137	1-2	0	39	0.12	6.8	3.192	Kinetic	Neutralizing	44	30	28
"Flash" Sonicbomb-I		81-99	1-2	0	30	0.07	7.6	3.000	Heat	Regen	31	21	20
"Flash" Sonicbomb-II		100-122	1-2	0	35	0.08	7.9	3.171	Heat	Regen	33	23	21
"Flash" Sonicbomb-III		120-147	1-2	0	40	0.09	8.2	3.338	Heat	Regen	37	26	25
"Calamity" Howitzer-I		99-120	1-2	0	36	0.11	6.6	3.042	Kinetic	Neutralizing	40	27	25
"Calamity" Howitzer-II		121-148	1-2	0	41	0.12	6.9	3.280	Kinetic	Neutralizing	42	28	26
"Calamity" Howitzer-III		145-177	1-2	0	47	0.13	7.2	3.426	Kinetic	Neutralizing	46	32	30
"Deathhowl" Shockwave-I		102-125	1-2	0	38	0.09	8.0	2.987	Heat	Regen	33	23	22
"Deathhowl" Shockwave-II		124-152	1-2	0	41	0.09	8.3	3.366	Heat	Regen	35	24	23
"Deathhowl" Shockwave-III		147-180	1-2	0	44	0.11	8.6	3.716	Heat	Regen	39	28	27
"Ares" Widowmaker-I		135-164	1-2	0	44	0.14	7.0	3.398	Kinetic	Neutralizing	43	29	26
"Ares" Widowmaker-II		161-196	1-2	0	48	0.15	7.3	3.719	Kinetic	Neutralizing	44	30	28
"Ares" Widowmaker-III		189-230	1-2	0	53	0.16	7.6	3.953	Kinetic	Neutralizing	48	34	31
Azrael-I		194-237	1-2	0	45	0.12	8.3	4.789	Heat	Regen	37	25	24
Azrael-II		217-265	1-2	0	48	0.12	8.6	5.021	Heat	Regen	41	29	28
Azrael-III		240-294	1-2	0	51	0.14	8.9	5.235	Heat	Regen	49	35	34
BloodyMary-I		238-289	1-2	0	51	0.17	7.3	5.167	Kinetic	Neutralizing	47	32	29
BloodyMary-II		262-315	1-2	0	55	0.18	7.6	5.245	Kinetic	Neutralizing	52	36	33
BloodyMary-III		295-350	1-2	0	60	0.19	7.9	5.375	Kinetic	Neutralizing	61	43	40
Tempest-I		212-259	1-2	0	47	0.14	8.5	5.011	Heat	Regen	42	30	29
Tempest-II		236-288	1-2	0	50	0.16	8.8	5.240	Heat	Regen	46	34	33
Tempest-III		260-318	1-2	0	53	0.18	9.1	5.453	Heat	Regen	54	40	39
Judgment-I		252-307	1-2	0	53	0.19	7.5	5.274	Kinetic	Neutralizing	52	37	34
Judgment-II		281-342	1-2	0	57	0.21	7.8	5.465	Kinetic	Neutralizing	57	41	38
Judgment-III		318-387	1-2	0	62	0.23	8.1	5.685	Kinetic	Neutralizing	66	48	45
Bloodspur-I		254-310	1-2	0	39	0.21	8.7	7.231	Heat	Regen	49	37	36
Bloodspur-II		283-345	1-2	0	42	0.24	9.0	7.476	Heat	Regen	53	41	40
Bloodspur-III		312-381	1-2	0	45	0.27	9.3	7.700	Heat	Regen	61	47	46
Shooting Star-I		302-368	1-2	0	44	0.285	7.7	7.614	Kinetic	Neutralizing	59	44	41
Shooting Star-II		337-410	1-2	0	48	0.315	8.0	7.781	Kinetic	Neutralizing	64	48	45
Shooting Star-III		381-464	1-2	0	52	0.345	8.3	8.125	Kinetic	Neutralizing	73	55	52

As of 8/08/2012.

Ballistic Weapons Upgrade Info

The following table is a list of all Ballistic Weapons, and their upgrade cost and time to upgrade. The Upgrade Time can be improved by improving the Weapon Research Center.

Weapon Name		Cost II	Cost III	Upgrade Time II	Upgrade Time III
Rapid Fire-I		4792	3,335	00:37:50	01:18:06
Taskmaster(S)-I		3,626	5,209	00:44:43	01:32:18
"Tempest" Rapid Fire-I		26,983	38,767	02:34:47	05:19:29
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb-I		32,430	46,591	03:43:35	07:41:28
Gatling Cannon-I		107,087	153,849	08:01:33	16:33:56
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon-I		121,425	174,447	10:19:08	21:17:54
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon-I		244,014	350,565	13:11:07	27:12:52
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-I		278,683	400,375	17:11:53	35:29:50
"Flash" Sonicbomb-I		483,583	694,746	21:12:40	43:46:47
"Calamity" Howitzer-I		594,928	854,712	32:06:12	66:15:41
"Deathhowl" Shockwave-I		784,841	1,127,553	26:56:38	55:36:44
"Ares" Widowmaker-I		930,046	1,336,163	37:50:10	78:05:37
Azrael-I		10,024,485	14,401,814	42:59:44	88:44:34
BloodyMary-I		10,671,879	15,331,890	48:43:42	100:34:30
Tempest-I		20,048,970	28,803,628	64:29:36	133:06:51
Judgment-I		21,343,758	30,663,780	73:05:33	150:51:45
Bloodspur-I		30,073,345	43,205,299	106:18:27	219:25:05
Shooting Star-I		32,015,637	45,995,721	120:28:54	248:40:27

The price increases with about 43.66 % from first research to second. The time increases with about 106.40 % from first research to second.

Blueprint Information

The following table is a list of all Ballistic-based weapons, their blueprint location, and their requirements for initial use.

Module Blueprint Name		Source	Honor Points	Prerequisites to use
Rapid Fire		Start with	N/A	None
Taskmaster(S)		Start with	N/A	None
"Tempest" Rapid Fire		Instance 3	N/A
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb		Instance 6	N/A	Research Taskmaster(S)
Gatling Cannon		Instance 9	N/A	Research "Tempest" Rapid Fire-I
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon		Instance 12	N/A	Research "Wiseman" Scatterbomb-II
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon		Instance 15	N/A	Research Gatling Cannon-II
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb		Instance 18	N/A	Research "Blaze" Auto-Cannon-II
"Flash" Sonicbomb		Instance 21	2,646	Research "Typhoon" Speed Cannon-III
"Calamity" Howitzer		Instance 24	3,456	Research "Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-III
"Deathhowl" Shockwave		Instance 27	4,374	Research "Flash" Sonicbomb-III,"Calamity" Howitzer-III
"Ares" Widomaker		Instance 30	5,400	Research "Flash" Sonicbomb-III,"Calamity" Howitzer-III
Azrael		Honor	6,144	Research "Deathhowl" Shockwave-III
BloodyMary		Honor	6,936	Research "Ares" Widomaker-III
Tempest		Scenario 50	N/A	Research Azrael-III
Judgment		Scenario 50	N/A	Research BloodyMary-III
Bloodspur		Virgo.V01	N/A	Research Tempest
Shooting Star		Virgo.V01	N/A	Research Judgment

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