Tesla turret

Tesla turret

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30 + 500 + 10 + 10 + 50 + 1 → 1
Total raw
30 + 500 + 10 + 10 + 50 + 1
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Health	1000 1300 1600 1900 2500
Stack size	10
Rocket capacity	10
Range	30 33 36 39 45
Shooting speed	0.5/s
Damage	120 electric (10 targets) Fork chance per jump: 5% 10% 15% 20% 30%
Dimensions	4×4
Energy consumption	7 MW (electric)
Drain	1 MW (electric)
Mining time	0.5
Prototype type	electric-turret
Internal name	tesla-turret
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Space Age expansion exclusive feature.

The tesla turret is a powerful turret which deals electric damage capable of hitting multiple enemies at once. The tesla turret fires an electric bolt that can bounce to secondary enemies in an arcing chain. Hits temporarily stun enemies, slowing them down, which works well in combination with other turrets.

Unlike the handheld tesla gun, the tesla turret does not require tesla ammo. It only needs electricity to operate. It consumes 1 MW continuously. Each shot consumes 12 MJ of energy, so when firing at full speed, the turret pulls a total of 7 MW. These can be offset by using accumulators (or steam storage and excess steam turbines).

Many larger enemies are segmented (demolishers, stompers and strafers); this means that they have different target entities that share a single pool of hit points. The tesla turret can be particularly effective against such enemies, as a single electric bolt can bounce between different segments of the same enemy.

The tesla turret is ineffective against asteroids as they all have 100% electric resistance.

History

• 2.0.7:
  • Introduced in Space Age expansion.

See also

• Fulgora
• Laser turret