Stronger explosives (research)

Stronger explosives (research)

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Cost
30 1 1 ✖ 100
Prototype type	technology
Internal name	stronger-explosives-1
Required technologies
2
Allows
2-∞

Stronger explosives (research) affects the damage of grenades, rockets and landmines. In Space Age, levels 5 and 6 of the research require space science packs, and the infinite research requires agricultural science packs, but is otherwise unchanged.

Technology	Base game cost	Space Age cost	Per Level	Cumulative	Per level	Cumulative	Per level	Cumulative
1 Stronger explosives 1	30 1 1 ✖ 100		25%	25%
2 Stronger explosives 2	30 1 1 1 ✖ 200		20%	45%	20%	20%
3 Stronger explosives 3	60 1 1 1 1 ✖ 300		20%	65%	20%	40%	30%	30%
4 Stronger explosives 4	60 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 400		20%	85%	20%	60%	40%	70%
5 Stronger explosives 5	60 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 500	60 1 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 500	20%	105%	20%	80%	50%	120%
6 Stronger explosives 6	60 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 600	60 1 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 600	20%	125%	20%	100%	60%	180%
7-∞ Stronger explosives 7-∞	60 1 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 2^(Level-7)*1000 (eg. 1000 for level 7, 2000 for level 8)	60 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 2^(Level-7)*1000 (eg. 1000 for level 7, 2000 for level 8)	20% per level	125% + 20%*(Level-6)	20% per level	100% + 20%*(Level-6)	50% per level	180% + 50%*(Level-6)

Thresholds

The table below shows for each level of the stronger explosives research how many (normal quality) rockets are required in order to kill a small (S), medium (M), or big (B) promethium or other asteroids respectively. This takes into account, that the rocket turrets automatically overkill asteroids by 1%. For explosive rockets both the required number of direct hits (hit) and required number of times damage taken in the area of effect (AoE) are given.

Technology level	Cumulative research cost	S S S			M M M			B B B			S			M			B
			hit	AoE		hit	AoE		hit	AoE		hit	AoE		hit	AoE		hit	AoE
0 to 2	100	2	2	3	3	4	6	12	15	23	3	3	5	6	8	12	23	30	45
3	600	1		2		3	5	9	12	18	2		4	5	6	9	18	24	35
4	1k		1		2		4	7	9	14		2	3	4	5	7	14	18	27
5	1.5k			1		2	3	6	7	11	1		2	3	4	6	11	14	21
6	2.1k							5	6	9		1			3	5	9	11	17
7	3.1k				1		2	4	5	7				2		4	7	10	14
8	5.1k							3	4	6							6	8	12
9	9.1k					1							1		2	3		7	11
10	17.1k									5							5		10
11	33.1k								3									6	9
12	65.1k						1	2		4				1		2	4		8
13	129k																	5
14 to 15	257k																		7
16 to 18	1.03M								2	3					1		3	4	6
19 to 20	8.93M																		5
21 to 22	32.8M																	3
23	131M							1		2							2		4
24 to 30	262M															1
31 to 45	33.6G								1									2	3
46 to 60	1.1P									1							1		2
61 to 90	36E																	1
91 to ∞	38.7R																		1

History

• 0.17.0:
  • Added as part of military technology balance rework.

See also

• Research
• Technologies