Laser weapons damage (research)

Laser weapons damage (research)

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Cost
30 1 1 1 1 ✖ 100
Prototype type	technology
Internal name	laser-weapons-damage-1
Required technologies
Allows
2-∞

Object description

Space Age expansion exclusive feature.

Laser weapons damage (research) affects the damage of laser weapons and distractor capsules.

Technology	Cost	Per Level	Cumulative
1 Laser weapons damage 1	30 1 1 1 1 ✖ 100	20%	20%
2 Laser weapons damage 2	30 1 1 1 1 ✖ 200	20%	40%
3 Laser weapons damage 3	60 1 1 1 1 ✖ 300	30%	70%
4 Laser weapons damage 4	60 1 1 1 1 ✖ 400	40%	110%
5 Laser weapons damage 5	60 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 500	50%	160%
6 Laser weapons damage 6	60 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 600	70%	230%
7-∞ Laser weapons damage 7-∞	60 1 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 2^(Level-7)*1000 (eg. 1000 for level 7, 2000 for level 8)	70% per level	230% + 70%*(Level-6)

Thresholds

The table below shows for each level of the laser weapons damage research how many (normal quality) laser turret activations are required to destroy a small (S) or medium (M) asteroid on a space platform. Medium asteroids have 90% laser resistance and cannot be destroyed in a single activation at any research level; at research level 12, 20 or more laser turrets provide sufficient combined fire rate to clear medium asteroids at normal platform travel speeds. Big and huge asteroids (95–99% laser resistance) are not practical laser turret targets and are excluded. The table is shown up to level 20; medium asteroids continue to require multiple activations beyond this point.

Activations required to destroy asteroid
Level	Cumulative research cost	S S S	M M M
0	-	7	200
1	400	6	167
2	1.2k	5	143
3	2.4k	4	118
4	4k	3	96
5	6.5k		77
6	9.5k	2	61
7	15.5k		50
8	27.5k		43
9	51.5k		38
10	99.5k		33
11	195.5k	1	30
12	387.5k		27
13	771.5k		25
14	1.54M		23
15	3.075M		21
16	6.147M		20
17	12.291M		19
18	24.579M		18
19	49.156M		17
20	98.308M		16

History

• 2.0.7:
  • Introduced in Space Age expansion.

See also

• Electric weapons damage (research)
• Energy weapons damage (research) — variant of the research without Space Age
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