[useful, weapons]

Weapons

This page explains the weapons that are mounted to ships

– See Also: Missiles

Types of Weapons

Bolt weapons

Fire discrete projectiles which travel through space at the listed speed.
May fire repeatedly at the specified rate of fire.
Accuracy depends on the bullet speed, which ranges from slow capital ship cannons to Flak that exceeds the speed of beam weapons.
Most weapons fit into this category.

Beam weapons

Are virtually impossible to evade because all beam weapons have a very high propagation speed.
Generate a beam until the trigger is released or energy is depleted.
Few Beam Weapons are commonly seen in-game:

Shockwave weapons

Are almost impossible to evade since some can cover an area that is over 1 km wide.
Fire a cone of destruction hitting victims multiple times, inflicting a huge multiplier on large targets.
Often a source of friendly fire.
Few Shockwave weapons available:
- Phased Shockwave Generator
- Plasma Burst Generator

Flak weapons

Are primarily designed as anti-fighter weapons.
Create a large damage area capable of seriously damaging fighters.
Very few Flak Weapons are available:

Ammunition-Based Weapons

Far more energy efficient than their equivalents, they require constant supplies of ammunition to fire.
Each ammunition crate holds 200 rounds of ammunition. This means certain weapons use ammunition faster than others.
Storing and re-equipping becomes a matter of logistics. OOS combat uses ammunition very quickly.
Few Ammunition Based Weapons Available:
Available Ammunition Types:

Weapons List & Data

Name	Shield Dmg	Hull Dmg	Energy	Range	Speed	Cargo	Space
Fusion Beam Cannon	9000	12800	278	6.63	2660	L	30
Matter/Anti-Matter Launcher^A	10000	3700	1	3.62	445	M	21
Electro-Magnetic Plasma Cannon	5200	2000	81	2.0	588	S	5
Prototype Starburst Shockwave Cannon	11700	1900	679	2.0	2000	XL	28
Point Singularity Projector²	25200	9500	250	6.42	321	XL	200
Starburst Shockwave Cannon	13100	2100	759	2.0	2000	L	28
Gamma Kyon Emitter	10700	6400	714	4.85	12143	XL	25
Beta Kyon Emitter	5000	3000	10	3.41	9765	M	5
Alpha Kyon Emitter	2300	1100	56	1.79	5993	S	1
Experimental Electro-Mag Plasma Cannon	4600	1800	72	2.0	588	S	5
Prototype Matter/Anti-Matter Launcher^A	8900	3300	1	3.62	445	M	21
Phased Array Laser Cannon	9400	7000	25	6.37	2561	L	32
Phased Shockwave Generator¹	2500	134	569	1.44	254	L	28
Cluster Flak Array	12000	1800	692	1.98	2200	L	33
Repair Laser	0	100	100	2.2	4400	-	1
Incendiary Bomb Launcher^2/3	46200	8100	478	5.14	312	XL	110
Phased Repeater Gun	7200	765	138	2.32	1560	S	4
High Energy Plasma Thrower	9400	1500	188	2.31	431	S	6
Tractor Beam	0	0	2000	2.0	4000	S	50
Particle Accelerator Cannon	6000	748	120	1.92	703	S	3
Mobile Drilling System	118	325	20	4.83	84	XL	100
Ion Pulse Generator	13000	544	475	3.88	347	M	28
Energy Bolt Chaingun^A	8900	1400	233	2.81	604	S	1
Plasma Beam Cannon	11900	4500	336	5.85	10644	XL	120
Flak Artillery Array	12800	1900	629	2.11	7051	L	30
Fragmentation Bomb Launcher	8800	1400	192	1.97	359	S	5
Ion Shard Railgun	10200	3700	476	3.33	498	M	22
Pulsed Beam Emitter	18100	673	269	0.97	6980	M	8
Concussion Impulse Generator	9800	3200	307	3.46	420	M	25
Plasma Burst Generator²	427	109	50	0.78	375	S	7
Gauss Cannon ^A	42200	17900	1	4.78	353	XL	55
Ion Cannon²	66100	3800	503	5.12	387	XL	150
Photon Pulse Cannon²	46500	8200	420	6.62	333	XL	100
Ion Disruptor	3300	10	164	0.94	2027	M	10
Mass Driver^A	0	185	12	0.99	739	S	1
Impulse Ray Emitter	1400	140	26	1.39	1162	S	1
Tri-Beam Cannon	11100	7800	374	6.19	5630	XL	135

Key

Sheild Dmg	Damage Per Second
Hull Dmg	Damage Per Second
Energy	Amount of Energy Used Per Second
Range	Range in Kilometers (km)
Speed	Speed in meters/second
Cargo	Carge Size Type (ie. S,M,L,XL)
Space	Amount of Cargo Space Per Gun

Footnotes

^AWeapon Requires Ammunition

¹Actual damage for this weapon is much higher. Area of Effect weapon. Will hit several/many targets multiple times.

²Capital weapon which can be charged up, using more energy but dealing more damage.

³IBL “set the target on fire”, adding burn damage. For 3 seconds, about 3000 damage per second is inflicted. This is not cumulative with multiple IBLs hitting the target so it's barely noticeable when firing 4-8 IBL simultaneously.