Directional Sciences will increase the firepower of directional weapons, increase the hit rates and much more. Please edit the time and gold needed to reasearch.

Its recommended to research directionals at the beginning of the game, since they are very useful at the start.

1 Optics
2 Directional Malice
3 Directional Accuracy
4 Eagle Eye
5 Pierce
6 Energy Penetration
7 Radiative Interference
8 Improved Pierce
9 Energy Accumulation
10 Electronic Interference
11 Piercing Crit
12 Weakness Detection
13 Particle Impact Tech
14 Magnetic Impact
15 Dynamic Impairment
16 Artillery Trajectory Research
17 Related Links

Optics

Increase the damage dealt by directional weapons by 5% per level.

Requirements: none.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 5%	541	00:01:57
2	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 10%	628	00:02:38
3	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 15%	959	00:06:08
4	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 20%	1,467	00:14:21
5	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 25%	2,244	00:33:35
6	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 30%	3,434	01:18:37
7	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 35%	5,253	03:03:59
8	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 40%	8,036	07:10:34
9	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 45%	12,294	16:47:41
10	Increases base damage of Directional weapons by 50%	18,808	39:18:21

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Directional Malice

Increase critical hit rate of directional weapons by 1% per level.

Requirements: Optics Level 3.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Increase critical hit rate of directional weapons by 1%	7,558	00:23:48
2	Increase critical hit rate of directional weapons by 2%	8,752	00:31:55
3	Increase critical hit rate of directional weapons by 3%	13,385	01:14:39
4	Increase critical hit rate of directional weapons by 4%	20,477	02:54:43
5	Increase critical hit rate of directional weapons by 5%	31,327	06:48:55

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Directional Accuracy

Increase the hit rate of directional weapons by 1% per level.

Requirements: Optics Level 3.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Increase hit rate of directional weapons by 1%	7,558	00:23:48
2	Increase hit rate of directional weapons by 2%	8,752	00:31:55
3	Increase hit rate of directional weapons by 3%	13,385	01:14:39
4	Increase hit rate of directional weapons by 4%	20,477	02:54:43
5	Increase hit rate of directional weapons by 5%	31,327	06:48:55

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Eagle Eye

Increase the steering power of directional weapons by 10% per level.

Requirements: Optics Level 6, Directional Accuracy Level 1.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Increase the steering power of directional weapons by 10%	22,724	00:42:30
2	Increase the steering power of directional weapons by 20%	26,309	00:56:58

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Pierce

Pierces target ship and deal piercing damage to the ships in the same vertical row as the target. The piercing damage increase by 3% per level.

Requirements: Optics Level 10, Directional Malice Level 5, Directional Accuracy Level 5, Energy Penetration Level 1.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Piercing damage increase by 3%	87,919	01:22:27
2	Piercing damage increase by 6%	101,789	01:50:31
3	Piercing damage increase by 9%	155,714	04:18:38
4	Piercing damage increase by 12%	238,216	10:05:18
5	Piercing damage increase by 15%	364,426	23:36:36

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Energy Penetration

Increase the hit rate of directional weapons by 8% and grants them a 8% chance to penetrate enemy shields.

Requirements: Directional Accuracy Level 2, Eagle Eye Level 1.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Increase the hit rate of directional weapons by 8% and grants them a 8% chance to penetrate enemy shields.	62,584	01:42:00

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Radiative Interference

Grants directional weapons the ability to reduce enemy fleet's hit rate. The effect can be stacked to a maximum of 25%. The effect will disappear when the target completes an attack. Adds 2% chances to reduce ennemy fleet's hit rate per level.

Requirements: Optics Level 6, Directional Accuracy Level 2.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Adds +2% chances to reduce enemy fleet's hit rate	43,116	02:33:00
2	Adds +4% chances to reduce enemy fleet's hit rate	49,918	03:25:05
3	Adds +6% chances to reduce enemy fleet's hit rate	76,362	07:59:56
4	Adds +8% chances to reduce enemy fleet's hit rate	116,822	18:43:14
5	Adds +10% chances to reduce enemy fleet's hit rate	178,716	43:48:45

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Improved Pierce

Pierces target ship and deal 5% more piercing damage per level.

Requirements: Pierce Level 3, Eagle Eye Level 2.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Deals 5% more piercing damage	240,487	04:57:30
2	Deals 10% more piercing damage	278,425	06:38:46

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Energy Accumulation

Increase the critical hit rate of directional weapons when the fleet moves one step.

Requirements: Eagle Eye Level 2, Energy Penetration Level 1.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Increase critical hit rate of directional weapons by 2% when the fleet moves one step.	136,845	03:19:45
2	Increase critical hit rate of directional weapons by 4% when the fleet moves one step.	158,435	04:27:45
3	Increase critical hit rate of directional weapons by 6% when the fleet moves one step.	242,368	10:26:35

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Electronic Interference

Adds 5% chances per level for directional weapons to reduce enemy steering power by 10%. Also reduces space occupied by directional weapons.

Requirements: Directional Accuracy Level 2, Radiative Interference Level 3.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Adds 5% chances for directional weapons to reduce enemy steering power by 10%. Reduces space occupied by directional weapons by 3%	87,581	03:19:45
2	Adds 10% chances for directional weapons to reduce enemy steering power by 10%. Reduces space occupied by directional weapons by 6%	101,398	04:27:45
3	Adds 15% chances for directional weapons to reduce enemy steering power by 10%. Reduces space occupied by directional weapons by 9%	155,115	10:26:35

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Piercing Crit

Enables directional weapons to criticaly pierce the ships in the same horizontal row as the pierced target.

Requirements: Pierce Level 5, Improved Pierce Level 1.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Enables directional weapons to criticaly pierce the ships in the same horizontal row as the pierced target.	391,234	07:05:00

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Weakness Detection

Increase by 5% per level the base damage of directional weapons. Also grants 3% more chances to apply the maximum base hit rate per level. The last level of this reasearch increase it by 4%.

Requirements: Energy Accumulation Level 3, Electronic Interference Level 3.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Increase the base damage of directional weapons by 5%. Also grants 3% more chances to apply the maximum base hit rate.	349,054	05:38:18
2	Increase the base damage of directional weapons by 10%. Also grants 6% more chances to apply the maximum base hit rate.	404,116	07:33:27
3	Increase the base damage of directional weapons by 15%. Also grants 10% more chances to apply the maximum base hit rate.	618,216	17:41:12

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Particle Impact Tech

Reduce the attack power of all enemy ships that take piercing damage in the round by 10% (adds 10% more per level) of the total piercing damage taken in the round. Last 2 rounds. (Note: This effect does not stack and will be replaced if a more powerful effect is activated)

Requirements: Improved Pierce Level 2, Piercing Crit Level 1.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Reduce the attack power of all enemy ships that take piercing damage in the round by 10% of the total piercing damage taken in the round.	646,368	11:20:00
2	Reduce the attack power of all enemy ships that take piercing damage in the round by 20% of the total piercing damage taken in the round.	748,328	15:11:27
3	Reduce the attack power of all enemy ships that take piercing damage in the round by 30% of the total piercing damage taken in the round.	1,144,795	35:33:04

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Magnetic Impact

Grants Directional weapons a chance to ignore the enemy's Agility.

Requirements: Directional Accuracy Level 5, Radiative Interference Level 5, Weakness Detection Level 2.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	+10% chance for Directional weapons to ignore 8% of the targets agility.	996,120	26:55:00
2	+20% chance for Directional weapons to ignore 16% of the target's agility	1,153,244	36:04:40
3	+30% chance for Directional weapons to ignore 25% of the targets agility.	1,764,254	84:26:04

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Dynamic Impairment

Enables Directional weapons to ignore the target's Defense. Also grants a chance to reduce movement by 1 when dealing damage. Target cannot be slowed below a speed of 1.

Requirements: Particle Impact Tech Level 3, Weakness Detection Level 3, Magnetic Impact Level 3.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Ignores 8% of the target's defense and grants a 6% chance to reduce the target's movement. Lasts for 1 round only.	1,431,605	34:42:30
2	Ignores 16% of the target's defense and grants a 13% chance to reduce the target's movement by 2. Lasts for 1 round only.	1,657,420	46:31:17
3	Ignores 25% of the target's defense and grants a 20% chance to reduce the target's movement by 3. Lasts for 1 round only.	2,535,549	108:52:33

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Artillery Trajectory Research

This science gives Dynamic Impairment an additional chance to reduce enemy fleet movement, increases the chance to penetrate shields, and increases hit chance, base attack power, piercing damage, maximum attack range of Directional weapons and the effect of Particle Impact Tech.

Requirements: Dynamic Impairment Level 3.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Gives Dynamic Impairment 5% better chance to reduce enemy fleet movement, increases the chance to penetrate shields by 1%, and increases hit chance by 2%, base attack power by 3%, piercing damage by 3%, the effect of Particle Impact Tech by 15% and the maximum attack range of Directional weapons by 1.	10,000,000	111:05:52
2	Gives Dynamic Impairment a 10% better chance to reduce enemy fleet movement, increases the chance to penetrate shields by 2%, and increases hit chance by 4%, base attack power by 7%, piercing damage by 7%, the effect of Particle Impact Tech by 25% and maximum attack range of Directional weapons by 1.	30,000,000	166:39:12
3	Gives Dynamic Impairment a 15% better chance to reduce enemy fleet movement, increases the chance to penetrate shields by 3%, and increases hit chance by 6%, base attack power by 11%, piercing damage by 11%, the effect of Particle Impact Tech by 35% and maximum attack range of Directional weapons by 1.	80,000,000	202:45:52
4	Gives Dynamic Impairment a 20% better chance to reduce enemy fleet movement, increases the chance to penetrate shields by 4%, and increases hit chance by 8%, base attack power by 15%, piercing damage by 15%, the effect of Particle Impact Tech by 50% and maximum attack range of Directional weapons by 1.	150,000,000	260:00:26

Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center.

Research Affected

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