Mercurius

Mercurius
Class:	Ballistic Weapon
Sources:	Aries_Constellation, Champions' Mall, Mercurius Chest 8298
Dmg Type:	Heat
Range:	1-2 (1-4 after research)
CD:	0
Intercept:	N/A
Level	I II III
Pre-Reqs:	Gladius Arc-III, Black Widow-III Mercurius-I Mercurius-II
Upgrade:	233.2m 194:08:08 315.6m 400:41:09
Dmg:	331-405 368-448 405-495
Vol:	39 40 41
Dmg/Vol:	9.436 10.2 10.976
Use:	0.33 0.37 0.40
Steering:	10.4 10.7 11.0
Module Cost:	118 90 88 127 99 96 147 114 112

Mercurius is a Ballistic Weapon. Ballistic weapons possess a short range and low damage potential per attack, but also no cooldown and consume little He3. They can eventually be upgraded to do scattering damage, hitting all ships in the same horizontal row as the targeted ship stack. Higher level research grants bonus damage based on closeness to the target, granting up to 220% bonus damage when attacking from 1 square away.

Ballistic Weapon overview

• Shooting Range: 1 - 2 (Maximum of 1-4 after research.)
• Cooldown: 0
• Damage per attack: Low
• He3 Consumption: Low
• Damage Type: Heat/Kinetic
• Scattering Damage (researched): Ships in the same row as the target will suffer up to 50% of the attack's damage, depending on research level.
• Cannot be Intercepted