Missile Science

Missile Sciences will increase the firepower of Missile Weapons, increase the hit rates and much more.

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Missile Theory

The initial Missile Theory Tech increases the base damage of guided weapons. There are no previous requirements to research this tech as this is the initial technology of the Missile Tech tree.

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 4%	541	00:01:57
2	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 8%	628	00:02:38
3	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 12%	959	00:06:08
4	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 16%	1,467	00:14:21
5	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 20%	2,244	00:33:35
6	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 24%	3,434	01:18:37
7	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 28%	5,253	03:03:59
8	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 32%	8,036	07:10:34
9	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 36%	12,294	16:47:41
10	Increases base damage of Missile Weapons by 40%	18,808	39:18:21

• Note: Research times and research costs may vary depending on the level of your Technology Center and Resource Bonus Planet(s) .

Missile Accuracy

Increase the hit rate of Guided weapons

Requirements: Missile Theory Level 3

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Increase the hit rate of Guided weapons by 2%	7,558	00:23:48
2	Increase the hit rate of Guided weapons by 4%	8,752	00:31:55
3	Increase the hit rate of Guided weapons by 6%	13,385	01:14:39
4	Increase the hit rate of Guided weapons by 8%	20,477	02:54:43
5	Increase the hit rate of Guided weapons by 10%	31,327	06:48:55

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

Cruise Dynamics

Increase the steering power of Guided weapons

Requirements: Missile Theory Level 3

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Adds +10% steering power of Guided weapons	11,603	00:56:06
2	Adds +20% steering power of Guided weapons	13,434	01:15:12

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

Missile Research

Increase the base damage of Guided weapons and grant a chance to penetrate shields.

Requirements: Missile Theory Level 6, Cruise Dynamics Level 1

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Adds +3% base damage of Guided weapons and grant 1% chance to penetrate shield	38,831	02:04:06
2	Adds +6% base damage of Guided weapons and grant 3% chance to penetrate shield	44,957	02:46:21
3	Adds +10% base damage of Guided weapons and grant 5% chance to penetrate shield	68,773	06:29:17

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

Missile Elusion

Reduce intercepting rate and increase hit rate of Guided weapons.

Requirements: Cruise Dynamics Level 2, Missile Research Level 1

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Subtracts -3% from intercepting rate and adds +3% to the hit rate	78,750	02:41:30
2	Subtracts -6% from intercepting rate and adds +6% to the hit rate	91,172	03:36:28
3	Subtracts -10% from intercepting rate and adds +9% to the hit rate	139,478	08:26:37

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

Missile Space Optimization

Reduce space occupied by Guided weapons.

Requirements: Missile Research Level 2, Missile Elusion Level 2

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Reduces space occupied by Guided weapons by 5%.	233,515	04:40:30
2	Reduces space occupied by Guided weapons by 10%.	270,354	06:15:59
3	Reduces space occupied by Guided weapons by 15%.	413,581	14:39:53
4	Reduces space occupied by Guided weapons by 20%.	632,710	34:19:16

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

Missile Concussion

Grant Guided weapons 25% chance to force the target fleet to fall back by 2 spaces when doing damage. Can be activated once per round.

Requirements: Energy Conservation Level 2, Missile Research Level 3, Missile Elusion Level 3, Missile Optimization Level 4

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Grant Guided weapons 25% chance to force the target fleet to fall back by 2 spaces when doing damage. Can be activated once per round.	1,351,976	49:35:00

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

Multidirectional Assault

Enable Guided weapons to scatter portion of rate onto all enemy ships

Requirements: Missile Theory Level 10, Missile Accuracy Level 3, Cruise Dynamics Level 2, Missile Research Level 3

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Scatter 6% of rate dealt to target enemy ships	80,796	02:50:00
2	Scatter 12% of rate dealt to target enemy ships	93,542	03:47:52
3	Scatter 18% of rate dealt to target enemy ships	143,099	08:53:16
4	Scatter 24% of rate dealt to target enemy ships	218,917	20:48:02
5	Scatter 30% of rate dealt to target enemy ships	334,903	48:40:50

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

Shrapnel Research

Enable Guided weapons to deal additional scattering rate

Requirements: Missile Accuracy Level 5, Multidirectional Assault Level 3

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Deal 2% more scattering rate	157,172	04:23:30
2	Deal 4% more scattering rate	181,964	05:53:11

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

Exaltation

Increase scattering damage of Guided weaspons when attacking an enemy fleet with lower structure. Also grant a chance to reduce He3 cost

Requirements: Multidirectional Assault Level 5, Shrapnel Research Level 1

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Deal +20% scattering damage when attacking an enemy fleet with lower structure. Grant 2% chance to reduce He3 cost	224,495	04:19:15
2	Deal +40% scattering damage when attacking an enemy fleet with lower structure. Grant 4% chance to reduce He3 cost	259,912	05:47:30
3	Deal +60% scattering damage when attacking an enemy fleet with lower structure. Grant 6% chance to reduce He3 cost	397,609	13:33:14
4	Deal +80% scattering damage when attacking an enemy fleet with lower structure. Grant 8% chance to reduce He3 cost	608,270	31:43:15

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

Suppression

Increase scattering rate of Guided weapons when attacking an enemy fleet with higher structure. Also increase the critical strike chance of Guided weapons.

Requirements: Shrapnel Research Level 2, Exaltation Level 4

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Deal +3% scattering rate when attacking an enemy fleet with higher structure. Increase 3% chance of critical strike	484,776	06:22:30
2	Deal +6% scattering rate when attacking an enemy fleet with higher structure. Increase 6% chance of critical strike	561,242	08:32:41
3	Deal +9% scattering rate when attacking an enemy fleet with higher structure. Increase 9% chance of critical strike	858,602	19:59:52
4	Deal +12% scattering rate when attacking an enemy fleet with higher structure. Increase 12% chance of critical strike	1,313,502	46:48:05

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

Nuclear Radiation Research

Grant Guided weapons a chance to increase target fleet's damage. This effect is not stackable but will last until the battle ends

Requirements: Missile Accuracy Level 4, Multidirectional Assault Level 1

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	A +4% chance to increase 2% of the target fleet's damage.	112,916	02:16:00
2	A +8% chance to increase 4% of the target fleet's damage.	130,731	03:02:18
3	A +12% chance to increase 6% of the target fleet's damage.	199,988	07:06:37
4	A +16% chance to increase 8% of the target fleet's damage.	305,944	16:38:25
5	A +20% chance to increase 10% of the target fleet's damage.	468,041	38:56:40

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

Break Armor

Enable Guided weapons to deal 5% more damage to all armors.

Requirements: Multidirectional Assault Level 2, Nuclear Radiation Research Level 3

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Enable Guided weapons to deal 5% more damage to all armors.	287,437	07:05:00

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

Energy Conservation

Grant Guided weapons a chance to reduce 50% cost of He3

Requirements: Multidirectional Assault Level 3, Nuclear Radiation Research Level 5, Break Armor Level 1

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	A +4% chance to reduce 50% cost of He3	428,575	08:30:00
2	A +8% chance to reduce 50% cost of He3	496,178	11:23:35
3	A +12% chance to reduce 50% cost of He3	759,061	26:39:49
4	A +18% chance to reduce 50% cost of He3	1,161,222	62:24:06

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

Rapid Loading

Enable Guided weapons to finish reloading 1 round faster. Also increase 10% chance of triggering a concussion effect and forcing target fleet to fall by 1 slot.

Requirements: Suppression Level 4, Energy Conservation Level 4, Missile Concussion Level 1

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	Enable Guided weapons to finish reloading 1 round faster. Also increase 10% chance of triggering a concussion effect and forcing target fleet to fall by 1 slot.	1,961,639	65:10:00

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

Perfect Storm

This science increases the chance of guided weapons' penetrating armor modules, and the effect of Multidirectional Assault, while also gives Missile Concussion an additional chance to force enemy fleets to fall back and Energy Conservation an additional chance to reduce He3 cost by 50%. Lastly, it increases the range of attack for guided weapons when studied to a certain degree, but increases guided weapons' chance to be intercepted.

Requirements: Rapid Loading Level 1

Level	Description	Cost*	Time in HH:MM:SS*
1	This level of proficiency increases the chance of guided weapons' penetrating armor modules by 2%, and the effect of Multidirectional Assault by 2%, while also gives Missile Concussion a 5% better chance to force enemy fleets to fall back and Energy Conservation a 5% better chance to reduce He3 cost by 50%. Lastly, it increases guided weapons' chance of being intercepted by 2%.	10,000,000	111:05:52
2	This level of proficiency increases the chance of guided weapons' penetrating armor modules by 4%, and the effect of Multidirectional Assault by 4%, while also gives Missile Concussion a 8% better chance to force enemy fleets to fall back and Energy Conservation a 10% better chance to reduce He3 cost by 50%. Lastly, it increases guided weapons' chance of being intercepted by 4%.	30,000,000	166:39:12
3	This level of proficiency increases the chance of guided weapons' penetrating armor modules by 6%, and the effect of Multidirectional Assault by 6%, while also gives Missile Concussion a 11% better chance to force enemy fleets to fall back and Energy Conservation a 15% better chance to reduce He3 cost by 50%, and increases maximum range of guided weapons by 2. Lastly, it increases guided weapons' chance of being intercepted by 6%	80,000,000	202:45:52
4	This level of proficiency increases the chance of guided weapons' penetrating armor modules by 8%, and the effect of Multidirectional Assault by 8%, while also gives Missile Concussion a 15% better chance to force enemy fleets to fall back and Energy Conservation a 22% better chance to reduce He3 cost by 50%, and increases maximum range of guided weapons by 3. Lastly, it increases guided weapons' chance of being intercepted by 8%.	150,000,000	260:00:26

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

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