Warp Beam

Warp Beam
Class:	Directional Weapon
Sources:	Champions' Mall, Warp Beam Chest 4,198
Dmg Type:	Magnetic
Range:	2-5 (2-6 after research)
CD:	1
Intercept:	N/A
Level	I II III
Pre-Reqs:	Scorpion Stinger-III Warp Beam-I Warp Beam-II
Upgrade:	145.1m 154:13:49 169m 276:04:45
Dmg:	606-657 657-736 716-802
Vol:	44 47 49
Dmg/Vol:	14.352 14.819 15.49
Use:	0.40 0.41 0.45
Steering:	9.6 9.9 10.2
Module Cost:	63 53 42 68 57 45 77 65 52

Warp Beam is Directional Weapon. Directional weapons are good mid ranged weapons with mid damage and low He3 usage. They can eventually be upgraded to do piercing damage, hitting all ships in the same vertical row as the targeted ship stack.

• Shooting Range: 2 - 5 (2 - 6 with research)
• Cooldown: 1
• Damage per attack: Mid
• He3 Consumption: Low
• Damage Type: Magnetic/Heat
• Piercing Damage (researched): Ships in the same vertical row as the target will suffer up to 40% of the attack's damage, depending on research level.
• Dynamic Impairment (researched): Ignores up to 25% of the target's defense and grants up to 20% chance to reduce the target's movement up to 3 for 1 round.
• Cannot be Intercepted