Editing Defensive Systems

= Defensive Systems =

Defensive Systems covers all technologies related to ship survivability, including armour, shields, cloaking, thermal reduction, and damage control. These technologies determine how well a ship can avoid detection, absorb damage, repair itself, and mitigate incoming threats.

== Damage Control ==
Damage Control systems allow ships to repair internal damage without requiring a shipyard.

{| class="wikitable"
! Type !! Damage Control !! Improved Damage Control !! Advanced Damage Control !! Commercial Damage Control
|-
! Repair Capacity (HS)
| 4 || 8 || 12 || 4
|-
! RP Cost
| 5,000 || 15,000 || 45,000 || 5,000
|}

== Armour ==
Armour protects the hull of ships from incoming damage. Stronger armour provides more protection per hull space.

=== Armour (Tier 0–5) ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type !! Structural Shell !! Conventional Steel Armour !! Conventional Composite Armour !! Conventional Advanced Composite Armour !! Duranium Armour !! High Density Duranium Armour
|-
! Str/HS
| 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 6
|-
! RP Cost
| 50 || 125 || 250 || 375 || 500 || 2,500
|}

=== Armour (Tier 6+) ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type !! Composite Armour !! Ceramic Composite Armour !! Laminate Composite Armour !! Compressed Carbon Armour !! Biphase Carbide Armour !! Crystalline Composite Armour !! Superdense Armour !! Bonded Superdense Armour !! Coherent Superdense Armour !! Collapsium Armour
|-
! Str/HS
| 8 || 10 || 12 || 15 || 18 || 21 || 25 || 30 || 36 || 45
|-
! RP Cost
| 5,000 || 10,000 || 20,000 || 40,000 || 80,000 || 150,000 || 300,000 || 600,000 || 1,250,000 || 2,500,000
|}



== Shield Technology ==
Shields absorb incoming energy damage and regenerate over time. Higher-level shields provide more protection for the same generator size.

=== Shield Type ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type !! Alpha !! Beta !! Gamma !! Delta !! Epsilon !! Theta !! Xi !! Sigma !! Tau !! Psi !! Omega !! Omicron
|-
! Strength Multiplier
| 1.0 || 1.5 || 2.0 || 2.5 || 3.0 || 4.0 || 5.0 || 8.0 || 10.0 || 12.0 || 15.0 || 6.0
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 250,000 || 500,000 || 1,000,000 || 2,000,000 || 120,000
|}

=== Shield Regeneration Rate ===
Regeneration amount per 300 seconds.

{| class="wikitable"
! Rate !! 1 !! 1.5 !! 2 !! 2.5 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 8 !! 10 !! 12 !! 15
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 125,000 || 250,000 || 500,000 || 1,000,000 || 2,000,000
|}

=== Maximum Shield Generator Size ===
Maximum hull space (HS) for shield generators.

{| class="wikitable"
! Max Size (HS) !! 10 !! 12 !! 15 !! 20 !! 25 !! 32 !! 40 !! 50
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 120,000
|}

== Cloaking Technology ==
Cloaking reduces sensor detection range and determines the minimum size and efficiency of cloaking devices.

=== Cloaking Theory ===
The prerequisite for all cloaking technologies.

* '''RP Cost:''' 10,000

=== Cloaking Efficiency ===
Higher efficiency allows a cloak of a given size to be mounted on a larger ship.

{| class="wikitable"
! Efficiency !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 8 !! 10 !! 12 !! 15
|-
! RP Cost
| 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 125,000 || 250,000 || 500,000
|}

=== Cloak Sensor Reduction ===
Reduces the range at which hostile sensors can detect the ship.

{| class="wikitable"
! Reduction !! 75% || 80% || 85% || 90% || 93% || 95% || 97% || 98% || 99% || 99.5%
|-
! Multiplier
| 0.25 || 0.20 || 0.15 || 0.10 || 0.07 || 0.05 || 0.03 || 0.02 || 0.01 || 0.005
|-
! RP Cost
| 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 125,000 || 250,000 || 500,000 || 1,000,000 || 2,000,000
|}

=== Minimum Cloak Size ===
Minimum hull space (HS) for cloak components.

{| class="wikitable"
! Size (HS) !! 25 || 20 || 15 || 12 || 10 || 8 || 6 || 4 || 3 || 2
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 125,000 || 250,000 || 500,000
|}

== Thermal Reduction ==
Reduces thermal signature of engines, making ships harder to detect with thermal sensors.

{| class="wikitable"
! Signature !! 100% || 75% || 50% || 35% || 24% || 16% || 12% || 8% || 6% || 4% || 3% || 2% || 1%
|-
! Multiplier
| 1.00 || 0.75 || 0.50 || 0.35 || 0.24 || 0.16 || 0.12 || 0.08 || 0.06 || 0.04 || 0.03 || 0.02 || 0.01
|-
! Thermal Efficiency
| 1.0 || 1.25 || 1.5 || 1.75 || 2.0 || 2.25 || 2.5 || 2.75 || 3.0 || 3.25 || 3.5 || 3.75 || 4.0
|-
! RP Cost
| 1 || 1,500 || 3,000 || 6,000 || 12,000 || 25,000 || 50,000 || 100,000 || 200,000 || 400,000 || 750,000 || 1,500,000 || 2,500,000
|}

== Related Research Fields ==
* [[Biology and Genetics]]
* [[Construction and Production]]
* [[Direct Fire Weapons]]
* [[Ground Combat]]
* [[Logistics]]
* [[Missiles]]
* [[Power and Propulsion]]
* [[Sensors and Fire Control]]

[[Category:Research]]