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==Damage Profile==
HPM do not have a [[Damage Profile|damage profile]] like most other weapons do. Instead, they bypass armor, dealing [[Internal Damage|damage]] directly to electronic systems. They are completely blocked by shields, however - each hit will do 3 damage to the shields of a shielded target, but have no other effect. 

The following component types are electronic components, and can be damaged by HPMs: 
* All types of [[Jammer]].
* [[Beam Fire Control]]s and [[Missile Fire Control]]s.
* [[Active Sensors]], [[EM Sensor]]s, and [[Thermal Sensor]]s.
* [[Gravitational Survey Sensors]] and [[Geological Survey Sensors]]. 

To see which components on a specific [[ship]] design can be affected by HPMs, look at the [[Class Design]] window, Components tab, and look at the '''E-DAC %''' column (far right) in the component breakdown table. This gives the percentage chance of each component being hit by a successful HPM attack, similarly to how the '''DAC %''' column shows the damage chance for hits from normal weapons. 

If an electronic component is hit by HPM fire, then the only thing that can protect it is its [[Electronic Hardening]] level. The chance of destroying the component ranges from 100% with hardening level 0, down to 10% with hardening level 8.