Particle Beams - Revision history

Pedroig at 20:10, 3 April 2026

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			[[Category:Beam Weapons]]

Storijophe: /* Damage Profile */

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Damage Profile

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	Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.		Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.

Storijophe: /* Damage Profile */

2026-04-03T13:22:20Z

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	Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.		Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.

Storijophe: /* Damage Profile */

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Damage Profile

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	Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.		Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.

Storijophe: /* Damage Profile */

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Damage Profile

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	Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.		Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.

Storijophe: /* Damage Profile */

2026-04-03T05:20:08Z

Damage Profile

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	Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.		Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.

Storijophe: /* Damage Profile */

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+Particle beams use the gradient 2 damage profile, making them identical in profile to railguns and middle of the road in terms of penetration.
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+Particle Lances meanwhile deal damage in a straight line, penetrating a layer of armor with each point of damage. This makes them very difficult (but not impossible) to stop with just armor. [[Shields]] are massively more effective against them - an improved [[Damage Profile|damage profile]] does nothing against shields.
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14.2.200.136: Fixed another Plasma Carronade link

2026-02-24T12:48:31Z

Fixed another Plasma Carronade link

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	==Usage==		==Usage==
	Particle Beams are a mid-range anti-ship weapon, and start to suffer when taken outside of that niche. At close ranges, [[Lasers\|lasers]], [[Railguns\|railguns]] and [[Plasma ~~Carronades~~\|carronades]] will deal much more damage over time, and at long range, lasers and (past a certain point) [[Mesons\|mesons]] can handily outrange the particle warship. Within their niche, however, they're second to none, and lack of damage drop-off allows them to deal serious damage in mid-range combat while only receiving minimal damage themselves.		Particle Beams are a mid-range anti-ship weapon, and start to suffer when taken outside of that niche. At close ranges, [[Lasers\|lasers]], [[Railguns\|railguns]] and [[Plasma Carronade\|carronades]] will deal much more damage over time, and at long range, lasers and (past a certain point) [[Mesons\|mesons]] can handily outrange the particle warship. Within their niche, however, they're second to none, and lack of damage drop-off allows them to deal serious damage in mid-range combat while only receiving minimal damage themselves.

	Lances take the one thing they're good at and take it to extreme: against unshielded or poorly shielded targets a single lance volley can cripple or destroy enemy ships with very little problem owing to their supreme armor penetration, but if it doesn't work or the target has strong shielding, the lance warships will be sitting ducks, waiting ages for their weapons to reload for a second salvo.		Lances take the one thing they're good at and take it to extreme: against unshielded or poorly shielded targets a single lance volley can cripple or destroy enemy ships with very little problem owing to their supreme armor penetration, but if it doesn't work or the target has strong shielding, the lance warships will be sitting ducks, waiting ages for their weapons to reload for a second salvo.

14.2.200.136: Fixed broken Plasma Carronade link

2026-02-24T12:47:21Z

Fixed broken Plasma Carronade link

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	==Description==		==Description==
	Particle Beams is an energy weapon, that, unlike [[Lasers]] and [[Plasma ~~Carronades~~]], does not have damage drop-off across the entire range band. As a drawback, it has shorter range than lasers and higher power demand.		Particle Beams is an energy weapon, that, unlike [[Lasers]] and [[Plasma Carronade]]s, does not have damage drop-off across the entire range band. As a drawback, it has shorter range than lasers and higher power demand.

	Their rate of fire is		Their rate of fire is

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