This is an attempt to evaluate the peformance of ship guns. Values assume max rate of fire, 100% accuracy, no Gun Boost or Gun Cooler.
Weapon | Price | Energy (GJ) |
Damage (cm) |
Delay (s) |
Range (m) |
Consump- tion (GJ/s) |
DPS (cm/s) |
Efficiency (cm/GJ) |
Output Rate (m·cm/s) |
Output Efficiency (m·cm/GJ) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laser | 1,000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.30 | 2,400 | 6.67 | 6.67 | 1.00 | 16,000 | 2,400 |
Mass Driver | 1,500 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0.35 | 1,850 | 7.14 | 7.43 | 1.04 | 13,743 | 1,924 |
Meson Blaster | 2,500 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 0.40 | 2,200 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 0.80 | 17,600 | 1,760 |
Neutron Gun | 5,000 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 0.65 | 1,650 | 12.31 | 9.54 | 0.77 | 15,738 | 1,279 |
Particle Cannon | 10,000 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 0.50 | 1,700 | 11.00 | 8.60 | 0.78 | 14,620 | 1,329 |
Ionic Pulse Cannon | 20,000 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 0.60 | 2,050 | 12.50 | 9.00 | 0.72 | 18,450 | 1,476 |
Tachyon Cannon | 40,000 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 0.40 | 2,100 | 20.00 | 12.50 | 0.63 | 26,250 | 1,313 |
Plasma Gun | 80,000 | 14.0 | 7.2 | 0.72 | 1,600 | 19.44 | 10.00 | 0.51 | 16,000 | 823 |
Fusion Cannon | 100,000 | 16.0 | 6.6 | 0.50 | 2,300 | 32.00 | 13.20 | 0.41 | 30,360 | 949 |
It would seem you can destroy a ship quickly, sloppily and up close, or slowly and efficiently from afar.