Damper Field

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.

Damper Field
Defensive Ship System
Technical data
System charges	2
Regeneration rate (sec/charge)	20
Charge up duration (sec)	0.25
Duration (sec)	3
Charge down duration (sec)	0.25
Cooldown (sec)	0
Prevents weapon firing during use	Yes
Game data
ID	damper
Tags	uses_damper_ai

	Briefly activates an energy field that mitigates incoming damage at the cost of disabling weapons and shields.
–In-game description

	Briefly activates an energy field that mitigates incoming damage at the cost of disabling weapons and shields.
–Full Codex description

Availability

This ship system is known to be used on the following ships:

• Centurion
• Vanguard
• Mora

Notes

The damage reduction is 67% for frigates and destroyers; 50% for cruisers and capitals. Damper Field is useful to temporarily keep defenses up while (unlike shields) allowing flux to be dissipated.

Tips and Strategies

The following section contains user-submitted suggestions, these may be inaccurate or outdated.

Changelog

Patch 0.9:  Now reduces damage by 67% for frigates and destroyers; 50% for cruisers and capitals Damper-field-using frigates should only rarely show up in smaller faction fleets Patch 0.8.1a: Damage reduction down to 50% (from 67%), charge regen rate halved (1 per 20 seconds) Patch 0.8a: Now reduces damage by 67% (was: 75%)