Reality Disruptor

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Reality Disruptor
Reality disruptor turret base.png
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General Information
Mount Large, Energy, Synergy
Primary Role Suppression
Ordnance points 30
Damage type Energy
Range 1,000
Damage 25
EMP damage 1,500


"When the defiler unbinds the warp and weft of the Creator, what will they find behind that starry tapestry? A thousand thousand eyes darkened by trespass." - The Book of Ludds, Visions 7:4

–In-Game Description


Notes

A deceptively powerful weapon, it is quite possibly the strongest disabling tool in the entire game, as unlike a lot of other disabling weapons, there is little counterplay against this weapon. The "projectile" itself does negligible damage, but passes through objects(including debris) and constantly fires EMP arcs at nearby enemy targets while traveling. Ships hit by its arcs take 2x longer to repair weapons/engines for 10 seconds. Several of these can leave ships and entire fleets completely disabled for stupendously long amounts of time and makes them sitting ducks for your other weapons/ships. Shields are ineffective due to this weapon's ability to phase past enemy ship to attack unshielded backside (see animation below). The aforementioned trick naturally doesn't work against fully shielded opponents.

Animation

Reality Disruptor.gif

Version History

0.96

  • Doubled rate at which arcs are fired
  • Doubled arc range
  • Reduced projectile speed to 200 (was: 300)
  • Reduced damage/shot to 25 (was: 100); EMP damage remains at 1500
  • Ships hit by its arcs take 2x longer to repair weapons/engines for 10 seconds