Weapon Comparison (FS1)

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Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS 1	Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS 2

Primary Weapons

Standard Primaries

Primaries				Damage Potential per Second			Damage Potential per Energy Unit
Name	Range	Refire Rate	Velocity	Armor	Shield	Subsys	Armor	Shield	Subsys	Energy	Special
ML-16 Laser	900 m	0.2 s	450 mps	25	2.5	7.5	25	2.5	7.5	1.00 / s	Stream
Disruptor	620 m	0.30 s	475 mps	6.3 (25)	5	50	7.5 (30)	6	60	0.83 / s	Puncture
Flail	1200 m	0.15 s	1000 mps	10	80	4	15	119	6	0.67 / s	-
Avenger	1000 m	0.25 s	525 mps	80	54.4	22.4	66.7	45.3	18.7	1.20 / s	-
Prometheus	900 m	0.3 s	450 mps	86.67	46.67	23.33	65.2	35	17.5	1.33 / s	-
Banshee	975 m	0.4 s	650 mps	45.5	78	22.8	11.4	19.5	5.7	4.00 / s	-
D-Advanced	920 m	0.6 s	575 mps	0	41,7	41,7	0	33.4	33.4	1.25 / s	Puncture
S-Breaker	1600 m	0.3 s	400 mps	0	133.3	0	0	199	0	0.67 / s	-
Leech Cannon	900 m	0.3 s	450 mps	0.3	3.3	0	0.3	2.5	0	1.33 / s	Leech
Shivan Light Laser	900 m	0.3 s	450 mps	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.7	1.00 / s	-
Shivan Heavy Laser	950 m	0.5 s	475 mps	30	30	30	37.5	37.5	37.5	0.80 / s	-
Shivan Mega Laser	600 m	0.75 s	400 mps	40	24	40	33.3	20	33.3	1.20 / s	-
GTW Training Laser	800 m	0.5 s	200 mps	10	2	0	16.7	3.3	0	0.6 / s	-
Vasudan Light Laser	900 m	0.5 s	300 mps	10	2	10	16.7	3.3	16.7	0.6 / s	-
GTW Railgun	1500 m	2.0 s	1000 mps	15	15	15	6	6	6	2.5 / s	-

Turret Guns

Turret Guns				Damage Potential per Second			Damage per Shot
Name	Range	Refire Rate	Velocity	Armor	Shield	Subsys	Armor	Shield	Subsys
Terran Turret	1375 m	1.0 s	275 mps	43.8	29.8	26.3	43.8	29.8	26.3
Terran Huge Turret	2100 m	3.0 s	175 mps	41.7	20.8	31.3	125	62.5	93.8
Terran Turret Weak	1375 m	1.0 s	275 mps	43.8	5.3	5.3	43.8	5.3	5.3
Shivan Turret Laser	1250 m	1.2 s	250 mps	50	50	50	60	60	60
Shivan Weak Turret Laser	1250 m	0.7 s	350 mps	28.6	28.6	28.6	20	20	20
Shivan Megafunk Turret	1440 m	3.4 s	120 mps	57.4	9.6	38.2	195	32.5	130
Shivan Super Laser	30000 m	10 s	1000 mps	1500	1500	1500	15000	15000	15000

Secondary Weapons

Standard Secondaries

Secondaries				Damage Potential per Second			Damage Potential per Size Unit
Name	Range	Refire Rate	Velocity	Armor	Shield	Subsys	Armor	Shield	Subsys	Size	Shockwave	Special
MX-50 Enemy MX-50	1500 m 1800 m	0.75 s ~	150 mps ~	33.3 20	13.3 8	33.3 20	6.3 3.8	2.5 1.5	6.3 3.8	4 ~	20 / 40 m ~	Heat Seeking
D-Missile	1200 m	5 s	80 mps	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10 / 400 m	Aspect Seeking, Huge, Bomb, No Dumbfire, Electronics
Fury	900 m	0.3 s	300 mps	100	50	60	60	30	36	0.5	-	-
Hornet per swarm Hornet#Weak per swarm	1330 m ~ 1140 m ~	2.0 s ~ ~ ~	190 mps ~ ~ ~	25 100 7.5 30	12.5 50 1.5 6	3.8 15 2.3 9	50 ~ 15 ~	25 ~ 3 ~	7.5 ~ 4.5 ~	1 4 1 4	10 / 20 m ~ - -	Aspect Seeking, Swarm: 4
Interceptor Interceptor#Weak	1250 m ~	2.0 s 3.0 s	250 mps ~	75 20	60 16	37.5 10	37.5 22.6	30 18	18.8 11.3	4 2.66	- -	Aspect Seeking
Phoenix V	1750 m	5 s	175 mps	70	35	56	43.8	21.9	35	8	10 / 30 m	Aspect Seeking, Bomber+
Synaptic	225 m	5 s	90 mps	12	9	12	4	3	4	15	50 / 100 m	Bomb, Spawns 15 x Cluster Baby
Stiletto	2250 m	2 s	150 mps	3.9	-	387.5	1	-	96.9	8	-	Heat Seeking, Puncture, Bomb
Tsunami	1500 m	20 s	60 mps	75	1.5	150	100	2	200	15	50 / 150 m	Aspect Seeking, Bomb, Huge, No Dumbfire
Harbinger Harbinger#End	1500 m 1800 m	30 s 10 s	50 mps 90 mps	106.7 160	1.1 3.2	1706.7 6400	80 40	0.8 0.8	1280 1600	40 ~	100 / 250 m 1 / 20 m	Aspect Seeking, Bomb, Huge, No Dumbfire
Cluster Bomb	800 m	5 s	160 mps	12	9	12	4	3	4	15	30 / 100 m	Heat Seeking, Spawns 8 x Cluster Bomb Baby
EM Pulse	1250 m	2 s	250 mps	22.5	18	11.3	11.3	9	5.6	4	80 / 300 m	EMP
Unknown Bomb	1500 m	20 s	60 mps	75	-	150	100	-	200	15	5 / 30 m	Aspect Seeking, Bomb, Huge, No Dumbfire
Unknown Megabomb	1500 m	30 s	50 mps	106.7	-	106.7	80	-	80	40	100 / 450 m	Aspect Seeking, Bomb, Huge, No Dumbfire

Turret Missiles

Secondaries				Damage Potential per Second			Damage per Missile
Name	Range	Refire Rate	Velocity	Armor	Shield	Subsys	Armor	Shield	Subsys	Shockwave	Special
Fusion Mortar	2000 m	1 s	100 mps	80	80	80	80	80	80	-	Huge
Vasudan Flux Cannon	1200 m	5 s	80 mps	100	10	100	500	50	500	-	Huge
Shivan Cluster	450 m	20 s	90 mps	3	2.3	3	60	45	60	50 / 100 m	Bomb, Remote Detonate, Spawns x 8 Cluster Baby Weak
FighterKiller	950 m	8 s	190 mps	12.5	10	6.3	100	80	50	-	Aspect Seeking
Swarmer	1250 m	15 s	250 mps	4	3.2	2	60	48	30	-	Aspect Seeking

Submunitions

Submunitions			Damage per Submunition
Name	Range	Velocity	Armor	Shield	Subsys	Shockwave	Special
Cluster Baby	1050 m	175 mps	35	35	17.5	-	Heat Seeking
Cluster Baby Weak	1400 m	175 mps	30	30	15	-	Heat Seeking
Cluster Bomb Baby	75 m	250 mps	35	35	17.5	20 / 60 m	Heat Seeking