This page explains the weapons that are mounted to ships

– See Also: Missles

• Fire discrete projectiles which travel through space at the listed speed.
• May fire repeatedly at the specified rate of fire.
• Accuracy depends on the bullet speed, which ranges from slow capital ship cannons to Flak that exceeds the speed of beam weapons.
• Most weapons fit into this category.

• Are virtually impossible to evade because all beam weapons have a very high propagation speed.
• Generate a beam until the trigger is released or energy is depleted.
• Few Beam Weapons are commonly seen in-game:
  • Alpha Kyon Emitter
  • Beta Kyon Emitter
  • Gamma Kyon Emitters
  • Pulsed Beam Emitter
  • Ion Disruptor

• Are almost impossible to evade since some can cover an area that is over 1 km wide.
• Fire a cone of destruction hitting victims multiple times, inflicting a huge multiplier on large targets.
• Often a source of friendly fire.
• Few Shockwave weapons available:
  • Phased Shockwave Generator
  • Plasma Burst Generator

• Are primarily designed as anti-fighter weapons.
• Create a large damage area capable of seriously damaging fighters.
• Very few Flak Weapons are available:
  • Fragmentation Bomb Launcher
  • Flak Artillery Array
  • Starburst Shockwave
  • Cannon Flak Array
  • Cluster Flak Array

• Far more energy efficient than their equivalents, they require constant supplies of ammunition to fire.
• Each ammunition crate holds 200 rounds of ammunition. This means certain weapons use ammunition faster than others.
• Storing and re-equipping becomes a matter of logistics. OOS combat uses ammunition very quickly.
• Few Ammunition Based Weapons Available:
  • Mass Driver
  • Energy Bolt Chaingun
  • Matter/Anti-Matter Launcher
  • Gauss Cannon
• Available Ammunition Types:
  • Mass Driver Ammunition
  • Energy Bolt Chaingun Ammunition
  • Gauss Cannon Ammunition
  • Matter/Anti-Matter Warheads

^AWeapon Requires Ammunition

¹Actual damage for this weapon is much higher. Area of Effect weapon. Will hit several/many targets multiple times.

²Capital weapon which can be charged up, using more energy but dealing more damage.

³IBL “set the target on fire”, adding burn damage. For 3 seconds, about 3000 damage per second is inflicted. This is not cumulative with multiple IBLs hitting the target so it's barely noticeable when firing 4-8 IBL simultaneously.