When a fast electron is diverted from its straight-line path, it radiates some of its energy away as photons. The larger the charge of the nucleus, the more frequently this deflection will happen at large angles. The details are as follows:Ī high-energy electron, when it comes near a nucleus, will feel the electric field of the charged nucleus, and be deflected in its path. If you get electrons going fast enough and throw them at a piece of material called a target, preferably made out of atoms that have a large atomic number, you will have a shower of electrons, positrons (anti-electrons) and photons. While optional, they do not cost anything.The main idea in making antimatter is just getting enough energy in a collision to allow the particles to be made. Multiple instances of same aura do not stack. A titan's defensive aura gives a buff to allied ships in the same fleet while a juggernaut’s or offspring ship's defensive aura gives a buff to all allied ships in the system. The sublight thrusters determine how fast the ship maneuvers within a star system and increase its Evasion.Īdvanced sensors that rely on rotating tachyon beams to detect ship movements even at extreme distances.Īll offensive auras apply a debuff to all enemy ships that are in the system. Colossus: The ship will ignore any attackers and carry on with its current task.Platform: The defensive platform will remain stationary and fire at any enemies in range.Carrier: The ship will stay at the maximum engagement range of its hangars.

Artillery: The ship will stay at long range, firing its longest range weapons on the target.

Line: The ship will hold advance to medium range and hold formation.Picket: The ship will advance to medium range and attempt to intercept incoming enemies.Torpedo: The ship will charge straight at enemies in strafing runs.Swarm: The ship will charge straight at enemies and try to deal as much damage as possible from the range of their shortest range weapon.Ships that have similar roles will typically cluster together, stay in formation with each other and attack in groups. Weapon range modifiers will also increase this range. The engagement range is determined by the ship's designated role and the effective range of the ship's weapons. When in combat, every military ship will advance to within a certain distance of its target and fire its weapons. This component predominantly improves fire-rate as well as various performance, like evasion, tracking, accuracy, or weapons range, depending on behavior type. The Psi Jump Drive harnesses the psionic potential of the ship's crew to warp the local space-time continuum, eliminating the distance between the point of origin and the destination. The nature of the space the ship passes through on this journey is still poorly understood. The Jump Drive tears ship-sized holes in the very fabric of reality, allowing for near-instantaneous movement between systems. Ships equipped with Hyper Drives travel swiftly between the edges of star systems along interstellar hyperlanes. After jumping the fleet spends 200 days recharging, during which time it suffers −50% sublight speed and weapons damage. Initiate a jump by selecting the fleet, clicking the 'Initiate Jump' button and left-clicking the target. Jump drives allow the ship to make a direct jump within a limited range, indicated by a yellow dotted circle. This subsystem is optional, although without an FTL drive the ship is incapable of moving between systems. These generators appear to somehow draw energy directly from dark matter, providing more ship power than should be possible according to the laws of physics. There is no more efficient way to generate energy.

These generators extract vacuum energy, providing an almost limitless supply of ship power. The ability to sustain a fusion reaction at relatively low temperatures will result in a new generation of fusion reactors for our ships.īy harnessing the energy produced by matter/antimatter annihilations, our efficiency at generating ship power will be orders of magnitude better than fusion. Nuclear fusion processes generate a great amount of power for ships, but without many of the risks associated with fission power. This energy source generates power for ships through induced fission, but it also produces harmful nuclear waste. Excess power slightly increases a ship's evasion, movement speed, and damage. A ship's reactor generates power for its other systems, and a new ship design cannot be created if it has negative power.

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