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| Meson Gun
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| Cost
| 30
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| Tech
| 7
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| Tech Cost
| 300
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| cum. Tech Cost
| 1,220
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| Mass
| 1
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| Duranium
| -
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| Tritanium
| -
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| Molybdenum
| -
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| Space Combat
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| Range
| 365
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| Accuracy
| 365
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| PD Odds
| 40
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| Charge Time
| 35
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| Power Drain
| 10
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| Ord Usage
| 1
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| Hardness
| 40
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| Damage
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| Shield Drain
| 2
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| Shield Arc
| -
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| Armor Drain
| 2
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| Armor Arc
| 95
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| Blast
| 2
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| Kill
| 2
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| Ship Damage|System Damage
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| Weapons
| 1
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| Engines
| 1
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| Hpyerdrive
| 1
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| Systems
| 5
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| Life Support
| 1
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[edit] Overview
Looking at the stats, the Meson Gun is only a mediocre Small Weapon, but does heavy damage to the Control and can arc through 95 units of Armor. Its ability to drain energy from an enemy ship's Large Weapons however can make it worth a try.
[edit] Special
- If an enemy ship's Armor is hit by a Meson Gun, there is a chance that 5 points are substracted from its Large Weapon energy.
- It is possible to force the target's energy banks to go into a very negative state of charge (down to -10,000) and thus to keep the Large Weapons from firing at all.
- Ships without armor are immune to this effect.
- Ships owned by The Stormer Kingdom and The Solar Federation are immune to this effect.
- The chance depends on the amount of Armor present on the enemy ship and is variying from 0% (full Armor) to a max of 25% (no Armor):
Chance = 25% - (Armor / MaxArmor) * 25%
