Category:Point Defense

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Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Combat Stats 2 Race Specials 3 Order Of Events 3.1 Against Large Weapons 3.2 Against Fighters 3.2.1 Heavier Hulls

[edit] Overview

• Point Defense are defensive weapons that have 3 roles:
  • shoot down incoming Large Weapons fire (except Sand Casters).
  • shoot down enemy Fighters (see how it works in the Battle Manual).
  • some can shoot down incoming Small Weapons fire
• There are 10 different kind of Point Defense you can put in your ships.
  To be able to build a special kind of Point Defense you first have to upgrade to the needed Point Defense Tech Level.
• All Point Defense have a mass of 1kt and don't require metals to be built - only MC.
• The amount of point defense you can mount on a ship depends on the Hull and can vary from 0 to 10.

[edit] Combat Stats

AF Range	Range (in km) against Wings
AF Acc.	Accuracy against Wings
AF Blast	Power against Wings
AW Acc.	Accuracy against incoming fire (also called "Intercept Bonus")
Charge Time	Time (in ticks) the PD needs to recharge
Power Drain	Energy the PD uses when firing. It cannot fire if the ship cannot provide it with energy.
Ord Usage	Ord the PD uses when firing. It cannot fire if it runs out of ord.
Hardness	The amount of damage that can be dealt to the ship's weapon systems before the PD stops firing.
Max Charge	(Seen in the ingame Weapon Specs) is simply Power Drain * Charge Time

Tech	Name		Cost	Tech Cost	Anti-Fighter			Anti-Weapon	Power Drain	Charge Time	Ord Usage	Hardness	Special
					Range	Acc.	Blast	Acc.
10		Intercept	970	6000	0	0	10	90	1	3	1	75	Can not destroy enemy fighters.
9		Micro Missile Launcher	830	3200	230	70	5	10	1	3	1	40	-
8		Quad Laser	350	1400	110	60	4	0	1	3	-	90	+40% against ord based Large Weapons fire.
7		Turbo Laser	120	4200	90	35	2	0	3	1	-	60	Can shoot down 3 enemy fighters with one shot.
6		Auto Blaster	110	1400	30	45	3	0	1	3	-	65	+20% against ord based Large Weapons fire. Can intercept Small Weapons fire. Uses energy only 30% of the time against Small Weapons fire.
5		Micro Sand Caster	40	1300	10	10	1	40	1	3	1	30	-
4		Concussion Rockets	10	300	25	10	15	-40	1	3	1	20	Cannot only shoot at incoming fire of Sandcasters. 60% chance to disperse incoming Sand Caster grains.
3		Flake Cannon	15	100	70	35	2	-10	1	1	1	35	Can intercept Small Weapons fire.
2		35mm Vulcan	2	200	10	20	1	10	1	1	4	10	Can intercept Small Weapons fire. 70% chance against Streak Missiles
1		Holo Decoy	20	400	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	50	Can not fire at fighters/incoming fire. Decoys decrease the enemy's accuracy (details here).

[edit] Race Specials

• The Reunited Coalition of Systems has a special Target Enhancer so that their Point Defense are 30% more accurate against incoming fire and Fighters.
• Point Defense of The Commonwealth of Mivorari have only 1/2 the normal odds to shoot down fire of Large Weapons.

[edit] Order Of Events

[edit] Against Large Weapons

If Large Weapon is Energy Mines and defending ship is owned by Coalition
  Point Defense do not fire

Check vs each Enemy Point Defense (i loop, 10x)
  Get PD data, check if PD in slot
  If (Weapon is not Sand Caster) OR (Weapon is Sand Caster and PD is Concussion Rockets)
    If (PD intercept bonus >= -10) OR (Weapon is Sand Caster and PD is Concussion Rockets)
      If PD fully charged
        If (Ord >= OrdDrain) OR (OrdDrain = 0)
          
          PD energy set to 0
          Ord reduced by OrdDrain
          pdOdds = LWeapon pdodds + PD intercept bonus

          If Target owned by Mivorari
            pdOdds = pdOdds * 0.5

          If Target Enhancer Active
            pdOdds increased by 30

          If PD is Auto Blaster and Weapon uses Ord
            pdOdds increased by 20

          If PD is Quad Laser and Weapon uses Ord
            pdOdds increased by 40

          If (Weapon is Sand Caster and PD is Concussion Rockets)
            If Rnd < 0.6
              hitPD = 1
            If Energized Sand Active
              If Rnd < 0.5
                hitPD = 0

          If Ship Attack > 100
            If ((Rnd * 100) + (Attack – 100)) < pdOdds   (possible bug!)
              hitPD = 1
          Else (Ship Attack <= 100)
            If (Rnd * 100) < pdOdds
              hitPD = 1

          //Fed Photon Torpedos evade PD 60% of the time.
          If Ship owned by Fed
            If Weapon is Photon Torpedo
              If Rnd < 0.6
                hitPD = 0

          //PD on the Draconian Rostoc Class AA Gunship has an additional chance at 60% to deflect Photon Torpedoes
          If Target is a owned by Draconian
            If Target is Rostov Class AA Gunship
              If Weapon is Photon Torpedo
                If Rnd < 0.6
                  hitPD = 1

If hitPD = 1
  HIT negated

[edit] Against Fighters

• Have a look at the corresponding section in the Battle Manual.

[edit] Heavier Hulls

Heavier hulls get bonus shots with their PD vs Fighters.

• These extra shots do not require energy or ord.
• These extra shots have only the standard range (not improved by exotic tech)

Mass	Bonus Shots
>690	1 shot
>1200	2 shots
>1800	3 shots

• A list with Hulls by Weight Class