Weapons Technology

Base Cost
Metal:	800
Crystal:	200
Deuterium:	0
Energy:	0

Weapons technology increases the weapon strength of both ships and defense. Each level increases these by 10% of the base value. Each upgrade also improves the strength of Interplanetary missiles.

Requirement

• Research Lab Level 4

Is Required For

• Gauss Cannon (Level 3)

Cost

Level	Metal	Crystal	% Increase
1	800	200	10%
2	1,600	400	20%
3	3,200	800	30%
4	6,400	1,600	40%
5	12.800	3,200	50%
6	25,600	6,400	60%
7	51,200	12,800	70%
8	102,400	25,600	80%
9	204,800	51,200	90%
10	409,600	102,400	100%
11	819,200	204,800	110%
12	1,638,400	409,600	120%
13	3,276,800	819,200	130%
14	6,553,600	1,638,400	140%
15	13,107,200	3,276,800	150%
16	26,214,400	6,553,600	160%
17	52,428,800	13,107,200	170%
18	104,857,600	26,214,400	180%
19	209,715,200	52,428,800	190%
20	419,430,400	104,857,600	200%

Evaluation

Weapons technology should be updated as fleet size grows. Compare the gain in weapon strength added by upgrading weapons tech to the cost of building more ships and pick whichever is cheaper, but also take into account that research cannot be destroyed while ships can.

Weapons tech is less important for Deathstar fleets, as they easily destroy any target except another Deathstar in a single hit. Even the Large Shield Dome (the second most durable unit after Deathstars) would require Shield and Armor technologies a minimum of 100 levels greater than the Deathstar's Weapons technology to have any chance of surviving, which will never occur in-game (the all-time records for the combats techs are all in the mid-20s).

See also

• Research