Medium Turret - Beam
Medium Turret - Beam | |
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Type | Medium Turret |
Available From | Everyone except XEN, PIO, and BOR |
Fitted To | Medium, Large, Xtra Large ships and Stations |
Role | Anti-Missile |
Required License | Military License (+10) |
In-game Description
Considered to be an entry-level option, the Beam Turret is generally preferred by captains with tight budgetary considerations. That said, the weapon boasts a high level of accuracy, albeit with limits to the amount of damage it can inflict.
Tactical Overview
The M Beam Turret is easily the worst turret available in the game. While the near-constant damage output and perfect accuracy seem tempting initially, the damage output is so low that the Beam Turret cannot do meaningful damage to anything but unshielded drones.
Even fighters with the lightest of shielding can easily shrug off the damage of this turret. Don't expect it to protect your ship from more than a single, lone, light fighter. Maybe two light fighters on a good day.
The only niche that the M Beam turret fulfills better than any other turret is intercepting incoming missiles.
Funnily, the in-game description mentions this being an "entry-level" turret for captains on a "tight budget," even though it requires the +10 license and is one of the more expensive medium turrets. Or straight up the most expensive turret in if you go Terran.
Advantages:
- Perfect accuracy
Disadvantages:
- Extremely low damage output
- Very short range
- Slow rotation speeds
Specifications
Medium Beam Turret | |
Damage Per Second | 24 |
Damage Per Shot | 72 |
Reload time | 3s |
Beam Damage Per Second | 72 |
Beam Duration | 1s |
Maximum Range | 2550m |
Argon | Teladi | Paranid | Split | Terran | |
Rotation Speed | 120°/s | 60°/s | 60°/s | 90°/s | 75°/s |
Hull Strength | 500 | 750 | 750 | 425 | 800 |
Construction Cost
Universal Build Method
Note: M ship and L/XL ship variants have differenct costs. Cost of L/XL variant will be shown in brackets.
Argon | Teladi | Paranid | Split | |
Credits | 45.385 - 55.471 | 45.384 - 55.469 | 45.385 - 55.471 ( 24.665 - 30.147 ) | 32.650 - 69.808 |
Energy Cells | 10 | 10 | 10 ( 5 ) | 81 |
Turret Components | 10 | 10 | 10 ( 12 ) | 17 |
Advanced Electronics | 6 | 6 | 6 ( 1 ) | 3 |
Closed Loop Build Method
Argon | |
Credits | 45.385 - 55.471 |
Energy Cells | 110 |
Hull Parts | 15 |
Claytronics | 2 |
Terran Build Method
Terran | |
Credits | 108.959 - 133.172 |
Energy Cells | 100 |
MetallicMicrolattice | 36 |
Silicon Carbide | 4 |
Computronic Substrate | 5 |