Medium Turret - Bolt
Medium Turret - Bolt | |
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| Type | Medium Turret |
| Available From | Everyone except XEN and BOR |
| Fitted To | Medium, Large, Xtra Large ships and Stations |
| Role | Anti-Medium |
| Required License | Military License (+10) |
In-game Description
Considered to be a support weapon, some captains exclusively train the Bolt Turret on medium-sized targets due to its relatively poor rotation speed. More advanced tactics include their use in suppressing shield recharge and inhibiting the activation of travel drives.
Tactical Overview
The Bolt turret is a shadow of the S and M main gun variants. Gone is the high damage output and good accuracy. What is left is a spread of low-damage projectiles that tend to miss their targets more often than not due to the horrible accuracy. A projectile speed closer to Plasma Cannons than a practical point-defense weapon doesn't help either.
The Bolt turret is only effective against medium-sized targets where the large dispersion is not quite as much of an issue. Against fighters, it struggles hard to land any meaningful damage. Capital ships don't even notice it.
It performs slightly better on gunships and frigates since they are closer to the target than capital ships, making the dispersion less of an issue.
Advantages:
- Average damage output
- Relatively long range
Disadvantages:
- Very bad accuracy
- Very slow projectile speed
Specifications
| Medium Bolt Turret | |
| Damage Per Second | 112 |
| Damage Per Shot | 2x 9 |
| Shots Per Second | 6.25/s |
| Bust Clip Size | 15 |
| Burst Clip Shots Per Second | 10/s |
| Burst Clip Reload Time | 1s |
| Projectile Speed | 1074m/s |
| Maximum Range | 3301m |
| Dispersion | 0.54° |
| Argon | Teladi | Paranid | Split | Terran | |
| Rotation Speed | 180°/s | 90°/s | 105°/s | 135°/s | 95°/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 | 24.665 - 30.147 ( 22.857 - 27936 ) | 24.664 - 30.145 ( 22.856 - 27.935 ) | 24.665 - 30.147 ( 26.317 - 32.166 ) | 15.116 - 34.901 |
| Energy Cells | 5 | 5 | 5 ( 10 ) | 52 |
| Turret Components | 12 ( 8 ) | 12 ( 8 ) | 12 ( 10 ) | 13 |
| Advanced Electronics | 1 ( 2 ) | 1 ( 2 ) | 1 ( 2 ) |
Closed Loop Build Method
| Argon | Teladi | |
| Credits | 24.665 - 30.147 ( 22.857 - 27936 ) | 24.664 - 30.145 ( 22.856 - 27.935 ) |
| Energy Cells | 54 ( 49 ) | 54 |
| Hull Parts | 7 | 7 |
| Claytronics | 1 | 1 |
Terran Build Method
| Terran | |
| Credits | 59.203 - 72.360 ( 54.862 - 67.054 ) |
| Energy Cells | 50 |
| MetallicMicrolattice | 60 ( 48 ) |
| Silicon Carbide | 5 ( 4 ) |
| Computronic Substrate | 2 |