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ION Turret
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ION Turret Details

Database Entry: ION Turret X99
Type: PDS
Class: Frigate
Primary Target: Battleship Class
Secondary Target: Cruiser Class
Weapon Speed: 5
Guns: 1
Fire Power: 75
Agility: 5
Armor: 250
Metal Cost: 5000
Crystal Cost: 5000
Eonium Cost: 5000
Initiative: 0



General Information

The biggest turret of them all, and the only weapon available that is based on molecule projectiles. For its cost it has superior armor, and targetting compared to the lesser Photon Turret.

Weapons Details

The turret collects space dust and tranform them with nuclear fission and fusion reactions into highly unstable elements. It then coats them with a very stable element, usually iron. This projectile is launched and upon contact with something massive, like a ship, the outer hull of the projectile collapses and the inner elements start to react with the hull or forcefield, causing incredible amounts of damage. The downside with this weapon is the poor weapons speed, the emission part is locked, and not rotatable, and the whole turret itself has to be moved for it to aim. Therefor its weapon speed is the same as the agility.

Defence Details

This turret is equipped with an extremely powerful deflector field that can withstand massive amounts of weapons fire. However, massive amounts of fire will weaken the field, and once it has been neutralized, the turret is a sitting duck. Test done with interceptors show that the turret can withstand almost 250 direct hits.

Notes

It is not as efficient as the Devastator or Ghosts, but the armor capacity and range outweighs these shortcomings by far. This is a turret that should be built if available and there is a danger of Battleship class ships attacking.
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