Plasma weapons (space)

• Beam Array
• Dual Beam Bank
• Cannon
• Dual Cannons
• Dual Heavy Cannons
• Turret

Plasma Beam Array

Common Ship Weapon

Salvageable

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Plasma Array

Energy Damage

250' targeting arc

to target: __ Plasma Damage (__ DPS)

-10 Weapon Power to self while this weapon is firing

to target: 2.5% Chance: _ Plasma Damage per sec for 15 sec (Ignores Shields)

1 sec recharge

Value: (see table below)

Plasma Beam Array is a Plasma-based directed energy damage weapon available for starships. Beam Arrays fire a series of average damage beams across a 250° arc. Their damage will fall off with distance to the target.

Plasma Dual Beam Bank

Common Ship Fore Weapon

Salvageable

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Plasma Dual Beam Bank

Energy Damage

90' targeting arc

to target: __ Plasma Damage (__ DPS)

-10 Weapon Power to self while this weapon is firing

to target: 2.5% Chance: _ Plasma Damage per sec for 15 sec (Ignores Shields)

1 sec recharge

Value: (see table below)

Plasma Dual Beam Bank is a Plasma-based directed energy damage weapon available for starships. Dual Beam Banks fire a series of dual beams that are similar to a Beam Array, but they cause more damage and are limited to a 90° arc. Their damage will fall off with distance to the target.

Plasma Cannon

Common Ship Fore Weapon

Salvageable

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Plasma Cannon

Plasma Cannon Attack

180' targeting arc

to target: __ Plasma Damage (__ DPS)

-10 Weapon Power to self while this weapons is firing

to target: 2.5% Chance: _ Plasma Damage per sec for 15 sec (Ignores Shields)

2 sec recharge

Value: (see table below)

Plasma Cannon is a Plasma-based directed energy damage weapon available for starships. Cannons fire a series of pulses that cause more damage than a Turret, but are limited to a 180° arc. They are only mountable in forward weapon slots. Their damage will fall off with distance to the target.

Plasma Dual Cannons

Common Ship Fore Weapon

Battle Cruiser, Carrier, Destroyer, Dreadnought Cruiser, Escort, Strike Wing Escort, Fighter, Lt. Cruiser, Multi-Mission Science Vessel, Raider, Raptor, Warbird

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Dual Plasma Cannons

Energy Damage

45' targeting arc

to target: __ Plasma Damage (__ DPS)

-10 Weapon Power to self while this weapons is firing

to target: 2.5% Chance: _ Plasma Damage per sec for 15 sec (Ignores Shields)

2 sec recharge

Value: (see table below)

Plasma Dual Cannons are a Plasma-based directed energy damage weapon available for starships. Dual Cannons fire in a 45° arc - 3 times per cycle, at 2 shots per second, for a total of 6 shots, and then recharge for 2 seconds. With less damage but more shots per cycle, they have the same DPS as Dual Heavy Cannons. They can only be mounted in the fore weapon slots. Their damage will fall off with distance to the target.

Plasma Dual Heavy Cannons

Common Ship Fore Weapon

Salvageable

Battle Cruiser, Carrier, Destroyer, Dreadnought Cruiser, Escort, Strike Wing Escort, Fighter, Lt. Cruiser, Multi-Mission Science Vessel, Raider, Raptor, Warbird

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Dual Heavy Plasma Cannons

Energy Damage

45' targeting arc

+10% Critical Severity

to target: __ Plasma Damage (__ DPS)

-12 Weapon Power to self while this weapons is firing

to target: 2.5% Chance: _ Plasma Damage per sec for 15 sec (Ignores Shields)

3 sec recharge

Value: (see table below)

Plasma Dual Heavy Cannons are a Plasma-based directed energy damage weapon available for starships. Dual Heavy Cannons fire in a 45° arc - 2 times per cycle, at 2 shots per second, for a total of 4 shots, and then recharge for 3 seconds. They have the same DPS as Dual Cannons, however they come with innate +10 Critical Severity bonus. They can only be mounted in the fore weapon slots. Their damage will fall off with distance to the target.

Plasma Turret

Common Ship Weapon

Salvageable

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Plasma Turret

Energy Damage

360' targeting arc

to target: __ Plasma Damage (__ DPS)

-8 Weapon Power to self while this weapons is firing

to target: 2.5% Chance: _ Plasma Damage per sec for 15 sec (Ignores Shields)

2 sec recharge

Value: (see table below)

Plasma Turret is a Plasma-based directed energy damage weapon available for starships. Turrets fire a series of pulses across a 360° arc, which has the widest firing arc, but the lowest damage output of standard energy weapons. Their damage will fall off with distance to the target.

Beam visual:

See also:
* Weapons table
* Ground equiv.

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* Standard Plasma
* Dewan Plasma

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* Altamid
* Assimilated
* Chronoplasma
* Corrosive
* Ferenginar
* Isolytic
* Plasmatic Biomatter
* Romulan
* Viridian

Plasma space weapons have a chance to apply a plasma DoT directly to the target's Hull. Note: both plasma weapon damage and proc DoT are increased with plasma damage consoles. They can be obtained as a mission rewards and drops, or R&D crafting system.

Modifiers

Uncommon Plasma weapons will have one modifier suffix, Rare will have two, Very Rare will have three, and Ultra Rare will have four. Epic adds a fifth unique modifier.

Standard Modifiers: Can appear multiple times (e.g. [Acc]x2, [CrtH]x3, [CrtD]x4 etc)

• [Acc]: +10 Accuracy Rating
• [CrtD]: +20% Critical Severity
• [CrtH]: +2% Critical Chance
• [Dmg]: +X Damage

• Re-engineering options: [Acc], [CrtD], [CrtH], [Dmg].

Special Crafted Modifiers: These modifiers can appear once on crafted Plasma weapons (space) of Rare quality and higher:

• [Over]: [Beam] 2.5% Chance: Upgrades your next beam attack. Deals massive Energy Damage, but drains your Weapon Power.
• [Pen]: All attacks with this weapon ignore 10 Armor Rating
• [Rapid]: [Cannon/Turret] 2.5% Chance: Activates Rapid Fire mode for all cannons on your ship for 2 seconds
• [Snare]: to target: -5% Speed and Turn Rate on hit
• [Thrust]: to self: +5% Speed and Turn Rate when firing

• Re-engineering options: these modifiers cannot be re-engineered.

Epic Modifier: All energy weapons upgraded to Epic quality receive:

• [Ac/Dm]: +10 Accuracy Rating and +X Damage

• Re-engineering options: [Ac/Dm], [Ac/CrtD], [Ac/CrtH], [CrtD/Dm], [CrtH/CrtD], [CrtH/Dm].

Base damage table

Performance

There are several factors that can affect performance of space weapons. These are modifier suffixes, skill points, consoles and equipment sets.

Skills

Consoles

v · d · e +Plasma Damage consoles
Category	Icon	Console name	Effects
Crafting, drops, mission		Plasma Infuser	+3.8% to +39.4% Plasma (Energy) Damage
Reputation system		Auto Targeting Module [Plasma]	+18.8% to +25% Plasma Damage
		Piezo-Electric Focuser  Part of a set (Lukari Restoration Initiative Armaments).	+30% Plasma Damage
Lock Box		Plasma Wave	+20% Plasma Damage
Fleet		Energetic Protomatter Matrix Infuser [Plasma]	+31.9% to +37.5% Plasma Damage +5.3% to +6.2% Projectile Weapon Damage
		Vulnerability Exploiter [+Pla]	+31.9% to +37.5% Plasma Damage +8% to +9.4% Critical Severity
		Vulnerability Locator [+Pla]	+31.9% to +37.5% Plasma Damage +1.6% to +1.9% Critical Chance
Starship		Bombing Run   NOT bound to the Command Strike Wing Warbird.	+17.1% Plasma Damage
		Debris Screen   NOT bound to the Courier Pilot Raider.	+21.4% Plasma Damage with Energy Weapons
		Disruptive Topological Matrix   NOT bound to the Liberated Borg Juggernaut.	+17.1% Plasma Damage
		Heavy Plasma Lance   Bound to the Faeht Intel Warbird.	+15% Plasma Energy Weapon Damage
		Plasma Discharge Array   Bound to the Na'kuhl starships.	+25% Plasma Energy Weapon Damage

v · d · e +Beam Damage consoles
Category	Icon	Console name	Effects
Crafting, drops, mission		Directed Energy Distribution Manifold	Beam Weapon damage.
Reputation system		Auto Targeting Module [Beams]	+12.5% Beam Weapon Damage
Fleet		Vulnerability Exploiter [+Beam]	+__ Beam Damage +__% Critical Severity
		Vulnerability Locator [+Beam]	+__ Beam Damage +__% Critical Chance

v · d · e +Cannon Damage consoles
Category	Icon	Console name	Effects
Crafting, drops, mission		Prefire Chamber	+2.5% to 25% Cannon Weapon Damage
Reputation system		Auto Targeting Module [Cannons]	+12.5% to +16.7% Cannon Weapon Damage
Lock Box		Parasitic Ice Containment Vessel	+15% Cannon Weapon Damage
Fleet		Vulnerability Exploiter [+Can]	+27.9% to +32.8% Cannon Weapon Damage. +8% to +9.4% Critical Severity
		Vulnerability Locator [+Can]	+27.9% to +32.8% Cannon Weapon Damage. +1.6% to +1.9% Critical Chance
Starship		Ambush Gateway Generator  Limited to a specific ship. Part of a set.	+25% Cannon Damage
		Programmable Matter Projectors  NOT bound to Emerald Chain Juggernaut.	20% Increased Cannon Damage
		Timeline Analysis Sensor Grid  Limited to a specific ship. Part of a set.	+10.1% Accuracy with Cannon Weapons

v · d · e +All Damage consoles
Category	Icon	Console name	Effects
Reputation system		Sustained Radiant Field  Part of a set (Radiant Armaments).	+10% to 12.5% All Weapon Damage
Event		Interphasic Instability  Time-limited event reward. Standalone console.	+5% Damage
		Priors World Elite Defense Satellite  Time-limited event reward. Standalone console.	+14.3% Directed Energy Damage
Lobi store		Biased Configuration Modulator  Part of a set (Tzenkethi Resolve).	+6.1% All Damage to targets in forward 90' arc
Fleet		Kinetic Protomatter Matrix Infuser [Directed Energy]	+5.3% to +6.2% Directed Energy Weapon Damage
Lock Box		Hull Image Refractors	+20% All Damage
Starship		Destabilized Tachyon Emitters  Limited to a specific ship. Part of a console set.	+10% All Direct Energy Damage
		Destructive Protomatter Wave Projector  Standalone console.	+12.7% All Damage for Energy Weapons
		Dynamic Power Redistributor Module  Part of a console set.	+17.8% Directed Energy Damage
		Energy Distributor Accelerator  Limited to a specific ship. Standalone console.	+20% Directed Energy Damage
		Enhanced Crescent Wave Cannon  Limited to a specific ship. Part of a console set.	+12% Directed Energy Damage
		Enhanced Dominion Coordination Protocol  Part of a console set.	+15% Directed Energy Damage
		Flagship Tactical Computer  Limited to a specific ship. Part of a console set.	+17.8% Directed Energy Damage
		Force Translator  Standalone console.	+__% Damage with Energy Weapons (Scales with Auxiliary Power setting)
		Heavy Particle Focuser Array  Limited to a specific ship. Part of a console set.	+12% Directed Energy Damage
		Isometric Dispersal Array  Part of a console set.	+15% Directed Energy Damage
		Ominous Device  Standalone console.	+20% All Damage
		Personal Wormhole Generator  Standalone console.	+12.8% Directed Energy Damage
		Render Visible  Standalone console.	+8.6% Energy Weapon Damage
		Subspace Cavitation Matrix  Standalone console.	+9.5% All Weapon Damage vs. Foes within 5km
		Timestream Rift Warhead  Limited to a specific ship. Standalone console.	+12% Directed Energy Damage
		Tactical System Stabilizer  Limited to a specific ship. Part of a console set.	+20 Starship Energy Weapon Training

See also: consoles increasing Accuracy and Critical Hit.

Sets

Base Energy Credit value table

All values given are for common weapons. There is greater energy credit value with increasing rarity.

Rank	Mark	Value ()
		Common	Uncommon	Rare	Very Rare	Ultra Rare	Epic
None	I	849	1,129	—	—	—	—
	II	1,697	2,257	2,817	3,394	—	—
Lt. Cmdr.	III	3,394	4,514	5,635	6,789	7,909	—
	IV	5,091	6,772	8,452	10,183	11,863	13,543
Commander	V	6,789	9,029	11,269	13,577	15,817	18,058
	VI	8,486	11,286	14,086	16,971	19,772	22,572
Captain	VII	10,183	13,543	16,904	20,366	23,726	27,086
	VIII	11,880	15,800	19,721	23,760	27,680	31,601
Lower Half Rear Admiral Upper Half	IX	13,577	18,058	22,538	27,154	31,635	36,115
	X	15,274	20,315	25,355	30,549	35,589	40,630
	XI	16,971	22,572	28,173	33,943	39,543	45,144
	XII	18,669	24,829	30,990	37,337	43,498	49,658
Vice Admiral	XIII	20,366	27,086	33,807	40,731	47,452	54,173
	XIV	22,063	29,344	36,624	44,126	51,406	58,687

External links

• Plasma at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki.