Lichen Spreader
Certain ship building firms have pointed out areas of concern regarding the missile-class weaponry, asking for a more effective countermeasure against medium sized warships. Quick to oblige, our weapons research team has developed a means of making use of what is otherwise a common pest to our living hull ships. Lichen gathered off the outer hull of our largest cruisers via a capillary transport system are brought into a specialised incubation chamber where the plantlife is subject to an enzyme bath, their DNA reconstructed to accelerate the natural tendancy for the moss to dissolve the surface they attach to. After this they are shunted to a crop where they remain before a firing mechanism behind the crop fills the cavity with an inert pressurised fluid, propelling the entire mass in a stream towards a medium hull target or larger. The lichen germinate in the fluid, stimulating a rapid growth that causes significant damage to the targetted hull skin while bypassing any inherent energy shields.
| Weapon Type | |
| Class: | Beam |
| Tech Tree: | Bio |
| Construction | |
| Construction Points: | 570 |
| Slots: | 2 |
| Weight: | 6 |
| Special: | n/a |
| Hull Specifications | |
| Targets: | Medium |
| Mountable: | Large |
| Attack | |
| Effective Damage: | 11-21 |
| Damage: | 54-107 |
| Rate of Fire: | 0.2 |
| Attack Rating: | 5 |
| Other: | Ignores shields |
Notes:
- Hulls listed are the minimum hull size to mount/target. All weapons are mountable/targetable on/against any hull size larger than the base size. Targeting a larger hull size results in a damage penalty.
- Effective damage refers to the actual damage times the weapon's rate of fire. This is the total damage that you will do on average a turn, assuming every shot hits.
- Attack rating affects the chance you will hit the enemy ship.
- All data is given at the 3rd technology sublevel (x-3).
See also: Weapons | Beam Class Weapons | Bio Weapons | Human Weapons | Cyborg Weapons
