Railgun

Railgun

"A powerful projectile gun that's capable of penetrating armor. Works by charging matter to hypersonic speeds."


Level 1	Level 2	Level 3

Level 4	Level 5	Level 6

Statistics

Ship Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Number Available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

Railing Statistics Lv1 (Scales higher)
Icon	Abbreviation	Size	Power Consumption	Stat Enhancement	AI Category
	RG	3x2	0-3	Weapon	Laser Room

Volley	System Damage	AP Damage	Shield Damage	Crew Damage	Projectile Speed
1	1	2	1.5	1	200 Pixels/s

Level	Reload Time	Ammo		Upgrade		Ship Level Required
Level	Reload Time	Per Second	Capacity	Cost	Time	Ship Level Required
1	10s	0.025	60	400K	2d	8
2	9.5s	0.0265	64	700K	3d	9
3	9s	0.02835	68	1.5M	4d	10
4	8.75s	0.03	72	1.8M	6d	11
5	8.5s	0.03125	75	2.3M	1w 1d	11
6	8.25s	0.03225	77	3M	1w 1d	12

Summary

The Railgun is a 3x2 Weapon room that can be built on the Medium Weapons Platform. The Railgun takes quite a bit of time to reload, but the payoff is a massive burst of damage capable of instantly destroying rooms like the Shield Battery. It also consumes ammo that recharges over time.

Usage

In Combat

The Railgun is a burst fire weapon, with long reloads and high damage. With the highest damage out of the three Medium Weapon rooms, the Railgun can be useful when attacking heavily Armored rooms, especially with its 2 AP Damage. However, it does struggle to deal hull damage once a room is destroyed due to its low System Damage.

When To Use

When to use the Railgun really depends on individual playstyle. The Laser Blaster has much better overall DPS, but when targetting a heavily armored room, the Railgun can be the better option. This becomes more are more apparent near the end-game, where commonly targeted rooms have 4-8 Armor blocks around them.

AI

AI for rooms like the Railgun is relatively straightforward. As long as the Railgun’s AI is targeting the same rooms in conjunction with the other weapons on a player’s ship, it should be fine.

Crew Interactions

The Railgun is buffed with the Weapon stat on Crew. The reload reduction formula applied when the Railgun is buffed can be found here.

Ammo Statistics

Level	Capacity	To Reach
1	60	40m
2	64	~40m 15s
3	68	~40m
4	72	40m
5	75	40m
6	77	~39m 48s

Trivia

The Railgun's ammo was officially added on July 16th, 2019. Before that, it was implemented and removed multiple times due to bugs or accidents during production.