Photon Disruptor

Photon Disruptor

"A particle weapon designed to take down shield defenses and temporarily disable enemy systems."


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

Icon	Abbreviation	Size	Power Consumption	Stat Enhancement	AI Category
	PD	3x2	0-3	Science	Laser Room

Volley	System Damage	Shield Damage	EMP Length	Projectile Speed	Projectile Delay
4	0.1	0.5	0.25s	100 Pixels/s	0.25s

Level	Reload Time	Ammo		Upgrade		Ship Level Required
Level	Reload Time	Per Second	Capacity	Cost	Time	Ship Level Required
1	3.5s	0.05625	135	400K	2d	8
2	3.25s	0.0625	150	700K	3d	9
3	3s	0.0665	160	1.5M	4d	10
4	2.75s	0.07085	170	1.8M	6d	11
5	2.5s	0.075	180	2.3M	1w 1d	11
6	2.3s	0.0812	190	3M	1w 1d	12

Summary

The Photon Disruptor is a 3x2 Weapon room that can be built on the Medium Weapons Platform. The Photon Disruptor specializes in high Shield damage, making it the ultimate counter to the Shield Generator. The tradeoff for the high Shield damage is abysmal stats elsewhere. It also consumes ammo that recharges over time (Volley ≠ Ammo).

Usage

In Combat

The Photon Disruptor can quickly bring down the enemy shield with its high Shield damage and projectile speed. Its damage elsewhere, however, is very lacking. Its 1s EMP in conjunction with its extremely fast reload can disable rooms somewhat adequately. However, its EMP is best suited towards disabling Sprinklers and Landmines.

When To Use

Obviously, the Photon Disruptor should be used if the player struggles against shields. With the shield destroyed faster, Rushed Craft and weapon rooms can deal much more damage to systems before the enemy can deal with them. Teleport users may also find the room's spammable EMP very helpful for disabling Landmines.

AI

Some players may not find the Photon Disruptor useful once the shield is down. The below AI command can be used in this case to help save power. Be warned, using the "Enemy Ship has Shield" command can be risky since most of the time, another weapon would've already taken down the shield by the time the Photon Disruptor can fire, depowering and wasting it.

Enemy Shield Room HP > 0% -> Increase Power By 1 OR Enemy Ship has Shield -> Increase Power By 1

None -> Set Zero Power

Crew Interactions

The Photon Disruptor is buffed with the Science stat on Crew. The reload reduction formula applied when the Photon Disruptor is buffed can be found here.

Ammo Statistics

Level	Capacity	To Reach
1	135	40m
2	150	40m
3	160	~40m 6s
4	170	~40m
5	180	40m
6	190	~39m

Trivia

The Photon Disruptor'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.