Phased-Array Lasers

Research Cost: 70000

Summary

Advanced laser weapons, nicknamed phasers, use AI-managed mirror arrays to allow targeting at extreme ranges.

Description

We have now reached what is considered to be the pinnacle of combat laser technology. These novel phased-array lasers, quickly christened as "phasers" by engineers, have exceeded all previous expectations.

They employ second-generation arc lasers, together with an improved, AI-guided mirror system, in order to attain the extreme ranges that have previously eluded our energy weapons. The AI for these mirror systems has been trained on millions of hours of ship combat data, which enables it to predict enemy ship maneuvers based on even the smallest adjustment of course. These predictions, together with an ultrafast response time of mere nanoseconds, allow the AI to perform high-precision shots at moving targets, even at extreme distances.

This is the zenith of laser weapons - little, if anything, will be able to stand against it.

Full List of Prerequisites.
Name	Type	Cost
High-Energy Lasers		1000
Advanced Electromagnetism		1000
Photonic Computing		1500
Arc Lasers		25000
Deep Space Propulsion Concepts		1000
Advanced Carbon Manipulation		1000
Molecular Assemblers		25000
Supercapacitors		10000
Advanced Atomic Manipulation		10000
Carbon Nanotubes		3500
Advanced Superconductors		3500
Directed Energy Warfare Doctrine		2500
Advanced Neural Networks		5000
Ultracapacitors		40000
Advanced Heat Management Concepts		2500
Orbital Shipbuilding		1000
Mission To Space		250
Quantum Computing		15000
Principles of Space Warfare		1000
Infrared Combat Lasers		5000

Total

Research Cost (including itself)

97000

21500

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94000

8500

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3750

Total

224750

Direct Prerequisite For

Techs

Projects

(100%)Point Defense Phaser Turrets • (100%)Ultraviolet Phaser Batteries • (100%)Infrared Phaser Cannon • (100%)Green Phaser Batteries • (100%)Interstellar Launch Facility • (100%)Green Phaser Cannon • (100%)Infrared Phaser Batteries • (100%)Ultraviolet Phaser Cannon

Effects

Surface defenses will employ Phasers

Quote

"The simple truth is that any spaceship is just a large, metal balloon filled with air: Once pierced, it has lost all its wonder."
Colonel Hanse Castillo, Humanity First
Fundamentals of Orbital Warfare

Notes

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