This branch uses the Arc damage channel and is used by the Assembly, Syndicate and (unrecognized string “fac oathbound” for Template:Icon)Oathbound factions.
Technology
Tier
Group
Prerequisites
Unlocks
Description
Magnetic Energy Storage
1
Arc
100
Static Buildup Module
Arc Discharge
“Arc weapons allow us to disrupt the electrical signals naturally occurring in neural and mechanical control systems. What you see as drooling paralysis is really just the body running without any direct communication with the mind.” – Claudius Proton, Assembly Researcher
Electron Impact
2
Arc
Magnetic Energy Storage
150
Arc Retaliation Defense
Arc Manifold
“One of my regulars, a scientist developing Arc weaponry, said that I was his inspiration. My android systems were specialized to avoid static build up. Something about friction. Rub up against enough people and it creates sparks.” – Emma III, E:bot, in a Patent Dispute Lawsuit
Ionic Detachment
4
Arc
Electron Impact
520
Arc Impact Module
Aeon Flux Charge
“Arc weapons can be neutralized using dissipation channels. If you can create a conductive circuit around the target, all that energy passes harmlessly around the protected structure—a lightning rod for an individual.” – Claudius Proton, Assembly Researcher
Neuro-electric Disruptors
6
Arc
Ionic Detachment
1200
Stun Module
Pulse Disruption Lance
“Most carbon-based lifeforms make poor conductors of electricity. Flood the body with enough electrons and the results are quite literally stunning.” – Professor R. Lin’l Bunson, Neural-electric Testing
Positron Technology
8
Arc
Neuro-electric Disruptors
2200
Positron Arc Storm Projector
Positron Discharge Shield
Positron Converter
“Positronic technologies employ high-energy antimatter in Arc weapons. Anti-electrons collapse electrons into high-energy gamma radiation. Like all antimatter, if not properly applied, catastrophic explosions ensue. We’re sure we’ve worked that part out.” – Dr. Dewy Dollis, Paragon High-Energy Labs
This branch uses primarily the Biochemical damage channel and is used by the Kir'ko and Amazon factions.
Technology
Tier
Group
Prerequisites
Unlocks
Description
Biochemical Applications
1
Biochemical
100
Acidic Composite
Biochemical Maceration
“Life is delicate. Evolved over ages of perfected trial and error, one doesn’t gain superpowers by adding an extra helix to the elegant double helix of DNA. It’s lethal. No surprise that this weapon, originally an attempt to enhance life, is better suited for destroying it.” – Dr. Eva Montinga, Terratech Researcher
Volatile Afflictions
2
Biochemical
Biochemical Applications
150
Corrosive Detonator
“Of course, our military-grade corrosive chemicals will eat away your hand if you touch it regardless of whether you’re innocent or nefarious. It’s a weapon. The innocent don’t play with weapons. Slap another warning label on it and ship it.” – Shela Kilgraves, CEO Alchemicorp
Specialized Strains
4
Biochemical
Volatile Afflictions
520
Viscous Strain
Cerebral Strain
“Our latest batch of corrosive weapons was inspired by industrial cleaning agents. Nothing cleans the battlefield better than our undiluted hyper-reactive infusions, now with the fresh scent of pine.” – Shela Kilgraves, CEO Alchemicorp
Advanced Infections
6
Biochemical
Specialized Strains
1200
Blight Infection
Virulent Canister
“We’ve pioneered many biochemical weapons. This time we’ve added a little twist: the terminally infected explode. We have a dispersion mechanism and the antiviral agent. We decide who lives, who profits and who... explodes.” – Trask Palin, CTO, Viralica Pharmaceutical, Weaponry Division
Advanced Infections
8
Biochemical
Advanced Infections
2200
Blight Bringer
Acid Rain
“To survive, we must unleash the misery we’ve endured on everyone. When the skies rain poison, and the earth crawls with plague, then they will understand us. Only then will they let us live in peace.” – Tikay Tikk’t, Kir’Ko Liberation Front
This branch uses primarily the Kinetic damage channel and is used by the Dvar faction.
Technology
Tier
Group
Prerequisites
Unlocks
Description
Enhanced Payloads
1
Explosive
100
Flash Payload
Advanced Munitions Provision
“Bombs are too predictable. All they do is blow stuff up, which I admit is great, but what if they were more surprising?” – Sir Dunkle Tog, Red Dvar Bomb Company
Thermodynamics
2
Explosive
Enhanced Payloads
Subjugation Ordnance
150
Time on Target
“Using successive bombing runs and successively larger explosive ordnance, even if the first bomb misses, subsequent bombs will eventually eliminate the intended target.” – Ava “Boomer” Goyavic, Dvar Bomb Runner
Advanced Launchers
4
Explosive
Thermodynamics
Electromagnetic Utilization
520
Guided Delivery Mechanisms
Creeping Barrage
“Military contractors love to sell bombs without targeting systems. Every bomb wasted is money in their pockets. By deploying the new targeting upgrades, we’ve already saved our colony a heap of treasure.” – Dwerg D’vor, Financial Auditor, Municipal Munitions Account
Augmented Payloads
6
Explosive
Advanced Launchers
Kinetic Force Manipulation
1500
Smart Payload
“Our latest bombs are more dangerous and have top-of-the-line, smart-sense technology. Judging by the way many artificial intelligences are becoming sentient, it’s only a matter of time before our smart bombs will form a labor union.” – Sir Yurghie Malovik, Blue Dvar Bomb Company
Nuclear Solution
8
Explosive
Augmented Payloads
Explosive Payloads
2200
Micro Nuclear Payload
Tactical Nuclear Strike
“Now that we’ve developed a weapon that can destroy us all, we can finally rest in peace.” – Zhanna Tserber, Adamant Council member
This branch primarily uses the Kinetic damage channel and is used by the Assembly, Dvar and Vanguard factions.
Technology
Tier
Group
Prerequisites
Unlocks
Description
Subjugation Ordnance
1
Firearms
100
Ammunition: Flechette
Shredder Bomb
“Though primitive, blades have always been lethal. Especially striking a foe flying at supersonic speed.” - Orindra Reaver, Syndicate Assassin.
Electromagnetic Utilization
2
Firearms
Subjugation Ordnance
150
Rail Accelerators
“I was inspired reading research on a maglev train accident in Star Union Station. The E&M breaking failed, launching the train through three solid barriers before stopping. Naturally, I thought the same powers could be used in a weapon.” – Clint Sutton, Vanguard High Energy Operations
Kinetic Force Manipulation
4
Firearms
Electromagnetic Utilization
520
Kinetic Phase Modulator
Kinetic Vectoring Field
“I prefer the elegant clean kill, but when you’re outnumbered, they refuse to surrender, and I have the right weaponry. Well, that’s when it’s time to turn the whole enemy line into something my grandma would call ‘Chunky Salsa.’” – Enrique Garza, Vanguard Sharpshooter
Explosive Payloads
6
Firearms
Kinetic Force Manipulation
1500
Ammunition: Fire Burst
Cluster Shell
“Bombs aren’t always bad. The universe started with a big bang. Makes you wonder: what do you suppose God was trying to destroy when it went off, and did it work?” – Varla Prakash, Philosopher
Relativistic Projectiles
8
Firearms
Explosive Payloads
2200
Shockwave Infuser
Mass-Driver Cannon
“Not only did the target get knocked out, but everyone around him went flying. A natural consequence of an object moving near the speed of light. Now that’s a gun!” – Kim Jordan, Gun Enthusiast
This branch primarily uses the Thermal damage channel and is used by the Amazon, (unrecognized string “fac shakarn” for Template:Icon)Shakarn and Vanguard factions.
Technology
Tier
Group
Prerequisites
Unlocks
Description
Heavy Laser Application
1
Laser
100
Incinerator Module
Laser Strike
“Lasers are fast, accurate and leave no bloody mess—just the delicious smell of fried bacon.” – Mark McNash, CEO Laztech
Photon Acceleration
2
Laser
Heavy Laser Application
150
Hard Light Module
Photonic Countermeasures
“Don’t think too rigidly. The speed of light is not a constant if you change it.” – Dr. Millicent Rickles, Head Researcher, Lazilite Inc.
Non-Refracting Lasers
4
Laser
Photon Acceleration
520
Laser Penetration Module
Shield Breaker Module
“The concept is quite simple really. It’s old medical tech applied to the battlefield. Think of yourself as a surgeon and your enemy is a bad tattoo you need to remove.” – Mark McNash, CEO Laztech
Crystalline Technology
6
Laser
Non-Refracting Lasers
1500
Flash Module
Laser Ablation
“Even the most advanced and brutal technology eventually evolves into something dazzlingly beautiful.” – Varla Prakash, Philosopher
Plasma Weaponry
8
Laser
Crystalline Technology
2200
Plasma Disintegrator Module
Starlight Projector
“They say the first lifeforms evolved from primordial stardust. If so, our new weapon is a reset switch. Instead of stardust-life becoming complex life, complex life is reduced to stardust. Just beautiful! The circle of life, I tell ya!” – Master Gunnery Sergeant Talwar Aag, Vanguard 2nd Landing Division
This branch primarily uses the Psionic damage channel and is used by the Kir'Ko and Syndicate factions.
Technology
Tier
Group
Prerequisites
Unlocks
Description
Dominion of Purification
1
Psionics
100
Mantra of Clarity
Cleansing Pulse
“Clear your mind and listen. Truth speaks with the quietest voice.” – Hatyl Ur’Uk, Kir’Ko Dream Reader
Dominion of Affliction
2
Psionics
Dominion of Purification
520
Mind Wipe
“Through assaults, chemical or mental, the mind must remain stalwart. The mind must push beyond any affliction or it risks being wiped out.” – Malai of House Antares
Dominion of Vitality
4
Psionics
Dominion of Affliction
520
Mantra of Life
Psyonic Bolstering
“The mind requires a body to inhabit. Though it be little more than an animal, it must be kept strong to nourish the whole.” – Malai of House Antares
Dominion of Command
6
Psionics
Dominion of Vitality
1500
Mantra of Control
Psychic Control
“A word is power. Words can be imbued by memory, and fixed by experience. Spoken in command, it is a force to change worlds.” – Hatyl Ur’Uk, Kir’ko Dream Reader
Dominion of Aether
8
Psionics
Dominion of Command
2200
Aether Storm
Mass Insanity
“The Aether is a realm of tumultuous thought. Dream-forms become reality. To unleash it in this world breaks all rational thought, scattering them across a storm of contradictions and impossible ideas. Only the strongest mind would dare trespass there.” – Mordechai of House Antares
This branch uses simultaneously the Thermal and Kinetic damage channels and is used by the (unrecognized string “fac shakarn” for Template:Icon)Shakarn faction.
Technology
Tier
Group
Prerequisites
Unlocks
Description
Deafening Frequencies
1
Sonic
100
Deafening Amplifiers
High-Frequency Projection
“From primordial days, vibrations in the rocks warned us of predators. We took in every sound. We craved tiny tremors. Once we trembled and fled, but we evolved. Sound is our weapon now. We bask on warm stones, feeling the vibrations of a dozen tiny heartbeats, waiting patiently for our prey.” – Kha Bra, Huntress of the Fang
Sonolysis Application
2
Sonic
Deafening Frequencies
Heavy Laser Applications
150
Focused Sonolysis Module
Shield Shattering Frequency
“Weakness reveals itself not by hastily striking. Listen carefully to what shakes a foe. The strongest armor can be rendered brittle. Simply amplify its resonant frequency. They may be strong, but they cannot abide our cunning.” – Ioshees Tone, The Hidden Tactician
Sound Augmentation
4
Sonic
Sonolysis Application
Photon Acceleration
520
Acute Pitch
Cavitation Module
“No sound is so soothing that it cannot be turned into a weapon simply by amplifying its volume to the threshold of pain.” – Skarismanda Skaal, Clutch Mistress
Accelerated Sound Waves
6
Sonic
Sound Augmentation
Non-Refracting Lasers
1200
Reverbing Shields
Rapid Cavitation
“Reduce the pressure in water rapidly enough and it creates bubbles, boiling though the temperature never increased. As the spontaneous bubbles collapse, a powerful shockwave is produced, damaging the liquid’s container. This force is called cavitation. How is it relevant? Since most lifeforms are little more than sacks of water, it doesn’t require expertise in fluid dynamics to appreciate its destructive strength.” – Skenniss Tumaal, Deep-sea Assimilator
Perfect Resonance
8
Sonic
Accelerated Sound Waves
Crystalline Technology
2200
Sono-Interference Module
Field-Wide Resonant Frequencies
“Reality is a string vibrating in perfect tones. Match these chords and you’ll discover the explosive resonance that started the universe.” – Geckion Glassfang, Sacred Singer
This branch uses the Entropy damage channel and is used by the (unrecognized string “fac oathbound” for Template:Icon)Oathbound faction.
Technology
Tier
Group
Prerequisites
Unlocks
Description
Entropic Foundations
1
Entropy
100
Sedating Decay Component (mod)
Localized Decay (tactical op)
“There’s only one power that binds chaos. Intelligence. Intelligence is expressed in the word. The word is power with purpose. Plan the word. See the word. Say the word. Feel the word. Free the word. When chaos has purpose, it rises from the noise.” —Gavin Crenshaw, Chaos Handler
Entropy Inhibition
2
Entropy
Entropic Foundations
Magnetic Energy Storage
150
Entropic Decomposer (mod)
Isomer Stabilization (tactical op)
“Entropy must be controlled or it will consume you. Before you unleash all hell, first ensure you can bottle it.” – Tilda Apos, Entropic Overseer, Chaos Handler
Decay Chains
4
Entropy
Entropy Inhibition
Electron Impact
520
Entropic Radiation Emitter (mod)
Atrophy Spread (tactical op)
“Ever felt like your whole life was ruined? You just can’t keep up because everything is falling apart? Sure, you might need to listen to happy songs, gaze at rainbows and set more realistic goals, but more often than not it’s because there’s an entropic radiation leak in the decay chains.” – Raden Orespark, Emitter Technician
Probabilistic Nature
6
Entropy
Decay Chains
Ionic Detachment
1200
Entropic Retaliation Component (mod)
Atomic Collapse (tactical op)
“Nothing lasts forever. Even stars breakdown over time. Entropy will eventually bring the heat-death of all things. Whether we live to next year or a million more, our time is limited. For our time to matter, we must use these forces. Let those who ignore their purpose embrace their inevitable ruin as we accelerate atomic collapse on oath breakers.” – Otter Tankrue, Philosopher Champion
Exponential Decay
8
Entropy
Probabilistic Nature
Neuro-Electic Disruptors
2200
Maxwell's Puzzle Box
Structural Integrity Diminisher
Divide Half-Life
“Our latest entropic decay weapons trigger instability in the atomic composition of all matter. The very atoms of your enemies are your weapon. Marvel as your enemies disintegrate, bleeding not blood, but the very nuclei of the atoms from their bodies.” —Rutledge McMillan, Paladin Labs