Like Nukes, E.M.P.s are fired from the regular missile launcher, which can be switched to fire E.M.P.s at any time. They are even faster and longer-ranged than the conventional High Explosive missiles, making them ideal for taking out the enemy's shields or disabling their engines from afar.Į.M.P.s do have an Achilles' Heel though, which is that armor will act as a 'lightning rod', attracting some of the power-draining electrical bolts. This is a large and very expensive module that produces Nuke parts very slowly, so you'll need to be choosy about when to fire off your Nukes.Įlectromagnetic Pulse Missiles, or 'E.M.P.s' for short, are a new support weapon that, like Electro-Bolters, drains power from enemy systems, but does so from afar and with a large area of effect in which power gets drained. Nuclear Missile parts are manufactured by a new factory, the new Nuclear Torpedo Factory. So one tactic might be to pummel your enemy from afar with the High Explosive missiles to weaken their defenses, switch to nukes, and then swoop in close to let off a devastating nuclear salvo.

Nukes are launched from the same launcher as the conventional missiles, and you can change what type of munition the launcher fires at any time, even during battle. Unlike the conventional High Explosive Missiles, Nukes are slow, short-range, and unguided, but if you can get in close and hit them with a salvo, you can lay waste to your enemies. Tactical Nuclear Torpedoes are a new type of super-missile that cause massive damage in a large area. While Railguns are the major new feature in 0.14.1, there are also a ton of more minor improvements, bug fixes, and modding features, all of which you can read about in the changelog.At long last, after months of work, I'm very happy to finally announce that Cosmoteer's 0.14.5 update, by far the largest ever, is now done and available for download! Additionally, if any single piece of a Railgun is destroyed, then the whole thing chain-reacts and explodes, possibly causing collateral damage around the Loader if it is containing any shells at the time. Crew must deliver power to every Accelerator segment individually, and if a single Accelerator is out of power, then the entire Railgun can't shoot, meaning longer Railguns can have a lower rate of fire unless their crew are highly efficient at powering every Accelerator. For every Accelerator that is added, the Railgun requires that much more power to shoot. Long enough Railguns can even penetrate through enemy shields!īut very long Railguns aren't without their downsides. Every additional Accelerator that is added increases the fired slug's speed, damage, and penetration depth.Īs can be seen in the above screenshot, extremely long Railguns (such as the one on the newly-redesigned Archangel) can reach incredible damage and penetration, often shooting all the way through enemy ships, wreaking havoc in their path. Every Railgun has both a 'Loader' (where the cannon shells are loaded and where the crew operate the controls) as well as a 'Launcher' (where the slug exits the Railgun at high speed), and they can also have any number of optional 'Accelerators' placed in between the Loader and Launcher. And, like the Ion Beam Emitter, the Railgun is a fixed-direction weapon that cannot aim independently of its ship.īut perhaps what makes the Railgun the most interesting is that it is actually constructed using three different kinds of parts and can be built in various different lengths. Because the railgun uses magnets to accelerate the slugs, it requires both cannon shells and power to fire. These slugs can reach extremely high velocity, allowing them to inflict great damage and penetrate deep into enemy ships, often destroying vital enemy systems in the process. The Railgun is a projectile weapon that uses magnets to accelerate an explosive slug down a pair of long magnetic rails.

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