THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Guns
Guns seem to be the favored piece of equipment for some reason.
These weapons are either energy or projectile based, or a
combination their of. All energy weapons must be recharged by your
power plant before they can be fired again. Their power diminishes
over distance and eventually dissipates completely. On the other
hand, projectile-based weapons do not require much energy and may
be fired continuously, but they have a limited number of projectiles
and generally do less damage. These guns will be automatically reloaded
upon docking with a friendly station. Ammo-based weapons
require you to lead your target, i.e. you have to aim where your target
will be at the time of impact. To aid you with this technique you can
supplement these weapons with a targeting computer (available in the
MODx section of the market).
One special item that is listed among the guns is the mining laser. The
mining laser represents a special sub-category of the weapons
section. This device is mounted to a gun hard point and activated by
pressing the fire button. Mining lasers extract ore from asteroids,
which is then transported into you cargo hold. While a mining laser is
not a weapon, its extractor beam will do a small amount of damage to
a target.
Missiles
Missiles do much more damage than guns, but their number is limited
to the amount of hard points on your ship. After softening up your
opponents shield and armor with your guns, a well-placed missile is
like the last magno-bolt in their escape pod.
Missiles are divided into dumb fire and intelligent categories. Dumb
fires travel on a straight path and are best fired at targets that are very
close. Intelligent missiles have build-in targeting devices that lock on
and follow their target until they either hit or run out of fuel.
MODx
MODx are special items which can be used to perform various tasks.
Every ship is outfitted with several special equipment slots. These
items can be cameras, scanners, BCUs, targeting devices, or other
items yet to be developed by TRI.
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