Weapons:Small

This page lists weapons which fit into fighter-class ships' small port.

Blasters

These weapons fire short blasts with a high repeat rate. However, the individual shots do not do as much damage as those from the other types of weapons. Blasters are often favored by fighter pilots for Player vs. Player combat.

Ion Blaster

This is a slightly better version of the Plasma Cannon, its faster and packs slightly more damage. It is very useful for taking out low level Collector drones but they quickly become obsolete as better armament becomes available.

Ion Blaster	Hive	MkI	MkII	MkIII
Damage	150	350	370	380
Velocity	110	150	155	160
Energy	10.0/blast	10.0/blast	9.8/blast	9.8/blast
Delay	0.15s	0.15s	0.14s	0.14s
Mass	100kg	100kg	100kg	100kg
Port	S	S	S	S
Level	-/-/-/-/-	-/1/-/-/-	1/1/-/-/-	1/2/-/-/-
Targeting	Okay	Okay	Okay	Okay
DPE	15.00	35.00	37.76	38.78

Neutron Blaster

The Neutron Blaster is the ultimate rapid firing small-port blaster. The shots from this weapon move surprisingly fast and have decent range. It can be a very effective primary weapon. The Neutron Blaster MkIII is only purchasable by Itani or Serco, whichever team won CtC (Capture the Cargo) the week before, but anyone can get them as drops from certain pirate NPCs.

Neutron Blaster	MkI	MkII	MkIII	Law Enforcement	Corvus Widowmaker
Damage	600	600	600	635	800
Velocity	190	195	205	208	215
Energy	12/blast	11/blast	14/blast	14/blast	16/blast
Delay	0.15s	0.14s	0.14s	0.13s	0.14s
Mass	600kg	600kg	400kg	400kg	400kg
Port	S	S	S	S	S
Level	3/3/-/-/-	4/4/-/-/-	4/-/-/-/-	Drop	-/-/-/-/-
Targeting	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
DPE	50.00	54.55	42.86	45.36	50
Grid	4	4	4	4	18

• Law Enforcment Neutron Blaster Acquired from Station Guards/Strike Forces
• The Corvus Widowmaker is acquired from a special mission tree available from Corvus stations, as a prototype weapon (you only get a pair of them per mission). It's stats are subject to change. It currently has a Grid Power usage of 18 (out of 20!) which means you can only equip 1 weapon per ship. It's indended for use with the Centurion Superlight (1S port).

After finishing the first mission, there is a repeatable mission that needs the following resources for another two widowmakers:

1 Ioncore and Guardian Processor, 2 Power Regulators and Dentek Processors, 10 Crates of Silksteel and Premium Van Azek Ore and 15 crates of Premium Carbonic- , Heliocene- and Lanthanic Ore

Phase Blaster

A decent weapon for hunting Bots. Wouldn't put too much faith into it when it comes to player combat. Both Orion and The Propeller Group have developed their own versions of this cannon.

Phase Blaster	MkI	MkII	Orion XGX	TPG Sparrow
Damage	350	380	400	420
Velocity	170	175	180	172
Energy	8.0/blast	7.5/blast	7.2/blast	7.3/blast
Delay	0.2s	0.2s	0.2s	0.2s
Mass	100kg	100kg	150kg	150kg
Port	S	S	S	S
Level	1/2/-/-/-	-/2/-/-/-	3/4/-/-/-	3/4/-/-/-
Targeting	Okay	Okay	Okay	Okay
DPE	43.75	50.67	55.53	57.53

Positron Blaster

A slower but more powerful version of the Neutron Blaster, not quite as effective as the Neutron but it gets the job done. Axia Technology Corp. developed an Accelerated Positron blaster that contains a HKPS Upgraded Blaster Housing with a KD-3 Positron Core. This weapon requires 600 or more Axia standing and reasonably high levels, and can be compared damage-wise to a Neutron Mark III.

Positron Blaster	MkI	Axia Accelerated	Hive
Damage	800	800	800
Velocity	190	210	210
Energy	18/blast	17/blast	16/blast
Delay	0.25s	0.21s	0.21s
Mass	500kg	500kg	400kg
Port	S	S	S
Level	5/4/-/-/-	5/5/-/-/-	-/-/-/-/-
Targeting	Okay	Good	Excellent
DPE	44.44	47.06	50.00

Cannons

Charged Cannon

By holding the fire key you can charge this weapon (slowly) to increase its total damage. By charging you also make the bolt fired larger. This weapon is extremly good against the 4 beginning collectors since they move in one direction.

Charged Cannon	MkI
Damage	400-2000
Velocity	190
Energy	NA/blast
Delay	60s
Mass	400kg
Port	S
Level	2/3/-/-/-
Targeting	Okay
DPE	NA

Flechette Cannon

The Flechette is an effective close range weapon, due to its high rate of fire and random shot pattern. At long range, however, it becomes difficult to use against all but the largest and slowest targets . The Aputech Guardians use this weapon very effectively.

Flechette Cannon	MkI	MkII
Damage	250	280
Velocity	190	200
Energy	8.0/blast	7.5/blast
Delay	.090s	.088s
Mass	600kg	600kg
Port	S	S
Level	-/5/-/-/-	4/5/-/-/-
Targeting	Little	Little
DPE	31.25	37.33

Gauss Cannon

The Gauss Cannon is a devastatingly powerful weapon. Effective both in close range and at a distance, the Gauss is the weapon of choice for many pilots. It fires a medium sized energy bolt that moves moderately fast.

Gauss Cannon	MkI	MkII
Damage	1200	1100
Velocity	180	190
Energy	40/blast	30/blast
Delay	0.5s	0.4s
Mass	1000kg	1000kg
Port	S	S
Level	5/4/4/-/-	6/6/5/-/-
Targeting	Very Good	Very Good
DPE	30.00	36.67

Plasma Cannon

Ahh the noble "Bus gun", what can't be said about your lovely red glow, your slow moving shots, your little damage, and your free price tag! This gun will quickly left behind as soon as any other gun becomes available. Some people, however, swear by the HX model, even when the Ion Blaster and the Phase Blaster are available.

Plasma Cannon	MkII	MkIII	HX
Damage	540	550	550
Velocity	140	140	160
Energy	12/blast	12/blast	8/blast
Delay	0.26s	0.25s	0.20s
Mass	100kg	300kg	300kg
Port	S	S	S
Level	-/-/-/-/-	-/1/-/-/-	1/1/-/-/-
Targeting	Okay	Okay	Okay
DPE	45.00	45.83	68.75

Guns

Rail Gun

The Rail Gun can best be equated to a sniper rifle without a sight. Although able to hit a target up to 1000m, it is very difficult to aim without quite a bit of practice. Don't be misled though, the Rail is a very effective weapon when used right. High speed, high damage, and low visibility mean your enemy wont see it coming, but when it hits they will know (read: Where did all my health go?). Most effective at medium ranges (500m) it serves as a very good secondary weapon. The MkII requires the 25pk Badge, the MkIII requires the 100pk Badge and the Advanced requires the 500pk Badge.

Rail Gun	MkI	MkII	MkIII	Advanced
Damage	1400	1400	1800	2500
Speed	400m/s	400m/s	400m/s	480m/s
Energy	110/blast	90/blast	80/blast	100/blast
Delay	1.6s	1.6s	1.6s	1.7s
Mass	800kg	800kg	1000kg	1500kg
Splash Radius	0	0	0	0
Detonation	Contact	Contact	Contact	Contact
Ammo	30	30	15	10
Fuel/Lifetime	NA	NA	NA	NA
Level	4/5/-/-/-

Missiles

There are three types of missile launchers. The first one is the Yellow Jacket, which is a very basic sort of missile launcher. Its missiles have fairly bad tracking, making it difficult to hit moving targets with the Yellowjacket. However, Yellowjackets do a fair amount of damage. The Firefly is the next step up from the Yellowjacket. It doesn't do quite as much damage, but its increased tracking more than makes up for the decreased damage. Unfortunately, Fireflies (which are in fact scaled down Stingrays) only have 6 shots per tube, drastically decreasing their usefulness. The most popular member of the Small-port missile family is the Gemini launcher. This launcher fires two heat-seeking missiles per shot, each of which does 850 damage and tracks its target quite well (within a 90 degree frontal arc). Generally, only the Geminis are used in Player vs. Player combat, although it's not unheard of to see other missiles in use.

Missle Launchers	Firefly	Gemini	Yellow Jacket
Damage	1200	950	1800
Speed	75m/s	80m/s	85m/s
Energy	0/blast	0/blast	0/blast
Delay	1.5s	1.5s	1.5s
Mass	400kg	400kg	400kg
Splash Radius	25m	25m	30m
Detonation	Contact	Proximity(10m)	Contact
Ammo	6	18	8
Fuel/Lifetime	20sec	20sec	12sec
Level	-/-/3/-/-	-/4/-/-/-	-/-/1/-/-

Rockets

There are three different types of small-port rocket launchers. The first is the Iceflare, which does 800 damage/rocket and has the smallest "safety fuse" (the distance from the launcher at which point the rocket arms its proximity fuse) of the types, making it very good for close combat. It is also extremely light. The middle child is the Starflare, which does 1000 damage/rocket and still maintains a decent mass. The most powerful type of small-port rocket is the venerable Sunflare, which does an awe-inspiring 1500 damage/rocket, but tips the scales at 1000kg. The sunflare has historically been popular in the Valkyrie class of fighters, but this has lessened since the introduction of the mass system, which made it impractical to carry multiple sunflare launchers in such a light ship.

Rocket Launchers	Iceflare	Starflare	Sunflare	Seeker Flares	Xang Xi Self-Propelled Concussion Launcher**
Damage	800	1000	1500	100	1
Speed	65m/s	75m/s	85m/s	120m/s	85m/s
Energy	0/blast	0/blast	0/blast	0/blast	0/blast
Delay	1.0s	1.0s	1.0s	1.5s	1.0s
Mass	400kg	600kg	1000kg	1000kg	1500kg
Splash Radius	60m	60m	60m	50m	150m
Detonation	Proximity (30m)	Proximity (30m)	Proximity (30m)	Proximity (100m)	Proximity (30m)
Ammo	16	14	12	18*	4
Range	NA	NA	1200m	NA	NA
Level	4/5/6/-/-	5/5/-/-/-	8/5/8/-/-	Seeker Drop	-/-/-/-/-

* Seeker Flares do not reload, one time use of up to 1800pt damage.

** The Xang Xi Self-Propelled Concussion Launcher is granted after the completion of a mission offered by Xang Xi stations.