Plasma Cannon

Laser Cannon
A Laser Cannon
Properties
Cooldown	250ms
Power Consumption	600
Vertical Fire Arc	17
Horizontal Fire Arc	17
Projectile Range	200m
Projectile Speed	250m/s
Explosion Power	1.0
Starship Shield Damge Multiplier	0.2
Area Shield Damage Multiplier	1.0
Resource Requirements
Piston 1
Sponge 1

Laser Cannons are light weapons, which are suitable for Starships of all sizes and classes. They are, however, by far the weakest of all weapons.

Plasma Cannon
A plasma cannon
Properties
Cooldown	250ms
Power Consumption	2500
Vertical Fire Arc	15
Horizontal Fire Arc	15
Projectile Range	160m
Projectile Speed	400m/s
Explosion Power	3.0
Starship Shield Damage Modifier	2.0
Area Shield Damage Modifier	3.0
Resource Requirements
Furnace 1
Iron Block 1
Sponge 1

Plasma Cannons are the best primary weapon for small ships; they deal great damage and have a good fire rate. However, they can only fire forwards, and are limited by range and poor arcs of fire, making ships that can only mount plasmas (like Starfighters and small Gunships) very vulnerable to fast adversaries armed with turrets or pulse cannons.