Weapons Systems

The Weapons Systems technology is the first tech that unlocks weapons down the branch of Warfare technology. It is available in the Age of Expansion and is unlocked by researching Warfare.

The technology unlocks four ship components: the Laser, the Prototype Elerium Beam, the Prototype Antimatter Missile and the Prototype Durantium Driver. It also unlocks the starbase module Advanced Starbase Defenses.

Short
Allows construction of basic weapons systems.

Long
The best defense is a good offense. Interestingly, so is the best offense. With that in mind, we've developed weapon systems which should prove very well suited to space-based defense. And, as discussed, offense.