Beam weapon

For the technology see Beam Weapons (Retribution)

Beam weapons are one of the three weapon types used in Galactic Civilizations III. Beam weapons are mid-range (1000), moderate cooldown (3) and 100% accurate. Their defensive counter is shields.

The starship blueprints system will create specific designs that are armed just with beam weapons.

comparison table

Name	Attack	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Threat	Resources	Technology Required
Lasers	1	16	24	1	0.2		Weapons Systems
Enhanced Lasers	2	17	12	1	0.2	+1 Unrecognized icon name Elerium	Weapons Systems
Particle Beam	3	12	32 BC	0.75 BC	0.4		Beam Weapons (Teachnology)
Disruptor Bank	5	13	46 BC	1.25 BC	0.6		Matter Disruption
Plasma Pod	8	14	68 BC	2.5 BC	0.8		Plasma Projection
Phasors Pod	16	15	120 BC	4.75 BC	1		Energy Phasing
Doom Ray	32	16	200 BC	7.75 BC	1.2		Doom Ray (Technology)

Base game comparison table

Name	Attack	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Threat	Resources	Technology Required
Laser	2	10	50 BC	0.25 BC	0.2		Weapons Systems
Prototype Elerium Beam	16	10	50 BC	0.25 BC	1	1 Elerium	Weapons Systems
Particle Beam	3	12	32 BC	0.75 BC	0.4		Beam Weapons (Teachnology)
Disruptor Bank	5	13	46 BC	1.25 BC	0.6		Matter Disruption
Plasma Pod	8	14	68 BC	2.5 BC	0.8		Plasma Projection
Phasors Pod	16	15	120 BC	4.75 BC	1		Energy Phasing
Doom Ray	32	16	200 BC	7.75 BC	1.2		Doom Ray (Technology)