Tachyon Beam

large weapon component

Tachyon Beam is a large weapon component in Stellaris 4.5.2. It deals 117–325 damage every 8.25 days (82.5 combat ticks) at range 100, accuracy 85% and tracking 15%. It costs 1 Food, 1 Minerals, 0.77 Rare Crystals and uses 0 power. Unlocked by Tachyon Lances.

Cost: 1Food1Minerals0.77Rare Crystals
Power: 0
Damage: 117–325
Cooldown: 8.25 days
Range: 100
ID: TACHYON_BEAM_LARGE

Open in the ship designer (Juvenile Stinger)

Weapon stats

From weapon_components.csv (in common/component_templates), base values before technologies and modifiers.

How it's counted

Damage multipliers against hull, shields and armor are shares of the damage. Cooldown and windup are combat ticks in the CSV, 10 a day (our reading of the defines); damage a day = (min + max) ÷ 2 ÷ cooldown in days.

Damage: 117–325
Cooldown: 8.25 days (82.5 ticks)
Damage a day: 26.79
Range: 100
Accuracy: 85%
Tracking: 15%
Hull damage: 150%
Shield damage: 50%
Armor damage: 200%
Shield penetration: 0%
Armor penetration: 0%