Tachyon Beam

small weapon component

Tachyon Beam is a small weapon component in Stellaris 4.5.2. It deals 21–51 damage every 6.55 days (65.5 combat ticks) at range 60, accuracy 85% and tracking 50%. It costs 1 Food, 1 Minerals, 0.2 Rare Crystals and uses 0 power. Unlocked by Tachyon Lances.

Cost: 1Food1Minerals0.2Rare Crystals
Power: 0
Damage: 21–51
Cooldown: 6.55 days
Range: 60
ID: TACHYON_BEAM_SMALL

Open in the ship designer (Juvenile Mauler)

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: 21–51
Cooldown: 6.55 days (65.5 ticks)
Damage a day: 5.5
Range: 60
Accuracy: 85%
Tracking: 50%
Hull damage: 150%
Shield damage: 50%
Armor damage: 200%
Shield penetration: 0%
Armor penetration: 0%