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Detailed module stats & AmpGem effects

By EvilMcSheep

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Category: Gameplay Basics, Weapons

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

Command Module

Engine

Lathe

Laser

Cannon

Reactor

Missile Launcher

Particle Beam

Grabber

Port

Guppy

Discharger

Energy Tank

MK7

Shield

Fighter Base

Comments

Command Module

Required for ship operation.

Cost: 5
Cost increases based on hull size
Energy storage: 50
Glow brightness indicates remaining energy (fully black at <25%)
Ship blows up if this is destroyed
No AmpGem effect

Engine

Increases flight/rotation speed.

Cost: 20
Does not consume energy
Ships' speed reduction is based purely on hull size (armor and modules don't add 'mass')
Double the hull = half the speed;
Twice the engines = twice the speed!
AmpGems don't affect ship movement

Lathe

Activates/builds/collects items, rebuilds blue Struc, destroys enemy structures.

Cost: 25
Range: 20
Energy consumption: 0.6 to 4.0/s

Item pickup (Gems, Licenses, Info Caches):

0.6 energy/s
16.6s to completion
10 energy total

Building Energy Mine/Gem Factory or activating Totem:

4.0 energy/s
5.0s to completion
20 energy total

Activating Energy Pod:

2.0 energy/s
5.0s to completion
10 energy total

vs. Enemy spawners (Emitters & other):

1.5 energy/s
22.2s to destroy
33 energy total

vs. Struc:

1.0 energy/s
1.0s to build/destroy one square
3.0s if armored

vs. Progenitor:

1.5 energy/s
100.0s to destroy
150 energy total
Note: Realistically takes ~11% more time/energy due to constant self-healing

AmpGem effect:

+15% range (20 -> 23)

Laser

Destroys particles and enemy missiles.

Cost: 10
Range: 10
Energy consumption: 1.0/s
0.5/1.0/1.5s to destroy soft/medium/hard particle
0.333s to destroy a missile (1-square ship safety margin)

AmpGem effects:

+30% range (10 -> 13)
+3 ship safety margin vs. enemy missiles (as result of extra range)

Cannon

Destroys particles, Mire, Struc, and incoming enemy Cannon projectiles.

Cost: 15
Range: 40
Firing interval: 1.333s
Energy consumption: 0.5/shot
1/2/3 shots to destroy a soft/medium/hard particle
1 shot per 1 square of Struc/Mire
3 shots vs. armored Struc

AmpGem effects:

+25% range (40 -> 50)
+30% firing speed (1.333s -> 0.92s between shots)

Reactor

Onboard energy generator.

Cost: 20
Energy output: 1.5/s
Fully active even in ghost form (not fully built)
No AmpGem effect

Missile Launcher

Fires guided missiles, to destroy particles.

Cost: 20
Range: 45
Firing interval: 2.0s
Energy consumption: 1.0/shot
1/2/3 shots to destroy a soft/medium/hard particle

AmpGem effects:

+22% range (45 -> 55)
+30% firing speed (2.0s -> 1.4s between shots)

Particle Beam

Destroys enemy plasma, restores blue plasma, 'stuns' particles, 'damages' enemy missiles, saps energy from enemy fighter drones.

Cost: 15
Range: 30
Firing rate: Epilepsy-grade
Energy consumption: Up to 3.0/s
'Stunlocks' up to ~10 particles at a time
1.33s to fully 'damage' an enemy missile
'Damaged' enemy missiles travel at 30% of their normal velocity, but still deal normal damage
Energy sapped from enemy fighter drones: 8.5/s

AmpGem effect:

+33% range (30 -> 40)

Grabber

Attracts & launches benign particulate.

Cost: 30
Attraction range: 18
Does not consume energy
Extra grabbers do no increase exit velocity
No AmpGem effect

Port

Beams ship's energy to other nearby ships, akin to an Energy Mine.

Cost: 25
Range: 50

AmpGem effect:

+20% range (50 -> 60)

Guppy

Stores energy & retrieves more from Energy Mines as necessary.

Cost: 25
Range: Unlimited
Energy storage: 100
Flight speed: 40 units/s
No AmpGem effect

Discharger

Discharges Stunners by making concentrated loud noise.

Cost: 25
Range: 40
Energy consumption: 6.0/s
3.33s to discharge a Stunner
20 energy per Stunner total

AmpGem effect:

+37.5% range (40 -> 55)

Energy Tank

Stores extra energy.

Cost: 5
Energy storage: 500
No AmpGem effect

MK7

Fires three 'heavy' projectiles at a time.

Cost: 100
Range: 60
Firing interval: 3.0s
Energy consumption: 18/shot (6 per projectile)
Each projectile can destroy 4/2/1.33 soft/medium/hard particle, via penetration

AmpGem effects:

+25% range (60 -> 75)
+50% firing rate (3.0s -> 2.0s between shots)

Shield

Doubles hull durability.

Cost: 20
Energy consumption: 15.0/s
Internal energy reserve: 10
In Auto mode, activated for 3 seconds after taking any damage
In Auto mode, the first impact is NOT protected

Soft particles needed to destroy an armored hull piece:

Unshielded: 8
Shielded: 16
Two Shields: 24
Etc...

AmpGem effect:

+50% energy reserve (10 -> 15)

Fighter Base

Carries, launches, and resupplies invincible fighter drones.

Cost: 100
Carries two fighters

Fighter stats (individual)

Flight range: 75
Firing interval: 0.275s
Energy consumption: 1.0/shot
Energy storage: 100
1/2/3 shots needed to destroy soft/medium/hard particle

AmpGem effect:

+37.5% firing rate (0.275s -> 0.2s between shots)

44 Comments

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EvilMcSheep [author] 23 Jan, 2024 @ 1:36pm

It does not!

Chozabu 23 Jan, 2024 @ 6:41am

ampgem doesn't affect generator or guppy?

EvilMcSheep [author] 14 Aug, 2023 @ 6:26am

1 square in front of the laser is safe from enemy missiles.
4 with an AmpGem.
If you place the laser further inboard, it won't be able to destroy the missiles in time.

Neon 13 Aug, 2023 @ 6:27pm

Can you explain what you mean by ship safety margin under the laser category

EvilMcSheep [author] 27 Nov, 2022 @ 9:19pm

Never tried this, but Alt + C apparently.

danb108 27 Nov, 2022 @ 1:11pm

how to make the HQ command piece?

CharlieInABox 12 Aug, 2022 @ 11:26am

"Epilepsy-grade"

EvilMcSheep [author] 9 Aug, 2022 @ 12:20am

Right, thought so too - really doesn't look like much, but they turn out to be surprisingly wasteful :D

Checked and added the Reactor bug/feature/thing to the guide - an interesting detail for sure, though likely rarely relevant in practice :)

Well, the modules do technically have a nice variety of abilities, I guess they just don't synergize so well with each other as the (fewer) weapons in the Creeper World games, for example.
Adding more of them doesn't really solve this :D

I suppose, we can hope for a Particle Fleet 2 one day! :)

Charmedmage 8 Aug, 2022 @ 10:45pm

I do have to admit. Seeing all this does make me wish the game was still in development due to how few modules there are and how limited the usage of some modules are.

Charmedmage 8 Aug, 2022 @ 9:54pm

Yeah I'm not surprised that the shields were only really effective when dealing with massive clumps of particles.

15 energy a second just hurts general usage of it too much, and I never noticed the auto setting was that ineffective. I thought it actually activated in preparation for impacts & stopped otherwise.

Also a interesting bug/detail about reactors is for whatever reason. They provide energy even if the reactor itself hasn't finished building (you can tell by it being greyed out.)

So when making reactor ship designs it's something to consider putting them near the command module or in front of more important modules. As if they're near the command module they can help build the rest of the ship and otherwise can literally help rebuild itself.

I'm pretty certain this is a bug as it looked like they provide the full 1.5 energy a second rather then gradually providing more as they were built.

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