Spinal Weaponry

Spinal Weaponry, informally 'Spinals', are manual weapons that are found on most combat ships. Spinals can be classified into 3 types: Phasers, CannonsTorpedoes.

Spinal Weaponry is aimed manually by the pilot and requires the pilot to fire all shots at a time. Since they do not fire automatically like Turrets the pilot's ship needs to be pointed towards its target in order to land a hit. There is though a small amount of movement for your spinals depending on where your cursor is.

Spinals are activated with the keys F and G. The key F is the Primary Spinal while G is the Secondary Spinal.

Spinals deal high damage per shot, but they have low projectile velocity.

A moving target isn't always easy to hit with large Spinals, which is why pirates prefer small Spinals, as the projectile speed of small Spinal Weaponry is greater, therefore increasing the reliability against moving targets. However, projectiles in small Spinal Weaponry has considerably less range.

Most ships are equipped with Phasers and Cannons as Spinals, with varying to degrees of firepower. Some ships rely entirely on Spinal Weaponry for their firepower, while others are equipped with them as a secondary weapon.

Phasers

Phasers deal high damage to shield but low damage to hull and move quickly. They appear as a flat, semi-transparent, red-orange beam and make a sharp "pew" sound when fired. Upon impact, phasers emit red plasma chunks (with trails) similar to the visual effects seen when damage is dealt to a ship's hull. The sound is repeated for each phaser fired.

Size Tiny Small Medium Large Huge
Damage 28 40 72 120 198
Range 4500 4750 5000 6000 6500
Speed 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000
Reload Time 0.8s 1s 1.6s 2.4s 3.6s
Increase in Reload Time per barrel 0.08s 0.1s 0.16s 0.24s 0.36s
DPS (1 barrel) 35 40 45 50 55

Cannons

Cannons deal high damage to hull but low damage to shield and move slowly. They appear as white cubes with a grey, pebble-like pattern on all sides. They also give off a tan-white trail when fired, and make a unique noise when fired. Some ships have Cannons that make a minigun-like noise when fired, most notably the Sixfold.

Size Tiny Small Medium Large Huge
Damage 40 60 112 160 270
Range 5500 5750 6000 6250 6350
Speed 3000 2800 2600 2400 2200
Reload Time 1.6 2s 3.2s 4s 6s
Increase in Reload Time per barrel 0.16s 0.2s 0.32s 0.4s 0.6s
DPS (1 barrel) 25 30 35 40 45

Torpedoes

Torpedoes are special weapons only found on a select few ships. Some of these ships have unique Torpedo designs. The only NPC ships with Torpedoes are the Kodiak, Punisher, and Decimator

Their long-range, high damage per hit, and low projectile speed makes them powerful against static and slow targets. Torpedoes do not ignore damage resistance.

Size Tiny Small Medium Large Huge
Damage 200 330 490 680 900
Range 5000 6000 7000 9000 10000
Speed 700 600 500 400 300
Reload Time 5s 6s 7s 8s 9s
Increase in Reload Time per extra barrel 0.5s 0.6s 0.7s 0.8s 0.9s
DPS (1 barrel) 40 55 70 85 100

Trivia

  • If a Torpedo hits a player's starbase, the whole faction will be notified with the message "A Torpedo has hit your base."
  • You can see if your torpedo has reloaded by looking in the barrel from where it fires from.
  • Since Torpedoes are ranged, travel slowly, and have high damage, some people prefer it for Sieging.
  • The Tengu used to bear 2 Small Torpedoes before they were replaced with 4 Medium Cannons.
  • The three ships with a Huge Torpedo are the Avalon, Hyperion, and Antares.
  • The Kodiak used to contain 8 Medium Torpedoes, allowing it to have the highest amount of damage per volley. (4000) before it was replaced with 2 Huge Torpedoes. This change has since been reverted.
  • The Hasatan used to have 1 Huge Torpedo before it was downsized to 1 Large Torpedo.
  • Some ships have a unique torpedo explosion sound effect, such as the Kraken using a Kraken railgun sound effect and the Hyperion using the sound effect also used for Heavy PDLs, although much more drawn out and louder.