Spinal Weaponry

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

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 and have longer ranges than Turrets, 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 rate of fire for small Spinal Weaponry is greater, therefore increasing the reliability against moving targets. However, projectiles in small Spinal Weaponry cannot reach further.

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 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	30	45	75	140	200
Range	4000	4500	5000	5500	6000
Speed	2000	1900	1800	1700	1600
Reload Time	1s	1.3s	1.9s	2.5s	3s
Increase in Reload Time per barrel	0.15s	0.2s	0.3s	0.4s	0.5s
DPS (1 barrel)	30	34.6	39.47	56	66.6

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	35	60	90	170	250
Range	3500	4000	5000	6000	6350
Speed	1800	1700	1600	1500	1400
Reload Time	1.75s	2s	2.5s	3s	3.5s
Increase in Reload Time per barrel	0.2s	0.4s	0.6s	0.7s	0.8s
DPS (1 barrel)	20	30	36	56.6	71.4

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 and Scout.

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	125	250	500	750	1000
Range	8000	9000	10000	11000	12000
Speed	700	600	500	400	300
Reload Time	4s	5.5s	6.5s	8s	10s
Increase in Reload Time per extra barrel	0.4s	0.55s	0.65s	0.8s	1s
DPS (1 barrel)	31.25	45.45	76.92	93.75	100

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  Large Torpedo in flight

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  The Large Torpedo underneath a Hasatan

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 and have high damage, some people prefer it over Sieges.
• 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 Kraken, Hyperion, and Antares. ( Kraken does not have a huge anymore).
• 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.