Weaponry (Ships)

Overview
All ships in the Navy are equipped with some form of weaponry. These weapons are restricted to military ships only.

General Weaponry
General weaponry is any standard military weaponry that can be found on most Navy ships.

Phasers
Phasers are weapons that are mounted either on the bow of a ship or on an omni-directional turret. Phasers fire superheated, highly-concentrated photon beams in bursts of three. They are usually used to damage or destroy another vessel's shields. They cannot lock onto targets, and therefore must be lined up and shots must be timed.

All current Navy ships are equipped with phasers.

Plasma Beams
Plasma beam emitters are devices mounted the same way as phasers, but that fire a large, targeted beam of pure plasma. This beam is most used for bringing down specific systems on a ship, as it requires the most time devoted to targeting.

The USS Jupiter and USS Athena are equipped with plasma beam emitters

Torpedoes
Torpedoes are propelled explosive ordinances that are fired from the bow of the ship and propelled towards a targeted ship using an onboard locating device. Torpedoes can be remotely controlled by the ship's acting Tactical Officer from his/her station. They are designed to explode and do damage to a ship's hull.

The HMS Pacific, USS Jupiter, and USS Athena are equipped with torpedoes

System Disruption Device
A system disruption device (SDD), is a device located at the Tactical Officer's station on the bridge that can lock on to a targeted ship's system and disable a certain aspect of it. The main focus of the SDD is to take down a ship's weapons or shields.

All current Navy ships are equipped with an SDD

Special Weaponry
Special weaponry is a weapon that requires special administrative order or a special ship to use.

OPBS (Orbital Planetary Bombardment System)
The OPBS is a set of large missiles that are designed to fly at high speeds through space and an atmosphere for large-scale planetary bombardments. This system is restricted to use by an O-7 (Rear Admiral Lower Half) or higher. An OPBS can be found set up on some ships of Exodus Fleet and Acolade Fleet.

The EF Fox, EF Epsilon, AF Zeus, and AF Edinburgh are equipped with an OPBS

Nuclear Weaponry
Nuclear weaponry is any weapon that utilizes nuclear detonation to administer damage. These weapons require special carrying and launch procedure, and because of this only two ships are authorized to carry a nuclear weapon at any time. Nuclear launch must be approved by 80% of Navy High Command, and confirmation from Exodus Technology is required.

The AF Sierra and the EF Belfast are equipped with nuclear weaponry.