Console - Tactical - Directed Energy Distribution Manifold

The Directed Energy Distribution Mainfold is a Tactical Console that adds a bonus to your starship beam weapon damage. It affects most beam weapons regardless of damage type. (However, it does not affect the Borg Kinetic Cutting Beam.)

Variants
See also: Fleet Tactical Consoles

Bellum and Pax variants of this console can be obtained from the Discovery Legends reputation system. These increase the Beam damage, plus an additional boost to Critical Hit Chance or Hull Capacity, respectively.

Variant stats
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Alternatives
Captains may wish to consider the following alternatives to this console:
 * to affect phaser beams, cannons, and turrets.
 * to affect disruptor beams, cannons, and turrets.
 * to affect plasma beams, cannons, and turrets.
 * to affect tetryon beams, cannons, and turrets.
 * to affect polaron beams, cannons, and turrets.
 * to affect antiproton beams, cannons, and turrets.

Note that the above options only affect weapons of the relevant damage type. The Directed Energy Distribution Manifold may still be a viable choice if the player mounts beam weapons of varying damage types. It would be logical for the Manifold to increase damage of non-standard beam weapons, but as the Kinetic Cutting Beam is unaffected by this console, players are advised to assemble such loadout combinations and check the tooltip effects in a safe planetary system before committing to a combat situation.