Skill: Energy Weapon Training

Energy Weapon Training

Lieutenant

This skill increases the base damage of most directed energy weapons. Each point of Energy Weapons Training Skill provides a 0.5% increase to the damage of applicable weapons.

The total damage your energy weapons deal is determined by a combination of the weapon's base damage, your level, the mark and quality of your weapons, current weapon subsystem power, and many other permanent or temporary damage increasing effects.

+50 Energy Weapon Training Total Damage Increase from Skill = +25%
+35 Energy Weapon Training (Improved) Total Damage Increase from Skill = +42.5%
+15 Energy Weapon Training (Advanced) Total Damage Increase from Skill = +50%

Overview[]

Energy Weapon Training is a Lieutenant Tactical skill that is available to all Lieutenants. There are three total skills in this chain:

Energy Weapon Training
Improved Energy Weapon Training
Advanced Energy Weapon Training

Each skill costs 1 Space Point to purchase.

Abilities Affected[]

This skill increases the base damage of all energy weapons, such as beam weapons, cannons and turrets of all energy types. This skill has no effect on physical/kinetic weapons such as torpedoes and mines.