Annihilator Virus

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Annihilator Virus
Warfare Device
Infects the target with a virus that spreads to nearby enemies every 1.4s up to a maximum of 6 targets. After 6.0s, all affected ships suffer 121.3 and 76.6 damage.
60s Cooldown
400m Range
Infects the target with a virus that spreads to nearby enemies every 1.3s up to a maximum of 6 targets. After 6.0s all affected ships suffer 123.8 and 77.9 damage.
57s Cooldown
420m Range
Infects the target with a virus that spreads to nearby enemies every 1.2s up to a maximum of 6 targets. After 6.0s, all affected ships suffer 126.4 and 80.4 damage.
54s Cooldown
440m Range
Infects the target with a virus that spreads to nearby enemies every 1.1s up to a maximum of 6 targets. After 6.0s, all affected ships suffer 130.2 and 83.0 damage.
51s Cooldown
460m Range
Infects the target with a virus that spreads to nearby enemies every 1.0s up to a maximum of 6 targets. After 6.0s, all affected ships suffer 132.8 and 84.3 damage.
49s Cooldown
480m Range
Infects the target with a virus that spreads to nearby enemies every 0.9s up to a maximum of 6 targets. After 6.0s, all affected ships suffer 136.6 and 86.8 damage.
46s Cooldown
500m Range
Symptomatic	Infected targets deal 50% reduced damage.
Comorbidity	Deals 20% bonus damage for each additional debuff on the target.
R-Naught	Increases the maximum number of targets by 2.

The Annihilator Virus is a warfare device. When activated within 400m of a locked target by default, it infects that target with a virus that spreads to nearby targets at intervals of 1.4s or smaller, up to a maximum of 6 targets, with a 60s or shorter cooldown. After 8s, all affected ships take a large amount of kinetic and energy damage based on the player's level.

Stat Scaling

Several of Annihilator Virus's stats, including its spread interval and damage, scale with device level as follows (level 6 is obtainable only via Stinger's Device Master special):

Device Level	1	2	3	4	5	6
Base Kinetic Damage @ Player Level 1*	~121.3	~123.8	~126.4	~130.2	~132.8	~136.6
Base Energy Damage @ Player Level 1*	~76.6	~77.9	~80.4	~83.0	~84.3	~86.8
Spread Interval	1.4s	1.3s	1.2s	1.1s	1.0s	0.9s
Activation Range	400m	420m	440m	460m	480m	500m
Base Cooldown	60s	57s	54s	51s	49s	46s

*After device level-based scaling is applied, kinetic and energy damage values of this warfare device are scaled up by a factor of 1.13 ^ (player level - 1), then modified further by the Utility attribute's device damage bonuses and rounded to the nearest whole number in order to produce the final kinetic and energy damage values shown in-game.

Modes

Upgrading the Annihilator Virus four times with device upgrade tokens masters the device, unlocking three additional modes that can be switched at any time, except while it's on cooldown.

• Symptomatic: Infected targets deal 50% reduced damage.
• Comorbidity: Deals 20% bonus damage for each additional debuff on the target.
• R-Naught: Increases the maximum number of targets by 2.

Obtaining

• Charybdis Bowl - see location page for details.
• Siren's Sea - found in a bulletproof container in an abandoned structure on a large asteroid
• Noah Damaris Starport - offered at G&B Union Branch for 2,600 credits.
• Volta Nebula - found in a shipwreck within a larger wreckage guarded by a corrosion minefield.

Tips and tricks

• The damage potential of this device can be improved by equipping Pestilence, allowing multiple instances of infection damage on the same target.
• Symptomatic mode can be used defensively to reduce the threat posed by incoming enemies for a short time, which can be especially helpful while in an Ancient Rift with a high Lunacy modifier active.

Gallery

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  The device affecting multiple ships in the beta