Editing Secondary Weapons (ES2)

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'''Secondary [[Weapons (ES2)|Weapons]]''' are [[Equipment (ES2)|items]] with limited use on all [[Ships (ES2)|ships]] but the [[Bomber]]. They can be used without any significant cooldown until they run out, at which point they will need to be restocked at any station with [[credits]] or restored with [[Missile Defense System (ES2)|Missile Defense System's]] Retention mode. They typically supplement [[Primary Weapons (ES2)|primary weapons]] with significant [[Damage (ES2)|damage]] or utility in varying forms.

* Sell value of secondary weapons is temporarily reduced based on the number of missing munitions (missiles, rockets or mines), up to 20% of base value at 0 ammo remaining.
* Restock costs at hangars generally scale with the percentage of munitions being restocked, up to 60% of base weapon value for a 100% restock. However, hangars will always charge at least 1 credit per munition.

== Secondary weapon stats ==
Several stats of secondary weapons scale exponentially with item level (including bonus levels from rarities and prefixes). See below for exponential bases which apply to these stats.

* '''Kinetic Damage''': Represents the base power of each missile or mine against armor hitpoints.
* '''Energy Damage''': Represents the base power of each missile or mine against shield hitpoints.
** Both types of damage scale with item level by an exponential base of 1.13 (adds 13% of the current values when item level increases by 1).
* '''Range''': The maximum distance at which the secondary weapon can be fired for effect.
** For missile launchers, this is the missile's maximum travel distance as well as the launcher's maximum lock-on range.
** For mine launchers, this is the distance that newly-created mines will travel before they come to a stop.
* '''Fire Rate''': Represents the minimum delay between consecutive shots from the launcher.
* '''Ammo Capacity''': The total number of missiles or mines which the secondary weapon can fire by default. Displayed alongside the current number as [Current #] / [Ammo Capacity].
* '''Damage Radius''': Applicable only to explosive missile launchers, this is the maximum distance at which entities near the missile's impact point (potentially including the player) will take damage from the explosion.
* '''Lock-on Duration''': Applicable only to missile launchers with homing capabilities, this is the time required to establish a lock-on when the player locks a new target within range (usually 1.5s).
* '''Effect Radius''': Applicable only to mine launchers, this is the maximum distance at which enemies near an exploding mine will take damage and be afflicted with its [[Conditions|condition]] (where applicable). Scales with item level by an exponential base of 1.02.
** The range at which mines will detect hostiles and initiate their detonation is 100m for all mines, regardless of whether they are friendly or hostile to the player.
* '''Effect Duration''': Applicable only to secondary weapons that inflict [[conditions]], this is the time that the condition will remain active on afflicted enemies.
** For weapons that apply Corrosion, this duration is intrinsic to the weapon type and does not scale with item level.
** For weapons that apply EMP, Destabilized, or Webbed, this duration scales with item level by an exponential base of 1.02.
* '''Damage Dealt''': Applicable only to {{Uncommon|Destabilizer Missiles}}, this represents the magnitude of the Destabilized condition applied by the weapon's missiles. Scales with item level by an exponential base of 1.02.

==List of base secondary weapons==
'''Missile Launchers'''

Most secondary weapons in this category will track enemies as long as they are fired with a lock-on (which must be established prior to firing with the help of a [[Sensors (ES2)|sensor]]). Missiles fired without a lock-on will default to traveling forward.
*[[Homing Missiles (ES2)|Homing Missiles]]
**[[Armorbreaker Missiles]]
**[[Corrosion Missiles]]
**[[Destabilizer Missiles (ES2)|Destabilizer Missiles]]
**[[EMP Missiles (ES2)|EMP Missiles]]
**[[Shieldbreaker Missiles (ES2)|Shieldbreaker Missiles]]
**[[Spore Missiles]]
**[[Web Missiles]]
*[[Cruise Missiles (ES2)|Cruise Missiles]]
*[[Rockets]]
'''Mine Launchers'''

Mines fired from secondary weapons in this category, as well as enemy mines which have been converted by interacting with them within a 100-meter radius, can be moved around and thrown again as long as the player ship is not already carrying another object.
*[[Mines (ES2)|Mines]]
**[[Brood Mines]]
**[[Cluster Mines (ES2)|Cluster Mines]]
**[[Corrosion Mines]]
**[[EMP Mines]]
**[[Web Mines]]
**[[Tail Mines]]

== Secondary Weapon Prefixes ==
See [[Equipment_(ES2)#Prefixes|Equipment]] for information about [[prefixes]] and [[Weapons (ES2)#Weapon_Modifiers_&_Prefixes|Weapons]] for universal prefixes.
*{{Common|High-capacity}} (Secondary Weapons): Increases ammo capacity by 30%.

== Secondary Weapon Modifiers ==
For more information, see [[Modifiers]] or [[Weapons (ES2)#Weapon_Modifiers_&_Prefixes|Weapons]] for universal modifiers.
* 20% chance to refund ammo when firing.
*20% chance to [[Conditions|disable the target's shield]] for 2 seconds with each hit.
* +30% damage for each second the missile flies.
** +10% damage for each second the missile flies. [<nowiki/>[[Cruise Missiles (ES2)|Cruise Missiles]] variant]
* On primary weapon critical hit: 20% chance to fire a free missile at the locked target. 1.5s cooldown. 60% reduced damage / effect.
* Mines are magnetic and will fly towards enemies in a 500m radius.
* Lock duration decreased by 80%.
* The last 3 missiles do +100% damage.
** Also effects auto-fired missiles.
* Cannot be intercepted.
**Is a guaranteed passive on Cruise Missiles, which doesn't take up a modifier slot.

== Secondary weapon comparison ==
For comparison purposes, an item level of 1.0 (level 1 common) is assumed for all secondary weapon types.
{| class="sortable fandom-table"
!Weapon Variant
!Kinetic Damage
!Energy Damage
!Fire Rate
!Range (m)
!Ammo Capacity
!Effect Type
!Damage / Effect Radius (m)
!Effect Duration (s)
!Value ([[Credits]])
|-
|{{Common|Homing Missiles}}
|80
|35
|2.0
|1500
|20
| ---
|50
| ---
|37.4
|-
|{{Common|EMP Missiles}}
|0
|20
|1.0
|2000
|10
|EMP
| ---
|5.00
|35.2
|-
|{{Uncommon|Shieldbreaker Missiles}}
|0
|90
|1.0
|2000
|12
| ---
| ---
| ---
|~36.3
|-
|{{Uncommon|Armorbreaker Missiles}}
|80
|0
|1.0
|2000
|12
| ---
| ---
| ---
|~36.3
|-
|{{Uncommon|Destabilizer Missiles}}
|0
|0
|1.0
|2000
|10
|Destabilized (+50% damage taken)
| ---
|6.00
|35.2
|-
|{{Uncommon|Web Missiles}}
|0
|0
|1.0
|2000
|10
|Webbed
| ---
|6.00
|35.2
|-
|{{Uncommon|Corrosion Missiles}}
|85
|0
|1.0
|2000
|10
|Corrosion
| ---
|8.0
|35.2
|-
|{{Uncommon|Scorpion Missiles}}
|80
|0
|0.8
|2500
|12
|Corrosion
| ---
|8.0
|~39.3
|-
|{{Rare|Cruise Missiles}}
|360
|260
|0.2
|4000
|5
| ---
|300
| ---
|44
|-
|{{Common|Rockets}}
|28
|12
|8.0
|1500
|220
| ---
|20
| ---
|30.8
|-
|{{Common|Mines}}
|55
|45
|1.0
|1600
|16
| ---
|120
| ---
|35.2
|-
|{{Uncommon|Corrosion Mines}}
|95
|0
|1.0
|1600
|14
|Corrosion
|120
|4.0
|~38.5
|-
|{{Uncommon|Web Mines}}
|20
|0
|1.0
|1600
|14
|Webbed
|120
|4.00
|37.4
|}


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