Building

Particle cannon

Destroys enemy defense units from afar – no fleet needed. It's charged with surplus energy.

The Particle cannon has just one job: destroying enemy defense. It doesn't hit ships or buildings. Its power comes from the particle storage, which grows by 20,000 with every level. It requires the Weapons factory at level 6 and Particle analyzer at level 5.

The storage is charged with surplus energy – whatever your power plants deliver beyond what the mines consume. On the Economy page you decide which particle storage is charged first. The rest flows into the others. Temporarily throttling your mines charges the cannon faster – at the expense of your production.

You fire it via “use” on the building card or straight from the galaxy view: enter the target coordinates and pick a priority. With “Defense” the beam hits the strongest guns first, with “Shields” the shield domes first. Solar cells are always hit last. A shot uses up the entire storage, travels for a while depending on the distance, and loses punch over long ranges.

Background

The particle cannon is the only stationary facility, which can perform long distance attacks to destroy defences on enemy planets . The success depends on the distance to the target planet and on the level of the cannon. The higher its level, the more particles are stored and released during a launch. The range increases with each level. Only with the particle shield, the target planet is able to absorb the destructive energy of a particle attack.

Levels at a glance

Development centerMicrosystem acc.Universe

Level	Pig iron	Metal	Kryptonite	Spice	Build time
1	50,000	30,000	40,000	6,000	3 h 5 min
2	100,000	60,000	80,000	12,000	6 h 10 min
3	200,000	120,000	160,000	24,000	12 h 20 min
4	400,000	240,000	320,000	48,000	1 d 41 min
5	800,000	480,000	640,000	96,000	2 d 1 h 22 min
6	1,600,000	960,000	1,280,000	192,000	4 d 2 h 45 min
7	3,200,000	1,920,000	2,560,000	384,000	8 d 5 h 31 min
8	6,400,000	3,840,000	5,120,000	768,000	16 d 11 h
9	12,800,000	7,680,000	10,240,000	1,536,000	32 d 22 h
10	25,600,000	15,360,000	20,480,000	3,072,000	65 d 20 h
11	51,200,000	30,720,000	40,960,000	6,144,000	131 d 16 h
12	102,400,000	61,440,000	81,920,000	12,288,000	263 d 8 h
13	204,800,000	122,880,000	163,840,000	24,576,000	526 d 17 h
14	409,600,000	245,760,000	327,680,000	49,152,000	1,053 d 11 h
15	819,200,000	491,520,000	655,360,000	98,304,000	2,106 d 23 h
16	1.64 B	983,040,000	1.31 B	196,608,000	4,213 d 23 h
17	3.28 B	1.97 B	2.62 B	393,216,000	8,427 d 23 h
18	6.55 B	3.93 B	5.24 B	786,432,000	16,855 d 23 h
19	13.11 B	7.86 B	10.49 B	1.57 B	33,711 d 22 h
20	26.21 B	15.73 B	20.97 B	3.15 B	67,423 d 20 h
21	52.43 B	31.46 B	41.94 B	6.29 B	134,847 d 17 h
22	104.86 B	62.91 B	83.89 B	12.58 B	269,695 d 11 h
23	209.72 B	125.83 B	167.77 B	25.17 B	539,390 d 22 h
24	419.43 B	251.66 B	335.54 B	50.33 B	1,078,781 d 21 h
25	838.86 B	503.32 B	671.09 B	100.66 B	2,157,563 d 18 h
26	1.68 T	1.01 T	1.34 T	201.33 B	4,315,127 d 13 h
27	3.36 T	2.01 T	2.68 T	402.65 B	8,630,255 d 3 h
28	6.71 T	4.03 T	5.37 T	805.31 B	17,260,510 d 6 h
29	13.42 T	8.05 T	10.74 T	1.61 T	34,521,020 d 13 h
30	26.84 T	16.11 T	21.47 T	3.22 T	69,042,041 d 3 h
31	53.69 T	32.21 T	42.95 T	6.44 T	138,084,082 d 7 h
32	107.37 T	64.42 T	85.90 T	12.88 T	276,168,164 d 14 h
33	214.75 T	128.85 T	171.80 T	25.77 T	552,336,329 d 5 h
34	429.50 T	257.70 T	343.60 T	51.54 T	1,104,672,658 d 10 h
35	858.99 T	515.40 T	687.19 T	103.08 T	2,209,345,316 d 20 h
36	1.72 Qa	1.03 Qa	1.37 Qa	206.16 T	4,418,690,633 d 17 h
37	3.44 Qa	2.06 Qa	2.75 Qa	412.32 T	8,837,381,267 d 11 h
38	6.87 Qa	4.12 Qa	5.50 Qa	824.63 T	17,674,762,534 d 23 h
39	13.74 Qa	8.25 Qa	11.00 Qa	1.65 Qa	35,349,525,069 d 23 h
40	27.49 Qa	16.49 Qa	21.99 Qa	3.30 Qa	70,699,050,139 d 22 h

Values without speed-up and assistants. Costs are for upgrading to the given level. Set your development center and microsystem accelerator above and the build times adjust.

Particle cannon

Levels at a glance

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