At each TL, take the maximum range possible, then 75%, 50%, 25%, and 0% of that and rank the top three DF weapons for cost efficiency for killing the best defense available at that TL. Metric is: 10^5 * Accuracy * MultFire/(AUs * Shots_per_kill * FireDlay) LFGs are excluded for obvious reasons. I arbitrarily assumed that the shield would get 20 seconds of regeneration. Another way of looking at the efficiency numbers is "10^5 / Eff is how much {space | AU} it takes to expect to get the kill in one volley." TL 0 Target Stats: Hull Class: Light Cruiser, 285 hull points. Light Zortrium Armor: 100 Armor Points, 1.32 Deflection. Standard None Shield: 0 StpPow, 0 ShdStr, 0 Recharge. Tech Level 0 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 10750 11.400 9.500 Spinal Laser 8063 19.209 16.007 Spinal Laser 8063 13.949 14.208 Spinal Mass Dr 5375 23.290 56.932 Std Mass Dr 5375 22.413 44.825 Std Laser 5375 18.904 40.328 Light Laser 2688 40.736 106.215 Light Mass Dr 2688 32.631 79.764 Std Mass Dr 2688 30.127 64.270 Light Laser 0 40.759 106.276 Light Mass Dr 0 32.537 79.536 Std Mass Dr 0 29.966 63.927 Light Laser TL 5 Target Stats: Hull Class: Light Cruiser, 285 hull points. Light Zortrium Armor: 100 Armor Points, 1.32 Deflection. Standard Class I Shield: 0.5 StpPow, 50 ShdStr, 5 Recharge. Tech Level 5 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 12026 14.578 7.289 Spinal Quark 9019 26.500 44.166 Spinal AF Cont M1 Laser 9019 23.238 11.619 Spinal Quark 9019 29.867 8.889 Spinal Fusion 6013 28.542 114.167 Std AF Cont M1 Laser 6013 36.735 61.224 Spinal AF Cont M1 Laser 6013 25.800 42.045 Spinal AF M1 Mass Dr 3006 55.649 232.159 Light AF M1 Mass Dr 3006 45.165 192.706 Light AF Cont M1 Laser 3006 43.920 171.777 Std AF M1 Mass Dr 0 55.591 231.916 Light AF M1 Mass Dr 0 44.850 191.360 Light AF Cont M1 Laser 0 43.954 171.910 Std AF M1 Mass Dr TL 10 Target Stats: Hull Class: Cruiser, 405 hull points. Light Duranium Armor: 200 Armor Points, 3.96 Deflection. Standard Class II Shield: 0.54 StpPow, 75 ShdStr, 8 Recharge. Tech Level 10 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 17000 18.200 5.308 Spinal Hard Be 12750 25.395 7.407 Spinal Hard Be 12750 21.541 5.834 Spinal Rail Gu 8500 22.218 29.624 Spinal AF Cont M1 M2 Laser 8500 35.850 23.303 Std Rail Gu 8500 32.841 22.989 Std Hard Be 4250 35.744 111.838 Std AF M1 M2 Mass Dr 4250 32.836 109.588 Light AF M1 M2 Mass Dr 4250 23.046 73.746 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Laser 0 44.532 148.624 Light AF M1 M2 Mass Dr 0 35.834 112.120 Std AF M1 M2 Mass Dr 0 23.120 73.983 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Laser TL 15 Target Stats: Hull Class: Battle Cruiser, 575 hull points. Medium Duranium Armor: 400 Armor Points, 6 Deflection. Standard Class III Shield: 0.58 StpPow, 125 ShdStr, 13 Recharge. Tech Level 15 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 17442 8.124 2.308 Spinal Neutron 13082 30.488 42.683 Heavy AF Cont M1 Hard Be 13082 35.097 20.474 Spinal AF Cont M1 Hard Be 13082 24.307 10.533 Spinal AF M1 Rail Gu 8721 43.704 61.186 Heavy AF Cont M1 Hard Be 8721 39.330 55.062 Std AF Cont M1 Hard Be 8721 16.629 53.212 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Laser 4360 33.596 105.119 Std AF M1 M2 Imp Mass Dr 4360 31.023 99.272 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Laser 4360 29.234 97.569 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Mass Dr 0 42.035 140.292 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Mass Dr 0 33.538 104.937 Std AF M1 M2 Imp Mass Dr 0 30.981 99.141 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Laser TL 20 Target Stats: Hull Class: Battleship, 815 hull points. Medium Titanium Armor: 800 Armor Points, 10 Deflection. Large Class IV Shield: 0.62 StpPow, 300 ShdStr, 31.5 Recharge. Tech Level 20 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 23250 6.016 1.139 Spinal IPC 17438 7.231 3.287 Heavy IPC 17438 9.360 2.900 Heavy Plasma 17438 5.758 2.617 Heavy Gravito 11625 19.877 22.263 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Hard Be 11625 18.270 15.200 Heavy AF M1 M2 Rail Gu 11625 22.377 10.443 Spinal AF Cont M1 M2 Hard Be 5812 13.020 41.663 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Laser 5812 11.421 35.736 Heavy AF M1 M2 Imp Mass Dr 5812 39.243 32.650 Std AF M1 M2 Rail Gu 0 18.625 62.160 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Mass Dr 0 14.956 46.797 Std AF M1 M2 Imp Mass Dr 0 12.981 41.538 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Laser TL 25 Target Stats: Hull Class: Dreadnought, 1155 hull points. Heavy Titanium Armor: 1600 Armor Points, 15 Deflection. Large Class V Shield: 0.66 StpPow, 487.5 ShdStr, 51 Recharge. Tech Level 25 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 26374 3.571 0.651 Spinal Phasor 19781 6.002 4.365 Heavy AF M1 IPC 19781 8.422 2.552 Spinal AF M1 IPC 19781 4.262 1.865 Heavy Phasor 13187 17.660 19.779 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 13187 19.051 8.891 Spinal AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 13187 10.568 7.686 Heavy AF M1 IPC 6594 32.255 36.125 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 6594 27.981 31.338 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 6594 27.991 24.841 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Rail Gu 0 40.943 45.856 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 0 11.945 39.866 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Mass Dr 0 42.805 37.988 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Rail Gu TL 30 Target Stats: Hull Class: Super Dreadnought, 1635 hull points. Heavy Neutronium Armor: 3200 Armor Points, 21 Deflection. Large Class VI Shield: 0.7 StpPow, 787.5 ShdStr, 82.5 Recharge. Tech Level 30 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 35166 4.293 1.502 ImpSp AF Cont M1 Phasor 26374 5.015 4.388 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 Phasor 26374 6.693 2.343 ImpSp AF Cont M1 Phasor 26374 4.661 1.699 Spinal AF Cont M1 Phasor 17583 8.718 9.764 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 17583 8.263 7.230 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 Phasor 17583 8.623 5.820 Heavy AF M1 Gauss 8792 15.843 17.745 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 8792 15.179 17.000 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 8792 19.212 13.833 Light AF M1 Gauss 0 27.372 24.292 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Rail Gu 0 17.869 20.014 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 0 26.484 19.069 Light AF M1 Gauss TL 35 Target Stats: Hull Class: Titan, 2310 hull points. Very Heavy Neutronium Armor: 6400 Armor Points, 24.5 Deflection. Large Class VII Shield: 0.74 StpPow, 1275 ShdStr, 133.5 Recharge. Tech Level 35 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 43500 1.622 0.232 ImpSp Disinte 32625 3.543 0.992 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Phasor 32625 2.042 0.729 V.Hvy Disinte 32625 2.034 0.378 ImpSp Cont M1 DEB 21750 6.205 3.610 V.Hvy AF M1 M2 Imp IPC 21750 5.073 3.551 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Phasor 21750 5.485 2.962 V.Hvy AF M1 M2 Gauss 10875 8.602 9.634 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 10875 7.484 8.382 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 10875 11.238 6.473 Light AF M1 M2 Gauss 0 17.328 15.378 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Rail Gu 0 11.356 12.718 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 0 13.863 11.534 Std AF M1 M2 Imp Rail Gu TL 40 Target Stats: Hull Class: Behemoth, 3265 hull points. Very Heavy Adamantium Armor: 12800 Armor Points, 31.5 Deflection. Large Class VIII Shield: 0.78 StpPow, 2062.5 ShdStr, 216 Recharge. Tech Level 40 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 54375 1.895 0.580 UltSpi AF Cont M1 Disinte 40781 2.213 1.580 UltHvy AF Cont M1 Disinte 40781 3.226 0.968 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 40781 2.651 0.811 UltSpi AF Cont M1 Disinte 27188 4.128 2.890 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 27188 4.041 2.829 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 27188 3.373 2.409 UltHvy AF Cont M1 Disinte 13594 7.765 5.436 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 13594 7.589 5.312 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 13594 4.576 5.125 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 0 13.619 10.169 Light AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 0 14.218 9.953 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 0 16.892 9.730 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Gauss TL 45 Target Stats: Hull Class: Leviathan, 4615 hull points. Ultra Heavy Adamantium Armor: 25600 Armor Points, 36 Deflection. Large Damper Field Shield: 0.75 StpPow, 48000 ShdStr, 48000 Recharge. Tech Level 45 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 54375 0.592 0.145 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 40781 0.457 0.261 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 40781 0.791 0.237 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 40781 0.824 0.202 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 27188 1.005 0.574 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 27188 0.848 0.458 UltHvy AF M1 M2 Imp Gauss 27188 0.882 0.439 V.Hvy AF M1 M2 Disrupt 13594 2.033 1.078 Light AF M1 M2 Disrupt 13594 1.776 0.996 UltHvy Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Hellfir 13594 1.699 0.953 V.Hvy Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Hellfir 0 3.702 1.999 Std AF M1 M2 Imp Gauss 0 3.484 1.953 Std Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Hellfir 0 3.304 1.753 Light AF M1 M2 Disrupt TL 50 Target Stats: Hull Class: Leviathan, 4615 hull points. Ultra Heavy Adamantium Armor: 25600 Armor Points, 36 Deflection. Large Damper Field Shield: 0.75 StpPow, 48000 ShdStr, 48000 Recharge. Tech Level 50 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 70000 0.069 0.022 UltSpi Stellar 52500 0.942 0.231 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 52500 0.077 0.058 UltHvy Stellar 52500 0.086 0.026 ImpSp Stellar 35000 1.341 0.766 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 35000 1.204 0.688 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 35000 0.875 0.435 UltHvy AF M1 M2 Imp Disrupt 17500 2.486 1.420 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 17500 2.120 1.212 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 17500 1.789 1.022 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 0 6.699 2.679 Light Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Megabol 0 4.951 2.626 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Disrupt 0 5.929 2.223 Std Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Megabol