At each TL, take the maximum range possible, then 75%, 50%, 25%, and 0% of that and rank the top three DF weapons for space efficiency for killing the best defense available at that TL. Metric is: 10^5 * Accuracy * MultFire/(Space * 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 11.418 9.515 Spinal Laser 8063 19.372 16.143 Spinal Laser 8063 13.959 14.218 Spinal Mass Dr 5375 23.783 19.819 Spinal Laser 5375 23.332 57.034 Std Mass Dr 5375 22.139 44.279 Std Laser 2688 40.841 106.489 Light Mass Dr 2688 32.619 79.735 Std Mass Dr 2688 29.857 63.696 Light Laser 0 40.794 106.367 Light Mass Dr 0 32.584 79.650 Std Mass Dr 0 30.179 64.381 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 14.528 7.264 Spinal Quark 9019 29.693 8.837 Spinal Fusion 9019 26.347 43.911 Spinal AF Cont M1 Laser 9019 23.229 11.615 Spinal Quark 6013 54.654 16.266 Spinal Fusion 6013 36.938 61.564 Spinal AF Cont M1 Laser 6013 33.898 24.213 Std Fusion 3006 76.823 58.532 Light Fusion 3006 64.276 45.912 Std Fusion 3006 55.602 231.965 Light AF M1 Mass Dr 0 76.576 58.343 Light Fusion 0 64.064 45.760 Std Fusion 0 55.637 232.110 Light 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 18.219 5.314 Spinal Hard Be 12750 25.269 7.370 Spinal Hard Be 12750 21.510 5.826 Spinal Rail Gu 8500 35.812 23.278 Std Rail Gu 8500 34.138 10.160 Spinal Cont M1 Fusion 8500 33.545 9.784 Spinal Hard Be 4250 64.198 44.511 Light Rail Gu 4250 58.103 44.269 Light Cont M1 Fusion 4250 55.201 35.881 Std Rail Gu 0 68.957 47.810 Light Rail Gu 0 59.152 45.068 Light Cont M1 Fusion 0 55.224 28.716 PtDef Rail Gu 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 8.227 2.337 Spinal Neutron 13082 35.128 20.491 Spinal AF Cont M1 Hard Be 13082 30.554 42.775 Heavy AF Cont M1 Hard Be 13082 24.253 10.510 Spinal AF M1 Rail Gu 8721 46.972 27.400 Spinal AF Cont M1 Hard Be 8721 43.602 61.042 Heavy AF Cont M1 Hard Be 8721 40.904 42.540 Std AF M1 Rail Gu 4360 74.089 82.189 Light AF M1 Rail Gu 4360 64.881 67.476 Std AF M1 Rail Gu 4360 60.100 84.140 Std AF Cont M1 Hard Be 0 81.153 90.025 Light AF M1 Rail Gu 0 64.562 67.144 Std AF M1 Rail Gu 0 60.171 89.855 Light AF Cont M1 Hard Be 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 6.066 1.149 Spinal IPC 17438 12.074 1.559 Spinal Plasma 17438 9.522 1.803 Spinal IPC 17438 9.364 2.902 Heavy Plasma 11625 22.368 10.438 Spinal AF Cont M1 M2 Hard Be 11625 19.931 22.323 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Hard Be 11625 19.791 2.555 Spinal Plasma 5812 39.301 32.699 Std AF M1 M2 Rail Gu 5812 34.410 30.538 Light AF M1 M2 Rail Gu 5812 31.733 10.488 Light Plasma 0 45.162 40.080 Light AF M1 M2 Rail Gu 0 44.259 36.823 Std AF M1 M2 Rail Gu 0 43.544 26.541 Light Cont M1 M2 Imp Fusion 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 3.606 0.657 Spinal Phasor 19781 8.431 2.555 Spinal AF M1 IPC 19781 6.866 1.207 Spinal Gauss 19781 5.981 4.350 Heavy AF M1 IPC 13187 19.067 8.898 Spinal AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 13187 17.610 19.723 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 13187 16.522 2.133 Spinal Cont M1 Plasma 6594 32.119 35.974 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 6594 28.648 13.369 Spinal AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 6594 27.956 24.810 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Rail Gu 0 43.004 38.165 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Rail Gu 0 41.441 34.479 Std AF M1 M2 Imp Rail Gu 0 41.134 46.071 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 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 4.252 1.488 ImpSp AF Cont M1 Phasor 26374 6.707 2.348 ImpSp AF Cont M1 Phasor 26374 5.604 1.513 ImpSp AF M1 Gauss 26374 5.310 1.236 ImpSp AF M1 M2 IPC 17583 10.242 1.016 ImpSp Cont M1 M2 Plasma 17583 9.281 3.248 ImpSp AF Cont M1 Phasor 17583 9.274 2.299 V.Hvy Cont M1 M2 Plasma 8792 19.668 2.768 Spinal Cont M1 M2 Imp Hellfir 8792 19.320 13.910 Light AF M1 Gauss 8792 18.659 6.303 Heavy Cont M1 M2 Imp Hellfir 0 29.952 10.792 Light Cont M1 M2 Imp Hellfir 0 28.091 9.489 Std Cont M1 M2 Imp Hellfir 0 27.366 24.286 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Rail Gu 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 1.623 0.232 ImpSp Disinte 32625 3.535 0.990 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Phasor 32625 2.314 0.331 ImpSp Disinte 32625 2.066 0.738 V.Hvy Disinte 21750 8.069 0.800 ImpSp Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 21750 7.328 1.705 ImpSp AF M1 M2 Imp IPC 21750 7.073 1.753 V.Hvy Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 10875 15.158 1.566 Spinal Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 10875 14.136 3.504 Heavy Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 10875 13.585 3.368 V.Hvy Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 0 25.614 6.773 Light Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 0 23.655 5.864 Std Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 0 18.549 10.792 Std AF M1 M2 Imp IPC 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 1.902 0.582 UltSpi AF Cont M1 Disinte 40781 3.223 0.967 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 40781 2.659 0.814 UltSpi AF Cont M1 Disinte 40781 2.464 0.704 ImpSp AF Cont M1 Disinte 27188 4.926 1.478 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 27188 4.680 1.310 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 27188 4.160 0.442 UltSpi Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 13594 8.248 2.406 Spinal AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 13594 8.053 2.255 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 13594 8.000 1.983 V.Hvy Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 0 16.811 9.683 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Gauss 0 15.377 4.066 Light Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 0 14.912 8.053 Std 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 0.825 0.202 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 40781 0.791 0.237 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 40781 0.747 0.171 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 27188 1.232 0.123 ImpSp Mauler 27188 1.216 0.365 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 27188 1.196 0.192 UltSpi Cont M1 M2 Env Megabol 13594 2.095 0.327 Spinal Cont M1 M2 Env Megabol 13594 2.032 1.078 Light AF M1 M2 Disrupt 13594 2.017 0.208 Spinal Cont M1 M2 Imp Plasma 0 3.691 1.993 Std AF M1 M2 Imp Gauss 0 3.469 1.387 Light Cont M1 M2 Env Megabol 0 3.467 1.944 Std Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Hellfir 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 0.068 0.022 UltSpi Stellar 52500 0.936 0.229 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 52500 0.086 0.026 ImpSp Stellar 52500 0.079 0.025 UltSpi Stellar 35000 1.429 0.350 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 35000 1.420 0.325 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 35000 1.333 0.762 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 17500 2.810 0.421 ImpSp Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Megabol 17500 2.752 1.032 V.Hvy Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Megabol 17500 2.665 0.416 Spinal Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Megabol 0 6.692 2.676 Light Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Megabol 0 6.064 2.273 Std Cont M1 M2 Imp Env Megabol 0 4.984 2.644 Light AF M1 M2 Imp Disrupt