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Ability: Tachyon Beam

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Overview[edit | edit source]

Tachyon Beam icon (Federation).png

Tachyon Beam drains an enemy starship's shields.

Basic Information[edit | edit source]

  • Profession: Science
  • Locale: Space
  • Game Description: Tachyon Beam drains the target's shields. It increases in effectiveness based on current auxiliary power level.

Detailed Information[edit | edit source]

  • Used by: Science Bridge Officers
  • Target: Foe
  • System: Deflector Dish
  • Ability Type: Shield Drain
  • Activation: 0.83 sec
  • Range: 10 km; 135' targeting arc
  • Duration: approx 5 sec
  • Recharge Time: 20 sec
  • Modified by:
    • Skills
    • Stats
      • Starship Auxiliary Power Level - Increases drain per pulse
      • Character Level
    • Duty officers
    • Starship Trait
      • Enhanced Power Condensers icon.png Enhanced Power Condensers (Rezreth) - Provides you with a boost to maximum power levels and provide a boost to maximum shield hit points for a short time when using Tachyon Beam and certain other powers.
      • Greedy Emitters icon.png Greedy Emitters (Nandi) - gives a buff which grants immunity to energy drain, reduces energy weapons power usage, and increases your subsystem power levels for 10 seconds when using Tachyon Beam and certain other powers.
      • Mastery trait improved tachyon beam.png Improved Tachyon Beam (Geneva) - Adds AoE shield heal for 20 allies within 10km of target.
      • Mastery trait tachyon dispersal.png Tachyon Dispersal (Sutherland) - significantly reduce the target's shield hardness and AOE damage
  • Trained by:

Ability Ranks[edit | edit source]

Ability/User Rank CD Ability Effects
Rank I: Ensign 20s
  • -514 Shields per pulse (10 pulse max)
Rank II: Lieutenant 20s
  • -669.3 Shields per pulse (10 pulse max)
Rank III: Lt. Commander 20s
  • -823.8 Shields per pulse (10 pulse max)
  • The above is @ 100 Aux 0 Drain Expertise.

Notes/References[edit | edit source]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Tachyon Beam

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Abilities
Console eng icon.png Engineering  
Ground BOff or Player Chroniton Mine Barrier • Combat Supply • Cover Shield • Equipment Diagnostics • Fuse Armor • Medical Generator Fabrication • Quantum Mortar Fabrication • Quick Fix • Reroute Power to Shields • Shield Generator Fabrication • Shield Recharge • Support Drone Fabrication • Turret Fabrication • Weapons Malfunction
Player only Engineering Proficiency • Force Field Dome • Orbital Strike • Seeker Drone Fabrication • Place Transphasic Bomb
Space BOff or Player Aceton Beam • Auxiliary to Battery • Auxiliary to Dampers • Auxiliary to Structural • Boarding Party • Directed Energy Modulation • Eject Warp Plasma • Emergency Power to Auxiliary • Emergency Power to Engines • Emergency Power to Shields • Emergency Power to Weapons • Emit Unstable Warp Bubble • Overload Integrity Field • Endothermic Inhibitor Beam • Engineering Team • Extend Shields • Reverse Shield Polarity • Structural Integrity Collapse
Player only Engineering Fleet • EPS Power Transfer • Miraculous Repairs • Nadion Inversion • Rotate Shield Frequency
Console sci icon.png Science  
Ground BOff or Player Anesthizine Gas • Dampening Field • Electro-Gravitic Field • Hyperonic Radiation • Hypospray - Dylovene • Hypospray - Melorazine • Medical Tricorder • Nanite Health Monitor • Neural Neutralizer • Sonic Pulse • Stasis Field • Tachyon Harmonic • Tricorder Scan • Vascular Regenerator
Player only Biofilter Sweep • Exothermic Induction Field • Nanoprobe Infestation • Scientific Aptitude • Triage
Space BOff or Player Charged Particle Burst • Destabilizing Resonance Beam • Energy Siphon • Feedback Pulse • Gravity Well • Hazard Emitters • Jam Targeting Sensors • Mask Energy Signature • Photonic Officer • Photonic Shockwave • Polarize Hull • Science Team • Scramble Sensors • Subspace Vortex • Structural Analysis • Tachyon Beam • Tractor Beam • Tractor Beam Repulsors • Transfer Shield Strength • Tyken's Rift • Viral Matrix
Player only Photonic Fleet • Scattering Field • Science Fleet • Sensor Scan • Subnucleonic Beam
Console tac icon.png Tactical  
Ground BOff or Player Ambush • Battle Strategies • Draw Fire • Fire on my Mark • Lunge • Motion Accelerator • Overwatch • Photon Grenade • Plasma Grenade • Smoke Grenade • Stealth Module • Stun Grenade • Suppressing Fire • Sweeping Strikes • Target Optics
Player only Rally Cry • Security Escort • Strike Team • Tactical Initiative
Space BOff or Player Attack Pattern Beta • Attack Pattern Delta • Attack Pattern Omega • Beam Array: Fire at Will • Beam Array: Overload • Cannon: Rapid Fire • Cannon: Scatter Volley • Dispersal Pattern Alpha • Dispersal Pattern Beta • Focused Assault • Kemocite-Laced Weaponry • Distributed Targeting • Tactical Team • Target Auxiliary Subsystems • Target Engines Subsystems • Target Shields Subsystems • Target Weapons Subsystems • Torpedo: High Yield • Torpedo: Spread
Player only Attack Pattern Alpha • Fire on my Mark • Go Down Fighting • Tactical Fleet • Tactical Initiative
Intelligence  
Ground BOff or Player Feign Disintegration • Frictionless Particle Grenade • Harmless • Incite Chaos • Neurolytic Hypo Injection • Photonic Decoy • Resonant Tachyon Stream • Site-to-Site Ensnare • Sonic Suppression Field • Subspace Anesthezine Mine • Tripwire Drone
Space BOff or Player Electromagnetic Pulse Probe • Energy Weapons: Surgical Strikes • Evade Target Lock • Intelligence Team • Ionic Turbulence • Kinetic Magnet • Override Subsystem Safeties • Subnucleonic Carrier Wave • Subspace Beacon • Torpedo: Transport Warhead • Viral Impulse Burst
Command  
Ground BOff or Player Coordinated Bombing Strike • Delegated Devastation • Hammer and Anvil • Overwhelm Shields • Return Fire • Sanctuary • Strategic Analysis • Shock and Awe • Take Cover • Timely Intervention
Space BOff or Player Ambush Point Marker • Call Emergency Artillery • Concentrate Firepower • Needs of the Many • Overwhelm Emitters • Phalanx Formation • Rally Point Marker • Reroute Power from Life Support • Subspace Interception • Suppression Barrage
Pilot  
Space BOff or Player Attack Pattern Lambda • Deploy Countermeasures • Lock Trajectory • Pilot Team • Clean Getaway • Fly Her Apart • Hold Together • Reinforcements Squadron • Coolant Ignition • Form Up • Reroute Reserves to Weapons • Subspace Boom
Temporal Operative  
Ground BOff or Player

Causal Entanglement • Chronometric Diffusion • Chronoplasty • Degeneration • Paradox Bomb • Recursive Affliction • Spread Decay • Tachyonic Conversion • Temporal Narcosis • Uncertainty Burst

Space BOff or Player

Channeled Deconstruction • Heisenberg Amplifier • Entropic Redistribution • Causal Reversion • Entropic Cascade • Shared Fate • Rapid Decay • Gravimetric Conversion • Chronometric Inversion Field • Timeline Collapse • Recursive Shearing

Miracle Worker  
Ground BOff or Player

Generate Ablative Protection • Gravitic Induction Field • Harmonized Shields • Logic Bomb • Overload Power Cells • Technical Mishap • Throw Regenerative Nanite Canister • VISOR Emulation Overlay •

Space BOff or Player

Null Pointer Flood • Narrow Sensor Bands • Reroute Shields to Hull Containment • Align Shield Frequencies • Deploy Gravitic Induction Platform • Energy Weapons: Exceed Rated Limits • Torpedoes: Nanite Repair Payload • Destabilize Warp Core • Overwhelm Power Regulators • Mixed Armaments Synergy

Universal  
Ground Player only Chroniton Jolt • Crystalline Spike • Deploy Gravimetric Traps • Jam Subspace Transmissions • Mass Gravimetric Detonation • Overcharge Turret Fabrication • Plasma Feedback Cascade • Subspace Rift • Generate Solar Gateway • Sompek Lightning
See also Bridge officer ability • Bridge Officer Trainer • Kits • Player ability • Singularity Core abilities • Cruiser commands
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