Cannon

Cannons have a firing arc of 180° and deal slightly more damage than Beam Arrays.

180° Weapon Arc for the Cannon

There are several types of Cannon available, each of which are listed below. Each type of Cannon offers a different proc (random chance for an attack bonus). The damage done by these weapons is modified by several Modifiers, Skills from the skill tables and certain Consoles. The baseline damage is dependent on the weapon's Mark level and its rarity.

For more information on the base damage done by Cannon weapons, see the respective weapon type articles.

• Phaser: 2.5% chance to disable a random subsystem
• Disruptor: 2.5% chance to lower the targets hull damage resistance by 10% for 15 sec
• Plasma: 2.5% chance to apply a non-stacking damage-over-time debuff
• Polaron: 2.5% chance to reduce all enemy subsystem power levels by 25
• Tetryon: 2.5% chance to deal additional shield damage
• Antiproton: +20 to Critical Severity

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Base Damage Table

All values given are for Common Cannon at 100 Weapon Power. There is greater damage with increasing rarity.

Rank	Mark	DPV	DPS
None	I	173	208
	II	189	227
Lt. Cmdr.	III	206	247
	IV	222	266
Commander	V	238	286
	VI	255	306
Captain	VII	271	325
	VIII	287	344
Lower Half Rear Admiral Upper Half	IX	304	365
	X	320	384
	XI	336	403
	XII	353	424
Vice Admiral	XIII	440	528
	XIV	528	634
Fleet Admiral	XV	616	739

Player Skills

The following Player Skills provides a benefit to this weapon type.

Lieutenant

• Starship Energy Weapons Training

Lt. Commander

• Starship Cannon Weapons

Tactical Consoles

The following Tactical Console provides a benefit to this weapon type.

• Prefire Chamber