Overview
Tachyon Beam drains an enemy starship's shields.
Basic Information
- 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
- 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
- Warp Theorist - Adds a turn rate debuff effect.
- Shield Distribution Officer - Tachyon Beam gains a chance to knock the opponent's nearest Shield Facing offline for a short duration.
- Research Lab Scientist - Tachyon Beam pulls your target closer to you.
- Starship Trait
- 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 (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.
- Improved Tachyon Beam (Geneva) - Adds AoE shield heal for 20 allies within 10km of target.
- Tachyon Dispersal (Sutherland) - significantly reduce the target's shield hardness and AOE damage
- Trained by:
- Rank I & II - Bridge Officer Trainer
- Rank III - Science Captain Training; unlocked by training two ranks of Starship Drain Expertise
Ability Ranks
Ability/User Rank | CD | Ability Effects |
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Rank I: Ensign | 20s |
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Rank II: Lieutenant | 20s |
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Rank III: Lt. Commander | 20s |
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- The above is @ 100 Aux 0 Drain Expertise.