Rupture Beam

"The Rupture Beam has a high charge time, putting out a devastating burst of damage in a focused energy beam."

Description
The Rupture Beam is a powerful Energy beam weapon that is exclusive to Xeno Division Hulls or better.

It charges up for a long time before firing a translucent pale yellow beam that passes through anything in the way, hitting its intended target.

Advantages
Rupture Beams have good damage output and cannot be blocked, therefore enhancing your ships' ability to focus fire. Equip Beam Capacitors to reduce their charge time; this also increases the weapon's overall DPS.

Rupture Beams cannot be dodged, allowing them to reliably hit fast ships such as Alien Reapers.

Disadvantages
Rupture Beams have short range even with Beam Capacitors equipped, making your ships vulnerable to kiting tactics.

Rupture Beams take very long to charge, resulting in a lot of overkill when targeting one ship at a time. They are also unable to clear squadrons effectively.