Proto-Kinetic Accelerator
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Proto-Kinetic Accelerator
Categories
Size
Weapon
Fire mode
Semi-auto
Wieldable
Yes
Damage
- 30 blunt
- 35 structural
Fire rate
0.5 shots/sec
Range
10 tiles
Spread
- 44-45° (unwielded)
- 1-2° (wielded)
Projectile prototype
BulletKineticProjectile speed
25 tiles/sec
Projectile lifetime
0.4 seconds
Auto-recharge
Yes
Auto-recharge rate
≈1.33 bullets/sec
Internal magazine
Yes
Internal magazine capacity
1 bullet
Technical Information
ID
WeaponProtoKineticAcceleratorProto-Kinetic Accelerator (PKA for short) is ranged weapon that deals 25 blunt and 30 structural damage. It is mainly used by Salvage for mining or breaking structures and killing space fauna, such as Space Carp.
Modifications
Vulture-only content
This section describes content currently available only on Wizard's Den Vulture. It is subject to change before becoming stable and releasing onto main Wizard's Den servers.
Modifications (mods for short) allow for upgrades to PKA's damage, fire rate or range.
Only two unique upgrades can be installed at the same time, such as damage and fire rate, but not damage and damage.
Requires research
Requires Kinetic Modifications, a Tier 2 Arsenal research.
Once researched, each mod can be made on a 
protolathe or 
security techfab with
steel [15]
silver bar [5]
gold bar [5]Modification were added along with these PKA's balance changes:
- Damage: 30 blunt and 35 structural → 25 blunt and 30 structural
- Range: 10 tiles → 5.5 tiles
- Projectile lifetime: 0.4 second → 0.22 seconds
With above changes, modkits tweaks do the following:
- PKA modkit (damage) improves damage by 10 blunt and 15 structural, to 35 blunt and 45 structural.
- PKA modkit (range) improves range by 2.75 tiles (by speeding up the projectile 1.5 times), to 8.25 tiles.
- PKA modkit (fire rate) improves fire rate by 1.5 times, to 0.75 shots/sec.
Acquisition
Found in vending machines
4 PKAs are available in Salvage Vendor.
Fabrication
Requires research
Requires Salvage Weapons, a Tier 1 Arsenal research.
This recipe is unlocked by researchsteel [10]
glass [5]silver bar [1]This recipe is unlocked by researchsteel [10]glass [5]silver bar [1]
