Troops & Fighters research tree

[tbontob]

What do we have to research to get all the components for fighters and troops?

Like, I know we have to research:
1) Fighters 1 to 4 (5 - if you want the heavy carrier)
2) Troops 1 to 3
3) Smaller Weapons

Is there anything else that needs to be researched?

[Slick]

for troops, Troop Weapons gives the Ground Cannon series.

Slick.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Slick:
for troops, Troop Weapons gives the Ground Cannon series.

Slick.

Right on!

And
1) Planetary Weapons 1-3 gives Cluster Bombs
2) Shield Damaging Weapons 1-3 gives Shield Depleters
3) Tractor-Repulsor Weapons 7-9 gives Graviton Beams

[Fyron]

You need some sort of weapons techs for Fighters too, or you get no weapons.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
You need some sort of weapons techs for Fighters too, or you get no weapons.

Thanks Fyron.

What would I have to research for that?

[Fyron]

Nearly any weapons tech. The Small Weapons tech combined with other weapons techs gets fighter weaponry.

[PvK]

Which can also be used on troops. And on troops, rate of fire does not matter, so the slower-firing small weapons may be better for troops.

PvK

[tbontob]

Thanks PvK and Fyron.

But not all weapons can be used? Y/N.

Is there an easy way of finding out if researching a weapon will provide a "mini-weapon"?

[Krsqk]

Well, you could right-click on the tech area in the research queue and see if it says something like "Small Depleted Uranium Cannon" or "Small Anti-matter Torpedo." That is, if you've already researched Smaller Weapons. If not, then you already know there are a Small DUC and a Small AMTorp.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by PvK:
Which can also be used on troops. And on troops, rate of fire does not matter, so the slower-firing small weapons may be better for troops.

PvK

PvK, this is an interesting comment.

My notes show that small Weapons all have a rate of fire of 1 except for:

a) Kamakazi Warheads = 0
b) Cluster bombs, Anti-matter torpedoes, Graviton beams = 2
c) Rocket pods = 30

Do they all have a rate of fire of one (except for the Kamakazi Warhead which cannot reload)?