Ascendancy Manual

Specials can do anything from help you take over worlds, get you to other star systems to crippling other ships.

Strength is given for all ship equipment except for Hulls and Specials. This number relates to the amount of increase in the power bars on the ship building and ship display screens.

Range is in "cubes" - the smaller squares on the grid (you must zoom in close to see the small squares) - otherwise the display only shows larger squares that count as 5 "cubes". I know it's difficult to judge distance in the game in 3D, but you can use this general guide - a plasmatron (range 100) can shoot almost clear across the system - while a Mass barage gun (range 25) can only hit a ship a few ship lengths away.

Industry Cost tells you how many days an item will cost to build based upon your industry strength. If you have an industry strength of 50, it will take 2 days to build an item with an industry cost of 100.

Specials	Picture	Description	Power Use	Range	Industry Cost	Notes
Lane Blocker		Fired into a starlane, it blocks all travel.	3	40	30	May be easily destroyed with a few shots of any weapon.
Molecular Tie Down		Shuts down the target's engines for one day.	7	25	20	-
Intellect Scrambler		Turns an experienced crew into bumbling rookies.	7	25	20	-
Brunswik Dissipator		Drains the target's generators for one day.	15	25	100	-
Invention	Picture	Description	Power Use	Range	Industry Cost	Notes
Recaller		Instantly brings your ship to it's home system.	7	-	40	Works only on the ship it is installed on.
Disarmer		Destroys one weapon on the target ship.	5	40	30	-
Smart Bomb		Does ueberlaser strength damage to all enemy ships in the system.	7	-	30	May only be used once.
Gravity Distorter		Pushes all ships away from your ship.	4	-	20	No target may be selected, effects all ships.
Fleet Disperser		Pushes all ships away from the target ship.	5	100	30	-
X-Ray Megaglasses		Views the contents of any scannable ship.	0	50	100	Must be used in conjunction with a scanner.
Cloaker		Prevents other ships from seeing your ships contents.	0	-	30	This lets you bring heavily armed ships into alien systems without causing a war.
Star Lane Drive		Allows travelling through star lanes.	0	-	25	More drives = faster travel.
Star Lane Hyperdrive		Allows travalling through star lanes, and fast travel through red star lanes.	0	-	50	No star lane drive is needed if the star lane hyperdrive is used. More drives = faster travel.
Positron Bouncer		Pushes the target ship away.	2	60	10	Only effects the target ship.
Invention	Picture	Description	Power Use	Range	Industry Cost	Notes
Gravimetric Catapult		Moves you to the opposite side of the sun.	3	-	15	-
Myrmidonic Carbonizer		Fires a burst of energy which grows, then dissapates. Deals 5 damage.	4	40	70	Most powerful weapon against ships. You can fire it at a planet, but does no damage.
Containment Device		Destroys all colonizers and invasion modules on an enemy ship.	5	40	15	Info thanks to Micky
Shield Blaster		Shuts down the target's shields for one day.	7	25	30	-
Backfirer		Causes all weapons aboard the target ship unleash destructive force upon itself.	10	25	60	The more weapons the target has, the more damage it will take.
Lane Destabilizer		Fired at a star lane, it causes all ships in the star lane to reach the end quickly.	7	25	40	Can only be used once.
Tractor Beam		Pulls one ship toward your ship.	3	100	30	-
Cannibalizer		Turns your hull into energy for powering weapons, etc.	0	-	20	Destructive to your ship.
Moving Part Exploiter		Causes the target's equipment to break down explosively.	10	25	60	The more advanced the target's equipment is, the more destruction is caused.
Hyperswapper		Causes your ship and your target to switch positions.	3	100	20	-
Invention	Picture	Description	Power Use	Range	Industry Cost	Notes
Gravimetric Condensor		Causes all ships in the system to be pulled towards the sun.	5	-	30	-
Accutron		Increases the range of all weapons for one day.	7	-	60	Works only on the ship it is installed upon.
Remote Repair Facility		Repairs ship damage without needing to enter an orbital dock.	10	-	70	Works only on the ship it is installed upon.
Sacrificial Orb		Repairs damage to the target ship by transfering the damage to your ship.	3	50	20	Can be used very effectively when coupled with the remote repair facility.
Lane Magnetron		Allows instant travel through a star lane.	10	25	50	May be used only once.
Disintegrator		Destroys the target ship.	25	25	150	May be used only once.
Lane Endoscope		Allows scanning of ships and planets at the other end of star lanes.	10	25	20	-
Toroidal Blaster		Gives a huge boost in engine performance, but usually damages some of them.	0	-	20	-
Gizmogrifier		Destroys the first major device it locks onto.	4	40	30	-
Replenisher		Recharges all weapons.	8	-	60	A must for your heavy battleships.
Invention	Picture	Description	Power Use	Range	Industry Cost	Notes
Specialty Blaster		Destroys a specific device.	5	40	30	-
Gyro-Inductor		Produces power automatically when leaving orbit.	0	-	20	-
Plasma Coupler		Allows a ship to beam some of it's power to another ship.	4	50	20	-
Invulnerablizer		One day worth of indestructability.	20	-	60	May only be used once.
Phase Bomb		Destroys structures on a planet's surface	4	25	40	May only be used once.
Colonizer		Creates a colony on an unoccupied planet.	5	-	35	Must be deployed from orbit. May only be used once.
Self Destructotron		Destroys your ship in a huge explosion that damages all ships nearby.	0	-	50	Obviously, this may only be used once.
Invasion Module		If all surface shields are destroyed and any invasion modules are left, the invasion is successful.	10	-	70	Must be deployed from orbit. May only be used once. As many modules as needed are launched, destroying surface shields on a one to one ratio.
Mass Condensor		Pulls all ships in area towards the target ship.	8	100	50	Your ship is also pulled toward the target ship.
Hyperfuel		Replenishes power levels.	0	-	20	May only be used once.