Ascendancy Manual

Shields protect your ship from damage from weapons fire.

Power Use tells you how much power is consumed during each use of an item.

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.

Shields	Picture	Description	Power Use	Strength	Range	Industry Cost	Notes
Ion Wrap		Low grade particle defense	-	.25	-	10	-
Concussion Shield		Kinetic defense, surrounds the ship with a flexible energy barrier.	-	.5	-	30	-
Wave Scatterer		Diffracts energy waves as they contact the ships hull.	none	.25	-	50	-
Deactotron		High tech active defense which detects attacks and uses appropriate countermeasures.	-	.75	-	50	-
Hyperwave Nullifier		Causes incomming projectiles to slide around the hull, and miss the ship completely.	-	1	-	100	-
Nanoshell		Dense barrier of nanoenergons, few weapons can penetrate it.	-	1.25	-	200	-