🔥 Rapid Fire

Rapid Fire allows a ship or defense structure to attack multiple targets in a single combat round.

Instead of firing once per round, a unit with Rapid Fire may continue attacking additional targets of a specific type.

Rapid Fire only applies against the unit types explicitly listed in its profile.

🧠 Core Concept

If a ship has:

Rocket Turret → Probe ×10

It means:

When targeting a Probe,
It may continue firing again after destroying one,
Up to the listed multiplier limit.

Rapid Fire does NOT multiply damage. It multiplies attack opportunities.

⚔ How It Works In Battle

Each combat round:

1. A unit selects a valid target. 2. It deals its normal attack damage. 3. If the target is destroyed and Rapid Fire applies,

  it may immediately attack another valid target.

4. This continues until:

  * No valid targets remain, OR
  * The Rapid Fire chain ends.

Then the unit’s turn ends for that round.

📊 Example 1 — No Rapid Fire

Scenario:

1 Fighter (700 attack) vs 10 Probes (200 HP + 15 shield each)

Without Rapid Fire:

Fighter attacks once per round
It destroys 1–2 probes per round
Battle lasts multiple rounds

🚀 Example 2 — With Rapid Fire

Fighter has:

Probe ×5 Rapid Fire

Now:

Round 1:

Attack 1 → Probe destroyed Rapid Fire triggers Attack 2 → Probe destroyed Rapid Fire triggers Attack 3 → Probe destroyed Attack 4 → Probe destroyed Attack 5 → Probe destroyed

Up to 5 attack cycles in one round.

Result:

Most or all probes destroyed in a single round.

Same attack value. Different outcome.

🛡 Defense Example

Rocket Turret has:

Probe ×10 Light Interceptor ×2 Light Fighter ×2

If 50 Light Interceptors attack:

Each turret can potentially eliminate multiple interceptors in a single round.

This makes swarm-only strategies risky.

📈 Why Rapid Fire Matters

Rapid Fire:

Punishes mono-fleet compositions
Encourages mixed fleets
Makes counter-building viable
Defines meta strategies

Example:

Heavy Laser → Cruiser ×3 If opponent brings only Cruisers, Heavy Lasers gain exponential defensive value.

⚖ Important Clarifications

Rapid Fire only applies to specific target types.
It does not increase base damage.
It does not bypass shields.
It only triggers if the target is destroyed.
It resets each combat round.

🧩 Strategic Implications

Early Game:

Rocket Turrets counter Probe spam.
Flak Cannons counter interceptor swarms.

Mid Game:

Destroyers counter shield-heavy fleets.
Railgun Towers punish tank-heavy compositions.

Late Game:

Prism Towers counter Titans and Battlecruisers.
Plasma Cannons dominate armored fleets.

Fleet diversity reduces Rapid Fire vulnerability.