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While its intended design is for deep space construction, the concentrated laser beam of the Spectra is highly effective against organic and synthetic enemies.

The Spectra is a IconCorpusOn Corpus handheld cutting laser that is as effective at cutting flesh as it is at cutting metal. It is essentially a sidearm version of the FluxRifle Flux Rifle.

This weapon can be sold for Credits64 5,000.

Characteristics[]

  • This weapon deals primarily DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage.
  • Damage ramps up from 25% to 100% over 0.6 seconds when firing. After firing stops for 0.8 seconds, the damage decays back to 25% over 2 seconds.
  • Innate 0.5 meter punch through.
  • Can use the Spectra-exclusive Mod TT 20px Sequence Burn mod.

Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Pinpoint accuracy.
  • Consumes 0.5 ammo per tick of damage.
  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • High magazine (60)
    • High ammo max (360)
    • High fire rate (12.000 attacks/sec)
    • Very high disposition (●●●●● (1.49x))

Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Limited range of 18 meters.
  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • Below average crit chance (14.00%)
    • Below average reload speed (1.80 s)
    • Very low total damage (18)

Comparisons:

Acquisition[]

The Spectra's blueprint can be researched from the Energy Lab in the dojo.


Manufacturing Requirements
📝 Edit blueprint requirements
Credits
25,000
Fieldron
3
Circuits
700
Ferrite
5,000
Forma
1
Time: 1 Day(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 35
MarketIcon Market Price: PlatinumLarge N/A Blueprint2 Blueprints Price:Credits15,000
Energy Lab ResearchClanAffinity643,000
Credits
7,500
FieldronSample
7
Circuits
350
NanoSpores
750
PolymerBundle
350
Time: 3 Day(s)
Prereq: Dera
Ghost Clan x1   Shadow Clan x3   Storm Clan x10   Mountain Clan x30   Moon Clan x100

Tips[]

  • As with the FluxRifle Flux Rifle, multishot mods (in this case Mod TT 20px Barrel Diffusion) are essential to maximize output. Mod TT 20px Lethal Torrent can be used to further increase damage.
    • Increasing the fire rate with Lethal Torrent will drastically increase ammo consumption.
  • Using the Mod TT 20px Pistol Ammo Mutation mod can help regain lost ammo when needed. Alternatively, use Mod TT 20px Pistol Scavenger Aura or bring along Squad Ammo Restore.
  • Similar building with the Flux Rifle, adding Mod TT 20px Magnum Force to the Spectra can actually be beneficial, as the shooter does not require precise aiming. This will further reduce its medium range effectiveness however.
  • Mod TT 20px Ruinous Extension and Mod TT 20px Sequence Burn can bring up the Spectra's range to rival those of Primary beam weapons.

Trivia[]

  • The Spectra is currently known to be one of the most improved weapons throughout the game's patches, as it was one of the weakest Clan Dojo Research weaponry ever released: It used to deal a total of 8 damage per second.
  • Spectra is the plural form of Spectrum.
  • During the final phases of the Arid Fear event, the Corpus Scouts were equipped with Spectras, which they would use for short durations before attempting to run.
  • Ceasing fire from the Spectra actually retracts the beam instead of it disappearing.

Gallery[]

Media[]

Spectra Skins

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Patch History[]

Update 22.14 (2018-03-01)

  • Fixed Beam weapons not being able to damage enemies (alive but in a ragdolled state) when being affected by certain ‘crowd control’ Abilities.
  • Damage now ramps up over 0.6 seconds and after moving off target there is a delay of 0.8 seconds before it starts to decay over 2 seconds.
  • All Beam weapons now start their Damage ramp up at 20% (instead of 10%).
  • The Multishot chance should now apply more consistently with Beam weapons.
  • Fixed Beam weapons continuously firing when quick Meleeing.

Hotfix 22.13.4 (2018-02-22)

  • Increased the Beam weapon Damage ramp up time from 0.8 to 1 second.
  • Fixed Beam weapon Damage ramp up not happening per target.

Hotfix 22.13.3 (2018-02-21)

  • Perfect accuracy and high fire rate is balanced by limited range and damage ramping up from 10% to 100% over 0.8 seconds when firing and decays back to 10% over 1 second after stopping.
  • Damage changed from 30 Physical per sec to 18 Physical per tick.
  • Physical damage changed from 10% Impact, 70% Puncture and 20% Slash to 0% Impact, 42% Puncture and 58% Slash.
  • Fire Rate increased from 5 to 12.
  • Status Chance increased from 20% per sec to 22% per tick of damage.
  • Critical chance increased from 5% to 14%.
  • Reload reduced from 2s to 1.8s.
  • Magazine size reduced from 80 to 60.
  • Added 0.5 meter Punch Through.
  • Range increased from 15m to 18m.
  • Ammo consumption decreased from 1.0 to 0.5 per tick of damage.
  • Aimed Zoom reduced from 2.23x to 1.6x.

Update 14.2 (2014-08-13)

  • Spectra & Flux Rifle:
    • Both are now more Ammo efficient.
    • More base ammo in clips.
    • Faster fire rate.
    • Damage Increases for both weapons.

Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)

  • Introduced.

See also[]

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