Weapons...
At the start of the game you have access to the following weapons. More weapons will become avaliable as people research them. Most of the new weapons will be ones that you research yourself, but not all.

	Name: Laser Cannon - Small Cost: 3500 Range: 100 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Laser
Description: The Economy Model of a standard favorite, the small laser cannon is a good back up addition to any arsenal.
	Name: Laser Cannon - Large Cost: 4200 Range: 200 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Laser
Description: Bigger is better, this cannon is the standard model with a longer range and more power.
	Name: Molten Metal Cannon Cost: 4000 Range: 200 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Thermal
Description: This gun fires two chemicals that form liquid metal to coat the enemy ship, ruining components and altering the ship's balance.
	Name: Frapp Ray Cost: 4000 Range: 250 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Electrical
Description: This device fires a massive bolt of lightning at the enemy ship, guaranteed to fry circuits and scramble computers.
	Name: Scatter Missile Launcher Cost: 1000 Range: 250 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Missile
Description: Essentially a thin metal shell filled with rocks. This weapon is an inexpensive weapon for any ship.
	Name: Rapid Fire Missile Launcher Cost: 6500 Range: 250 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Missile
Description: Uses the standard missile but fires them in clusters with automatic reload.
	Name: Cold Ray Cost: 5000 Range: 225 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Thermal
Description: This weapon's beam freezes the enemy hull, causeing the metal to contract and making the hull susceptible to cracks and breaches.
	Name: Kinetic Energy Damper Cost: 4000 Range: 200 Manufacturer: DICE Type: Nuclear
Description: Applying quantum particle theory, this device siphons off the kinetic energy of the target ship, slowing it down.
	Name: White Noise Generator Cost: 4000 Range: 150 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Electrical
Description: This device creates ultrasonic sound waves, numbing the crew of the target ship to uncounsciousness.
	Name: Laser Cannon - Tracking Cost: 5000 Range: 300 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Laser
Description: Second laser atop the basic cannon increases the accuracy of the standard model, making a topnotch weapon system.
	Name: Metal Eating Bacteria Bombs Cost: 3500 Range: 100 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Organic
Description: Metal shell filled with short lived bacteria that consume metal and damage the target ship hull. Unfourtuantly they do not last.
	Name: Fitzholnium Bomb Launcher Cost: 6000 Range: 300 Manufacturer: DICE Type: Missile
Description: High power bomb launcher with a laser sight for aiming provides an awesome weapon with the quality you expect from DICE.
	Name: Missile Launcher - Small Cost: 2500 Range: 75 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Missile
Description: An old favorite from the pre-spaceflight age, but still effective and you can't beat the price.
	Name: Missile Launcher - Large Cost: 3500 Range: 125 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Missile
Description: Bigger and more up to date, this innovation on an old theme proves as battleworthy as any other.
	Name: Heat Ray Cost: 5500 Range: 225 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Thermal
Description: A Beam of Pure Energy that heats the target hull to the melting point, creating a hole too ragged to easily patch.
	Name: Hydrogen Bond Denaturing Ray Cost: 6000 Range: 200 Manufacturer: DICE Type: Organic
Description: Why get the ship when you can get the crew? This device causes the crew's enzymes to break down, causing the crew to break down.
	Name: Magnetic Pod Launcher Cost: 5000 Range: 200 Manufacturer: DICE Type: Magnetic
Description: The pod contains a cutting laser and a large magnet in one package. The pod clamps itself onto the target hull and cuts right through.
	Name: Ship Syringe - Hallucinogenic Cost: 3000 Range: 150 Manufacturer: Tool Type: Organic
Description: This device pierces the hull of the target ship and injects the inner atmosphere with a potent hallucinogen to disable the crew.
	Name: Attack Drones Cost: 6500 Range: 250 Manufacturer: Tool Type: General
Description: Intelligent attack drones equipped with explosives, they scan the target hull for a weak spot, then clamp on and detonate there.