Heavy Weapon

Heavy Weapon

	Heavy Weapon
	100 sp
	0 Strength
	HeavyWeapons

You are skilled with heavy weapons.

Heavy Weapon is the base of a skill tree focused on heavy weapons. This refers to the missile weapons classified as "heavy weapon", not weapons that are heavy in terms of weight, although heavy weapons often have a high weight value.

The player and other creatures suffer a -25 penalty to movement speed while wielding a heavy weapon, unless they have the Tank skill. This penalty can stack if wielding more than one heavy weapon, such as is possible with a gun rack.

Skills in the Heavy Weapon skill tree

Skill	Cost	Stat	Prerequisites	Description
Strapping Shoulders	0	19 Strength		You shoulder your weapons more effectively. Heavy weapons count for half their weight toward your encumbrance.
Tank	150	23 Strength		You suffer no movement penalty while wielding a heavy weapon.
Sweep	200	27 Strength		You fire five shots with your heavy weapon sweeping over a ninety degree cone.

Weapons That Use the Heavy Weapon Skill

• arc cannon
• blast cannon
• chain laser
• chaingun
• defoliant pump
• flamethrower
• fungicide pump
• grenade launcher
• linear cannon
• missile launcher
• mortar tube
• normality gas pump
• phase cannon
• swarm rack