Shreds enemy missiles and fighters with an overwhelming hail of medium velocity rounds. Flux-efficient, but less effective vs armor and shields.
–In-Game Description
The Thumper is a rapid-fire weapon that does fragmentation damage. It is highly effective against unshielded, unarmored targets, but its short range, significant spin-up time and inability to seriously harm protected targets render it of extremely limited use.
now fires 1-second burst of 20 shots (100 frag damage each), 3 second delay between bursts
Only up to date for version 0.8.1a-RC5. It is likely still broadly correct but not verified for the most up to date data yet. Please double check the Version History
