Powerplay Modules

POWER PLAY MODULES

Powerplay modules are special variants of standard modules, earned by working for one of the galaxy’s Powers. Since Powerplay 2.0 (October 2024) there are 12 Powers and 12 Powerplay modules. Every Power gives out all 12 modules. Only the order you unlock them in is different.

HOW TO UNLOCK THEM

• Pledge to a Power from the Powerplay panel. You can only work for one Power at a time.
• Earn merits. Almost everything counts when you do it in the right systems for your Power: trading, bounty hunting, missions, on-foot work, salvage, and Powerplay Operations. Merits raise your loyalty rank.
• Your Power’s signature module unlocks first, at rank 34. The rest follow every few ranks, and the last one unlocks at rank 97.
• Buy them at an allied Stronghold Carrier. They are listed in Outfitting under the same category as the standard module they are based on.
• If you leave your Power, your loyalty ranks reset and you have to unlock the modules again. Modules you have already bought stay yours, fitted or in storage.

WORK WITH YOUR POWER’S COMMUNITY

Each Power has a player community that plans where merits are needed each week. Please check in with them before you start. Merits spent in the wrong systems help nobody, and some groups take that personally. Their Discord and Reddit links are listed with each module below.

UNLOCK ORDER BY POWER

If you want one module in particular, pledge to the Power that unlocks it earliest. You can see your own Power’s list in game on its rank rewards screen.

WHAT MODULES ARE THERE?

Most Powerplay modules are weapons. The one exception is the Prismatic Shield Generator, an Optional Internal. All of them are based on ordinary modules, and all of them can be engineered except Mining Lances.

IMPERIAL HAMMERS

• Signature module of Arissa Lavigny-Duval: Discord | Reddit
• A Rail Gun with burst modifications. Instead of firing one shot, the Imperial Hammer fires 3 staggered burst shots. Comes as a Medium Fixed Hardpoint.

PRISMATIC SHIELDS

• Signature module of Aisling Duval: Discord | Reddit
• A higher shield strength variant of the regular Shield Generator. It has extremely weak recovery rates and is expensive to buy. Available in all size classes (Class 1-8).

CYTOSCRAMBLERS

• Signature module of Archon Delaine: Discord | Reddit
• A modified Burst Laser that is extremely effective at stripping shields but does little to no damage to the hull. Comes as a Small Fixed Hardpoint.

ADVANCED PLASMA ACCELERATORS

• Signature module of Denton Patreus: Discord | Reddit
• A rapid-firing variant of the normal Plasma Accelerator that packs a lighter punch than its normal counterpart. Comes as a Large Fixed Hardpoint.

RETRIBUTOR BEAM LASERS

• Signature module of Edmund Mahon: Discord | Reddit
• A Beam Laser that targets the opponent’s cooling, dumping extra heat on them in exchange for less damage. Comes as a Small Fixed Hardpoint.

PULSE DISRUPTOR LASERS

• Signature module of Felicia Winters: Discord | Reddit
• A Pulse Laser with a built-in Scramble Spectrum effect that makes the targeted sub-module malfunction. Comes as a Medium Fixed Hardpoint.

ENFORCER CANNONS

• Signature module of Pranav Antal: Discord | Reddit
• A modified Multi-Cannon that fires larger calibre rounds. It deals more damage at longer range but has a slow rate of fire. Comes as a Small Fixed Hardpoint.

PACKHOUND SEEKER MISSILES

• Signature module of Li Yong-Rui: Discord | Reddit
• A modified Seeker Missile Rack that fires salvos of small seeking missiles. They are hard for countermeasures to stop, but overall damage is lower. Comes as a Medium Seeking Fixed Hardpoint.

PACIFIER FRAG CANNONS

• Signature module of Jerome Archer (it belonged to Zachary Hudson before Powerplay 2.0): Discord | Reddit
• A more focused Frag Cannon whose pellets fire in a tighter spread, making it effective at longer distances. Comes as a Large Fixed Hardpoint.

MINING LANCES

• Signature module of Zemina Torval: Discord | Reddit
• A Mining Laser variant that also deals thermal damage and mines effectively at longer distances. Comes as a Small Fixed Hardpoint.

CONTAINMENT MISSILES

• Signature module of Yuri Grom: Discord | Reddit
• Commonly called “Grom Bombs”. Fixed dumbfire missiles that can disrupt the target’s Frame Shift Drive for up to 17 seconds when they hit. Comes as a Medium Dumb-Fire Fixed Hardpoint.

CONCORD CANNONS

• Signature module of Nakato Kaine (added with Powerplay 2.0): Reddit
• A Cannon variant that fires three-round bursts with much faster projectiles, trading some damage per shot. Comes as a Medium (Class 2) Gimballed Hardpoint.