POWER PLAY MODULES
Each power play figurehead will have their own specialized power play modules with special features that deviate from publicly available standard modules. There are 11 obtainable power-specific modules you can obtain.
OBTAINING REQUIREMENTS
In order to obtain these power-specific modules, you must meet two requirements:
- reach at least Rating 3 which is equal to meeting 750 Merits
- be pledged to the power play figurehead for at least 4 weeks
Merits can be obtained by:
- transporting power play expansion or fortification commodities - a unit of expansion / fortification commodity equals one merit
- killing opposing power play faction ships for 25 merits per ship
When you have reached Rating 3, which must be met after the server maintenance tick the same time when your total time pledged is 4 weeks, you then can purchases these power-specific modules.
WHEN DOING YOUR WEEKLY MERITS
PLEASE visit the community that is in charge of managing the power play sphere. It is heavily looked down upon if you decide to dump expansion and fortification efforts according to the Galaxy Map's recommendations. Especially if you are doing merits for the Rank 5 - Double Bond/Bounty perk for power specific figures such as Zachary Hudson, A Lavigny-Duval, and Pranav Antal. In this case, the BEST solution would be to fortify an already fortified system.
WHAT IS SERVER MAINTENANCE TICK
The "server maintenance tick" is a game event whereby the server goes offline and undergoes maintenance or deployment of the next week's events. A server maintenance can often last from 10-45 minutes, depending on the amount of content being deployed onto the game matchmaking servers. A server maintenance can schedule updates of:
- Power Play Capitol Command (CC's) a point system used for Expansion, Fortification, & Turmoil.
- Thargoid Reports - expansion / repel status of the Thargoid expansions and attacks.
- In-Game Narrative Content releases - Galnet articles, new Community Goal objectives, and mystery content for players to discover.
In the context of this guide, the amount of merits you have obtained before the server maintenance tick, will determine your ranking placement and then immediately after, all collected merits will be halved. For example, say if you obtained 750 merits before the server maintenance tick, after the maintenance is over, you will be awarded Rank 3 and your remaining merits will be halved to 375 merits the following week. If you wish to purchase modules for the following week, you should add another additional 375 merits to maintain Rank 3 for that power play figure.
WHEN IS THE SERVER MAINTENANCE TICK?
Elite Dangerous' server maintenance is scheduled for Thursdays at 7:00 AM UTC and will last anywhere from 10-45 minutes. Servers maybe playable as soon as it is online, however give it time to propagate update system statuses as the game will have 22,000 systems to go through.
WHAT MODULES ARE THERE?
Majority of the power-specific modules are weapons, with the one exception being an Optional Internal module. All power-specific modules are based off of ordinary publicly available modules. All powerplay modules can be engineered, with the exception of Mining Lances.
| Power | Module |
|---|---|
| A Lavigny-Duval | Imperial Hammers |
| Aisling Duval | Prismatics Shields |
| Archon Delaine | Cytoscramblers |
| Denton Patreus | Advanced Plasma Accelerators |
| Edmund Mahon | Retributor Beam Lasers |
| Felicia Winters | Pulse Disruptor Lasers |
| Pranav Antal | Enforcer Cannons |
| Li Yong-Rui | Pack-hound Missiles |
| Zachary Hudson | Pacifier Frag-Cannons |
| Zemina Toval | Mining Lances |
| Yuri Grom | FSD Containment Missile |
IMPERIAL HAMMERS
- Obtainable when pledged to A Lavigny-Duval : Discord | Reddit
- A Rail Gun with burst modifications; instead of firing one shot, the Imperial Hammer splits the fire and staggers into 3 burst shots. Comes as a Medium Fixed Hardpoint.
PRISMATIC SHIELDS
- Obtainable when pledged to Aisling Duval : Discord | Reddit
- A higher shield strength variant of the regular Shield Generator but has extremely weak recovery rates and is expensive to purchase. Can be purchased in all size classes (Class 1-8).
CYTOSCRAMBLERS
- Obtainable when pledged to Archon Delaine : Discord | Reddit
- A modified Burst Laser variant whereby it is extremely effective at stripping shields, but does little to no damage to the hull. Comes as a Small Fixed Hardpoint.
ADVANCED PLASMA ACCELERATORS
- Obtainable when pledged to Denton Prateus : Discord | Reddit
- A rapid firing variant of the normal Plasma Accelerators, but it packs a lighter punch than its normal counterpart. Comes as a Large Fixed Hardpoint.
RETRIBUTOR BEAM LASERS
- Obtainable when pledged to Edmund Mahon : Discord | Reddit
- A heat distributing Beam Laser that targets the opponent's cooling system by dumping additional heat in exchange of less damage given. Comes as a Small Fixed Hardpoint.
PULSE DISRUPTOR LASERS
- Obtainable when pledged to Felicia Winters : Discord | Reddit
- A Pulse Laser with integrated Scramble Spectrum modification except that it malfunctions selected sub-target modules. Comes as a Medium Fixed Hardpoint.
ENFORCER CANNONS
- Obtainable when pledged to Pranav Antal : Discord | Reddit
- A modified Multi Cannon that fires larger calibre rounds, that deals more damage at a longer range but has a slow rate of fire. Comes as a Small Fixed Hardpoint.
PACKHOUND SEEKER MISSILES
- Obtainable when pledged to Li Yong-Rui : Discord | Reddit
- A modified Seeker Missile Rack that fires multiple micro-salvo seeking missiles that scramble making it hard for countermeasures to counter, but has reduced overall damage output. Comes as a Medium Seeking Fixed Hardpoint.
PACIFIER FRAG CANNONS
- Obtainable when pledged to Zachary Hudson : Discord | Reddit
- A more focused version of the normal Frag Cannon whereby pellets fire in a tighter spread making them effective for long-distances. Comes as a Large Fixed Hardpoint.
MINING LANCES
- Obtainable when pledged to Zemina Torval : Discord | Reddit
- Mining Lances is a Mining Laser variant that is capable of inflicting thermal damage while being effective at mining at longer distances. Comes as a Small Fixed Hardpoint.