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Certain W-Space systems have effects that change the nature of your ship's statistics and/or modules. These phenomena only affect capsuleer ships, so Sleepers or structures won't be affected. The buff bar (above your capacitor) shows the wormhole effect in game. Third-party websites related to wormholes typically also list effects.

Pulsar systems are very powerful when utilized correctly. They provide large improvements to shield hitpoints and capacitor recharge time. They also greatly increase ship signature radii, enabling the effective use of much larger weapons than would be available in ordinary systems. Armor ships will suffer a resistance debuff, and should be used carefully or not at all. And finally, as a partial countermeasure to the capacitor recharge bonus (especially against capital ships), [[Capacitor Warfare|Energy Neutralizers and Noferatus]] are also greatly strengthened.

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|'''Shield Capacity'''

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|'''Armor Resists'''

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|'''Capacitor Recharge Time'''

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|'''Signature Radius'''

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|'''NOS & Neut Drain Amount'''

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Black Holes are systems for enthusiasts of high-speed, long-ranged missile ships. These systems feature an enormous bonus to ship velocity, missile velocity, and targeting range, and a further penalty to Stasis Webifier strength, making it difficult to hold down a speeding enemy even if you can catch them. However, they also greatly increase the inertia of ships in them, making it much slower to accelerate, change course, or align to warp.

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|'''Missile Velocity'''

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|'''Missile Explosion Velocity'''

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|'''Ship Velocity'''

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|'''Stasis Webifier Strength'''

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|'''Inertia'''

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|'''Targeting Range'''

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Cataclysmic Variable systems are an interesting paradox. On the one hand, they enormously increase the strength of remote repair modules, and the capacitor volume of the ships using them. (And while they also slow capacitor recharge times, the larger increase in volume results in increased stability.) On the other hand, they also greatly reduce the strength of local repair modules, and remote cap transmitters. The result is a system type which encourages group play with either spidertanked ships or heavy logistics support, but forces the use of locally cap-stable logistics ships and discourages capital warfare.

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|'''Local Armor Repair Amount'''

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|'''Remote Armor Repair Amount'''

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|'''Local Shield Repair Amount'''

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|'''Shield Transfer Amount'''

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|'''Capacitor Capacity'''

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|'''Capacitor Recharge Time'''

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|'''Remote Cap Transmitter Amount'''

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Magnetars are among the most dangerous and sought-after systems in wormhole space. While they greatly penalize weapon accuracy and damage application, those penalties come as trade-offs for an enormous bonus to raw damage. Ships, both NPC and Capsuleer, die very fast in Magnetars.

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|'''Damage'''

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|'''Missile Explosion Radius'''

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|'''Drone Tracking'''

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|'''Targeting Range'''

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|'''Tracking Speed'''

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|'''Target Painter Strength'''

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Red Giants are very specialized. While their main bonuses may not affect many commonly-used modules, the large bonus to [[Smartbomb]] damage and range opens up several combat strategies related to using dedicated smartbomb ships to clear fields of enemies. The other major effects, [[Overheating|Overheat]] Effects and Overheat Damage, promote life on the edge (and training {{sk|Thermodynamics}}...), as overheated modules become far more powerful than they would be normally, but also far more likely to burn out.

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|'''Heat Damage'''  

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|'''Overload Bonus'''

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|'''Smart Bomb Range'''

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|'''Smart Bomb Damage'''

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|'''Bomb Damage'''

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Wolf Rayets are partially opposite to Pulsars, penalizing shields, enhancing armor, and reducing signature radii to reduce the strength of large weapons. However, the most striking aspect of the Wolf Rayet effect is the unbelievably huge bonus to ''Small'' weapon damage. This damage bonus means that the rulers of Wolf Rayet combat are Frigates, [[Tactical Destroyers]], and Cruisers fitted with Rapid Light Missile Launchers (as Rapid Lights are also considered "small" weapons, and are one of the few weapons systems that can effectively damage extremely-small-signature Frigates and Destroyers).

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|'''Armor HP'''  

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|'''Shield Resist'''

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|'''Small Weapon Damage'''

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|'''Signature Radius'''

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