Tech: Empion Space Mine

Empion Space Mine
Prerequisites: Conventional Space Mine, pending...
Research Cost: Pending
Description
The Empion mine (a portmanteau of EMP and Ion) was a deep-space mine designed to pull ships from hyperspace and disable them.
The mine consisted of five components: an array of sensors to detect ships in Hyperspace/Subspace; a gravity well projector to pull them from lightspeed; an electromagnetic charge to disable electronics; an ion projector to disable vessels; and a hyperwave/subspace transceiver to report detonations to the minelayer. 
Can be launched from a Missile Tube or Hanger.
Game Notes
Allows Empion Space Mine Payload Starship Component to be added to Starship Designs.
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