Perks

Perks are the additional combat and resource benefits created by having a Bot or Upgrade installed onto the ship body.

Each bot has their own set of two perks that offer a variety of attack, defense, speed, or resource-based benefits. The rarer they are, the more perks they can unlock; upgrades, on the other hand, vary widely in utility, with each variation of perks (abilities, rather) being immediately stronger than their predecessor the harder they are to decrypt and assemble.

There are many ways to create a powerful combination of upgrades and bot perks, so choose the setup that works best for you!

Types of Perks
Perks come in four classes of bonuses, each with their own types of perks:

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Offense
Bonuses that offer boosts that aim to improve your fighting chances. They come in the form of:

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Primary Attack Perks
Primary Damage, Status, Attack Range, Attack Rate, Attack Size, Laser Knockback, and Big Attack Knockback boosts

- Special Attack Boosts
Special Damage, Status, Knockback, Charge Speed, Grapples, and Missile boosts


 * Grapples include Throw Force, Grapple Range, and Grapple Time boosts
 * Missiles include Missile Homing Time and Missile Velocity boosts



- Damage Modifiers
Primary Damage vs Shields, Primary Damage vs No Shield, Primary Damage vs Bugs, Special Damage vs Shields

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Tank
Bonuses that offer boosts that aim to let your ship take a beating. They come in the form of:

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- Ship Defense Boosts
Health, Shield boosts
 * Shields include increased shields and recharge time reductions

- Damage Resistance Boosts
Status Resistance, Melee Resistance, Projectile Resistance, Bug Resistance, Knockback Resistance, and Explosion Resistance boosts



- Auxiliary Defense Modifiers
Shoot Down Missiles, Shield-Pop Repel, Reflect Melee, Barrier Size

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Speed
Bonuses that offer boosts to the speed of various combat-related components. Considering this, however, they tend to cross the line between other class perks. They mainly come in the form of: __________________________________

- Engine Boosts
Acceleration, Top Speed, Turbo Time boosts



- Combat Boosts
Laser Velocity, Missile Velocity, Shield-Pop Slow Mo boosts

- Crossover Boosts*
Special Charge Speed, Fragment Decryption boosts

''*Are able to obtain perks from other classes. The full list is currently unknown.''

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Lab
Bonuses that offer boosts to research, bot support, and salvaging. Their ambiguity in benefits tend to cross the line between other class perks. They mainly come in the form of:

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List of Perks
(later: describe each perk in detail, and link the perks above to each sub-header of that perk.)

(also be sure to link a list of bot series that contain the perk) test