Weapon and Armour Rebalance v1.0 file

armour (very viable now)
armour/(armour+24) = damage reduction % (battleship has base armour of 24)

lasers (counter armour)
small mount 25% armour penetration
medium 50%
large 75%

disruptors (weaker lasers that hard counter shields)
energy requirements scale as in autocannons
small 150% dmg to shields
medium 200%
large 250%, 25% armour pen

plasma (stronger than lasers but weak vs shields)
energy requirements scale as in autocannons
small 50% armour penetration, 50% damage to shields
medium 75%, 62.5%
large 100%, 75%

mass drivers (pure dps with low accuracy but great range)
small 30 range
medium 40
large 50

autocannons (pure dps with beams accuracy but short range)
unchanged

missiles (100% accuracy and cant be evaded, but weak vs shields and can be shot down)
small 50% damage to shields
medium 62.5%
large 75%

torpedos (missiles answer to shields)
energy requirements scale as in autocannons
small 50% shield penetration
medium 75%
large 100%

late game and special weapons unchanged