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Auxiliary subsystem power

Check what uses it—and how.

By Alan Payne · Updated October 17, 2026

Auxiliary power supports weapons and abilities specifically designed to scale with it. Many science abilities and exotic effects grow stronger with higher Auxiliary; check the individual effect.

Temporal Disruptors use Auxiliary both for their power-based weapon damage scaling and as their firing supply. Preserving Auxiliary while firing helps sustain their weapon damage.

An ability can scale with Auxiliary without consuming it when activated. Being a science ability or dealing exotic damage does not automatically establish Auxiliary scaling.

What to check: what uses Auxiliary, what scales with it, and what actually drains it?

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