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Intent: To provide a Lucerne Lab's branded hypervelocity cannon for future submissions
Development Thread: If necessary
Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
Model: Angon-class Hypervelocity Cannon
Affiliation: Closed Market
Modularity: Ammunition
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Dallorian Alloy Barrel, Durasteel internals, Quadanium steel armor plating, electronics
Classification: Projectile Cannon
Size: Capital Ship-Mounted Weapons System
Length: 30 meters
Weight: 200 metric Tons
Ammunition Type: Slugs/projectiles, Deutrium-Baradium Nitrate propellant
Ammunition Capacity: Dependent on host (effectively unlimited for most large ships)
Effective Range: Long-range Capital ship
Rate of Fire: 3 round burst every 12 seconds
Special Features:
-Variable Munitions
-Counts as an Extreme Emplacement for ship building purposes (20 points, same as a normal hypervelocity cannon)
Strengths:
Long Range: The Angon has an exceptionally long range which is marginally greater than that of long-range turbolasers.
High Damage: Like most hypervelocity cannons, the projectiles of the three round burst travel with a high degree of velocity, which makes their impact more capable of beating down or breaching through shields and armor compared to the average projectile weapon.
Variable Ammunition: The Angon's feeding system is designed to support a wide array of munitions, which provides its users with some tactical flexibility. However, the Angon can only carry up to two different types of ammunition into a battle.
Weaknesses:
Slow Fire Rate: The Angon has a noticeably slower overall rate of fire compared to turbolasers and many other mass drivers.
Poor Tracking: The Angon is a cumbersome weapon, which usually makes it difficult to target small or fast capital ships.
Limited mounting Options: The Angon is incapable of being mounted as a turret on any ship smaller than 500 meters because of its complicated breech and feeding system. Consequently, ships smaller than 500 meters can only carry Angons in fixed positions.
Description: The Angon is a middle technology hypervelocity cannon built on Lucerne Lab's experience with the Trident-class Autocannon. Like that weapon, the Angon is an electrothermal-chemical gun that uses a laser to ignite liquid Deutrium-Baradium Nitrate, which then expands into a plasma that drives the munition out of the Angon's 24 meter long barrel. Like most hypervelocity cannons, the Angon is specifically optimized to excel at long-range combat. The breech assembly is capable of holding a large amount of fuel, which combined with the weapon's long barrel, leads to the rapid and efficient expulsion of projectiles from the weapon's barrel. Through the use of multiple propellant injectors and dual feeding mechanisms, the Angon can effectively fire a three shell burst, where each shell is separated by a mere second, after which it requires a twelve second cool-down. The resulting impact of the three closely-spaced rounds can oftentimes shatter and pierce through the defenses of lesser vessels. However, the engineers at Lucerne Labs were dissatisified with merely achieving standard results, and thus further developed the breech section to accept multiple ammunition types. This does not only include the use of different shell types, most of which are derived from the Trident's ammunition, but also includes capital grade warheads fitted in protective sabots. When fired in this manner, the warheads appear to be normal dumb fire shells before igniting their engines as they near their target. While this loading system does grant tactical flexibility to the Angon's users, it is also exceptionally large and complicated, which effectively limits the mounting options of the weapon compared to conventional hypervelocity cannons. Still, many fleets believe the trade off in firing arcs for different munition types is worth the options afforded to them:
Solid Slug: The classic choice of most hypervelocity cannons, and the most commonly carried by Angon users because of its low cost. This shell is composed of depleted baradium encased in a durasteel jacket. The high density of depleted baradium makes this projectile well suited for piercing through thick armor, but it doesn't nearly have a large area of effect compared to many explosive counterparts. It does tend to produce shrapnel to fly around where it penetrates however, which can lead to significant if somewhat haphazard internal damage to enemy targets.
Proton Shell: A fairly conventional explosive shell seldom used because it does not take advantage of the Angon's high velocity. It uses refined Nergon-14, just like the average proton torpedo, to produce wide-area explosion with little penetration upon impact with the target. Proton shells are frequently used for area of effect bombardments of slow moving or stationary targets.
Boarding Shell: This shell is a mostly hollow container composed predominantly of a mirrsteel and tekonite frame which encapsulates a passenger compartment filled with shock-absorbing gel fluid and a shield disruptor. Each shell can carry a single large humanoid wearing heavy armor or another equivalent. Ideally, the shield disruptor allows passage of the shell through shields while the frame and gel fluid provide protection to the passenger to withstand the impact. This construction typically does not allow the boarding shell to penetrate through a hull or otherwise damage the target vessel, but rather gets the passenger on top of the hull. Because this is an exceptionally hazardous mode of travel, most passengers are disposable battle droids, though exceptionally foolhardy or desperate organics have been known to use the shell from time to time.
Warhead Sabot: This shell is actually a warhead encased in a plasteel sabot that fully seals the barrel, allowing the expanding plasma from the deutrium-baradium nitrate mix to impart velocity to the projectile. The warhead travels in this protective sabot for almost half of is journey through space. When it peels off, the warhead typically coasts forward under is high velocity before activating its engines as it nears its target. This sabot shell can encapsulate warheads up to eight meters long, which allows it to effectively carry some larger warheads, though it cannot carry ultra-heavy warheads such as assault concussion missiles, strategic missiles, intruder missiles, or other exceptionally powerful warheads.
Primary Source: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/92791-trident-class-autocannon/]Trident-class Autocannon[/url]
Intent: To provide a Lucerne Lab's branded hypervelocity cannon for future submissions
Development Thread: If necessary
Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
Model: Angon-class Hypervelocity Cannon
Affiliation: Closed Market
Modularity: Ammunition
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Dallorian Alloy Barrel, Durasteel internals, Quadanium steel armor plating, electronics
Classification: Projectile Cannon
Size: Capital Ship-Mounted Weapons System
Length: 30 meters
Weight: 200 metric Tons
Ammunition Type: Slugs/projectiles, Deutrium-Baradium Nitrate propellant
Ammunition Capacity: Dependent on host (effectively unlimited for most large ships)
Effective Range: Long-range Capital ship
Rate of Fire: 3 round burst every 12 seconds
Special Features:
-Variable Munitions
-Counts as an Extreme Emplacement for ship building purposes (20 points, same as a normal hypervelocity cannon)
Strengths:
Long Range: The Angon has an exceptionally long range which is marginally greater than that of long-range turbolasers.
High Damage: Like most hypervelocity cannons, the projectiles of the three round burst travel with a high degree of velocity, which makes their impact more capable of beating down or breaching through shields and armor compared to the average projectile weapon.
Variable Ammunition: The Angon's feeding system is designed to support a wide array of munitions, which provides its users with some tactical flexibility. However, the Angon can only carry up to two different types of ammunition into a battle.
Weaknesses:
Slow Fire Rate: The Angon has a noticeably slower overall rate of fire compared to turbolasers and many other mass drivers.
Poor Tracking: The Angon is a cumbersome weapon, which usually makes it difficult to target small or fast capital ships.
Limited mounting Options: The Angon is incapable of being mounted as a turret on any ship smaller than 500 meters because of its complicated breech and feeding system. Consequently, ships smaller than 500 meters can only carry Angons in fixed positions.
Description: The Angon is a middle technology hypervelocity cannon built on Lucerne Lab's experience with the Trident-class Autocannon. Like that weapon, the Angon is an electrothermal-chemical gun that uses a laser to ignite liquid Deutrium-Baradium Nitrate, which then expands into a plasma that drives the munition out of the Angon's 24 meter long barrel. Like most hypervelocity cannons, the Angon is specifically optimized to excel at long-range combat. The breech assembly is capable of holding a large amount of fuel, which combined with the weapon's long barrel, leads to the rapid and efficient expulsion of projectiles from the weapon's barrel. Through the use of multiple propellant injectors and dual feeding mechanisms, the Angon can effectively fire a three shell burst, where each shell is separated by a mere second, after which it requires a twelve second cool-down. The resulting impact of the three closely-spaced rounds can oftentimes shatter and pierce through the defenses of lesser vessels. However, the engineers at Lucerne Labs were dissatisified with merely achieving standard results, and thus further developed the breech section to accept multiple ammunition types. This does not only include the use of different shell types, most of which are derived from the Trident's ammunition, but also includes capital grade warheads fitted in protective sabots. When fired in this manner, the warheads appear to be normal dumb fire shells before igniting their engines as they near their target. While this loading system does grant tactical flexibility to the Angon's users, it is also exceptionally large and complicated, which effectively limits the mounting options of the weapon compared to conventional hypervelocity cannons. Still, many fleets believe the trade off in firing arcs for different munition types is worth the options afforded to them:
Solid Slug: The classic choice of most hypervelocity cannons, and the most commonly carried by Angon users because of its low cost. This shell is composed of depleted baradium encased in a durasteel jacket. The high density of depleted baradium makes this projectile well suited for piercing through thick armor, but it doesn't nearly have a large area of effect compared to many explosive counterparts. It does tend to produce shrapnel to fly around where it penetrates however, which can lead to significant if somewhat haphazard internal damage to enemy targets.
Proton Shell: A fairly conventional explosive shell seldom used because it does not take advantage of the Angon's high velocity. It uses refined Nergon-14, just like the average proton torpedo, to produce wide-area explosion with little penetration upon impact with the target. Proton shells are frequently used for area of effect bombardments of slow moving or stationary targets.
Boarding Shell: This shell is a mostly hollow container composed predominantly of a mirrsteel and tekonite frame which encapsulates a passenger compartment filled with shock-absorbing gel fluid and a shield disruptor. Each shell can carry a single large humanoid wearing heavy armor or another equivalent. Ideally, the shield disruptor allows passage of the shell through shields while the frame and gel fluid provide protection to the passenger to withstand the impact. This construction typically does not allow the boarding shell to penetrate through a hull or otherwise damage the target vessel, but rather gets the passenger on top of the hull. Because this is an exceptionally hazardous mode of travel, most passengers are disposable battle droids, though exceptionally foolhardy or desperate organics have been known to use the shell from time to time.
Warhead Sabot: This shell is actually a warhead encased in a plasteel sabot that fully seals the barrel, allowing the expanding plasma from the deutrium-baradium nitrate mix to impart velocity to the projectile. The warhead travels in this protective sabot for almost half of is journey through space. When it peels off, the warhead typically coasts forward under is high velocity before activating its engines as it nears its target. This sabot shell can encapsulate warheads up to eight meters long, which allows it to effectively carry some larger warheads, though it cannot carry ultra-heavy warheads such as assault concussion missiles, strategic missiles, intruder missiles, or other exceptionally powerful warheads.
Primary Source: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/92791-trident-class-autocannon/]Trident-class Autocannon[/url]
