ARES
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a new 512mm mass driver cannon.
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Hailstone, Mars
- Manufacturer: Primo Victorian Shipwright
- Affiliation: Primo Victorian Shipwright | First Order
- Model: VWC-HVD-FB801 "Ares"
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Animated Metal Sealant
- Durasteel Reinforced Depleted Baradium
- Ionization Field Components
- Mass Driver Components
- Gauss/Coil, Electromagnetic Rail Components
- Classification: Mass Driver Cannon
- Size: Very Large
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Depleted Baradium Shells
- Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Large
- Effective Range: Average - Long Range
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Stopping Power: Very High
- Recoil: Average
- The Ares is a 512mm Depleted Baradium Shell, with an animated metal sealant for its jacket.
- Shells are typically packed with thermite, and all shells are packed with an electromagnetic exciter disk in the rear of the shell.
- An anti-ion mesh lines the shell beneath the animated metal sealant.
- There are some shells that are packed with collapsium gas, and liquid baradium.
- Ionization of the shell may be done by enabling the artillery unit’s ionization field.
- There is an option to pack shells with crystadurium ball bearings that have been coated in ardanium with the idea to create more shrapnel upon impact. [Ball Bearing]
- Encapsulated tibanna gas accompanied by baradium-impregnated detonite encased in a conductive shell, can also be packed into shells. [Plasma]
- A neuranium-tunqstoid core sits in a normally thermite packed shell, although thermite still lines the interior of the shell. This shell is then filled with whatever amount of beryllium fuel it can handle, before being capped. It is capped with a shock-buffing core to prevent the shell from shattering on impact. [APCR]
- These shells contain a secondary electromagnetic exciter disk, along with pellets of collapsium gas and liquid baradium. The pellets are then surrounded with refined Nergon-14. As the shell is sealed, tibanna gas is pumped into the shell and capped with a designed-for-fragmentation durasteel lead. [Seismic]
- Thermite gel along with encased conflagrine-14 may also be packed into the shells, with g-20 glop grenade components. [Incendiary]
- Fast track mounting and fire-link capable, built-in heuristic data processing for performance improvement.
- Single target tracking, and automated lock-on/lead system.
- Internal temperature check, automated fail-safe, and containment system.
- Range-finder and built-in range sensors, automated warning for incoming fire.
- Gauss/coil firing-mechanisms, electromagnetic rails.
- Dedicated power generator with crystal chamber matrix featuring boreas and energy crystals. Includes heatsinks, fans, and built-in cooling devices to prevent the cannon from overheating.
- Recoil control management systems, internal inertial dampeners, and kinetic energy absorption systems.
- Remote-activated exciter disk sensor system, remote detonation monitor, emergency detonation override system.
- Triple-barrel design allows for more effective damage output, with an option for a twin-barrel design.
- Impact: Hard-hitting 512mm mass driver cannon meant to create large amounts of damage.
- Range: Effective at average (standard) range to long-range
- Size: Unable to effectively target vessels twenty-five meters or smaller.
- Vulnerabilities: Can be affected by ion/emp weapons
Replacing the Hailstone and Mars-type mass driver cannon, the Ares follows the streamlined building process as the Polemos, Deimos, and Taygete before it. The difference being that the Ares packs a 512mm mass driver shell with two unique shells to its name. The APCR and Seismic shells with the former designed more for penetration, and the latter for sheer damage.
The Ares development began early 861 but halted as other projects came into play. Development continued in mid 863 with the final touches being placed in early 864. Production of the Ares-type mass driver cannon set up in late 864 ABY. Given the Ares' role to replace the Hailstone and Mars, it needed to continue with the legacy of its incendiary shells but keep with the idea that each gun developed by Primo Victorian would bring something unique to the field of battle.
This includes the aforementioned APCR and Seismic Shells. The APCR however is designed to be lighter - allowing it a higher muzzle velocity with the kinetic energy of the shot then focused in a smaller area. However; with increased effectiveness on the penetration of target on impact. The Seismic Shells have a designed-for-fragmentation durasteel lead with a stable explosive component of Nergon-14. This was done to ensure damage output without worrying about premature detonation. Of the two unique shell types, the APCR is most effective within average range whereas the Seismic Charge is most effective in the long-range.
Otherwise, the Ares-type Mass Driver Cannon's shells are simply larger variants of its smaller counterparts. Given the size and weight of the cannon itself, it is not recommended to be placed on anything smaller than a 2km ship. The recommendation is that it should sit on a ship or station at least 5km in size, however; if additional inertial dampeners are in place prior to the installment of the gun - the ship or station could then perhaps seat the cannon without concern for the cannon's recoil.
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