Four Armed Goddess
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Creation of a line of railguns for ship use for my new tech company
- Image Source: my creation (low poly as it is taken from larger ship file)
- Canon Link: none
- Permissions: none
- Primary Source: none
- Manufacturer: Archangel Manufactorum
- Affiliation: Hanaya Enzar
- Market Status: Closed market
- Model: AM75MLA
- Modularity: Weapon designed to be mounted on either turret or fixed position mounts
- Production: Mass produced
- Material:
- Weapon components
- Magnetic generation systems
- durasteel
- Carbon-nanofilament internal rail coating
- Tungsten Magnetic Projectiles
- Classification: Rail gun
- Size: Very large
- overall length 70 metres
- Weight: Very heavy
- each gun around 900 tons
- Ammunition Type:
- 70cm diameter Tungsten magnetic projectiles weighing 11 tons
- Ammunition Capacity:
- Large magazine capacity
- Effective Range: Extreme
- in a vacuum the projectile will continue to travel almost indefinitely and is only limited by tracking and targeting technology
- Rate of fire: High
- For a gun of its size the rate of fire is fairly impressive
- Damage Output: Very High
- Kinetic impact equivalent to approximately 9 turbolaser hits
- Recoil: Extreme
- Guns specifically designed to be put into variety of housings
- High velocity projectile - time to target is low making leading targets simple
- Little loss of power over distance - low drag in space means they are barely slowed, the weapons are just as effective at maximum range as close range
- slow moving and heavy weapon - tracking anything smaller than a capital ship is nearly impossible with these guns
- very specific ammunition parameters - when these run out of ammunition they cannot simply be recharged with more tibanna gas. the raw metals need to be refined and machined to the exact specification. This is can often be done on board the largest ships but it time, space and energy intensive.
- Collateral risk - Magnetically driven projectiles lose little speed over distance and can potentially pose a risk if used in built up areas and caution is advised when fighting in system. This can potentially be exploited as Captains may be reluctant to shoot their larger MLA weapons at a ship which has placed itself between them and a friendly world.
- Designed to operate in vacuum - whilst these guns can work in atmosphere, the drag of the air slows them dramatically and reduces their effectiveness quickly over distance
These guns accelerate a very heavy solid metal projectile up to extreme speed. The weapon destroys its target with kinetic impact with the sudden transfer release of energy causing large amounts of heat and pressure damage.
