Kitsune
Daimyo
Name: Itsumade-class Proton Cannon
Intent: Creation of a standard anti-capital artillery piece that is ground-based or ship-based for the Inari Shogunate to utilize, and the Izanami Ironworks to utilize in its future starship vessel construction projects.
Development Thread: N/A, will be completed if necessary
Manufacturer: Izanami Ironworks
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Inari Shogunate
Modularity: Yes
- Starship-based Firing Platform
- Vehicle-based Firing Platform
- Ground-based Firing Platform
Material:
- External Duraplast Plating
- Ferroceramic and Quadanium Alloy Internal Hull
- Duravlex Internal Construction
- Hadrium Cannon Barrel
Size: Artillery Piece
Length: 9.6 meters
Weight: 1.2 metric tons
Ammunition Type:
- Universal Adapter to any Starship, Vehicle, or Facility Power Generator
- Proton Shells
- Breech Loader with Manual Reload (1 Round in Artillery Piece)
Fast Reload: 1 seconds, risk of jamming - Standard Reload: 3 seconds
- Automatic Reload: 6 seconds
Effective Range:
- Minimum: 60 m
- Maximum: 6000 m
- Single-Shot
Fast Reload: 30 rpm - Standard Reload: 20 rpm
- Automatic Reload: 10 rpm
Crew Requirements:
- Automatic
1 Commander - 1 Gunner
[*]Standard
- 1 Gunner
- 1 Loader
[*]Optimal
- 1 Commander
- 1 Gunner
- 3 Loaders
Special Features:
- Automatic Loader System: The weapon has an automatic loading system, although it is much slower than manual reloading and more susceptible to mechanical failure due to the complexities of the loading process itself. Therefore, manual reloading is much more efficient, being faster and less susceptible to failure, and the automatic loader system instead provides assistance is provided built-in computer systems to the loaders of the weapon. This assistance comprises of readying new shells to be quickly loaded as well as repulsor generator systems to lessen the weight of the shells when being loaded.
- Built-in Targeting Computer: Enhances sensor, compensating for dark, hazy, smoky or other visually impairing conditions and provides display data specific to the weapon's current operating mode and current targets within the vicinity. The sensors include infrared, StarVision low-light enhancement, and thermal. The weapon system, in addition, calculates the angle necessary for each spot and can be calibrated with tactical maps in order to precisely and accurately fire specific locations: therefore, terrain or obstructing obstacles are of no issue. The Itsumade-class Proton Cannon is even able to fire between starship formations with deadly accuracy and precision.
- Various Firing Platforms: The weapon system has a variety of firing platforms which maybe utilized: starship-based, vehicle-based and ground-based. However, the Itsumade-class Proton Cannon has limited vehicle-based usage due to its size and single shot, manual breech loading nature: thus, the firing platform is rarely placed on tanks, and most often placed on large barges or towed by vehicle on a mobile firing platform.
- Devastating Proton Shells: The proton shells of the Itsumade-class Proton Cannon are powerful, being able to deal significant damage to its targets. The damage of a proton shell is more powerful than a proton torpedo, roughly equalling the strength of a space bomb.
Strengths:
+ High Damage Output
+ Accurate and precise
Weaknesses:
- Cost
- Slow rate of fire
- High crew requirement, and greater susceptibility to loading error
- Immobile and difficult to house within starships
Quality: 3
Production Cost: 45,000 credits
- Material Cost: 12,000 credits
- Manufacturing Cost: 27,000 credits
- Labor Cost: 3,000 credits
- Assembly Cost: 3,000 credits
Description:
Created and manufactured solely by Izanami Ironworks, the Itsumade-class Proton Cannon is an interesting artillery piece that was based on the J-1 Semi-Autonomous Proton Cannon of the droid armies of the Confederacy and Independent States. Furthermore, designers of the Izanami Ironworks discovered similar technologies in the Skocha-class Main Battle Tank, further prompting them to create a better and larger-scale version of both. Utilizing an assisted loading system coupled with advanced targeting computer systems akin to the droid brains that were used in the J-1 Proton Cannon, the Itsumade-class Proton Cannon stands as a higher-class artillery piece in the galactic battlefront.
When mounted onto ships, the Itsumade-class Proton Cannon requires the construction or repurposing of existing missile launchers, batteries or turrets on ships. The weapon can also be nestled within the ship itself and fired through firing ports, although this requires the ship to be specifically created for the Itsumade-class Proton Cannon or other deck cannons.
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