BIG Z1776
Baboon with a MAAWS
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
A weapon designed off of the successful J-34 Heavy Proton Cannon, and simplifies the firing of the weapon and increases the firing rate with the advent of ship-board powered autoloaders and ammunition hoists. This weapon is designed to assist CRAF warships in leveling a battle space by giving CRAF's battle line stand-off capability against ships of their own size class. This weapon requires more crew to do maintenance than it needs to work the weapon in combat or it can be set to one of several auto-firing modes, freeing up crew for damage control stations or for opposing enemy boarding parties. These weapons can be emplaced in concrete bases with underground command bunkers and ammo bunkers. RPers will need to be aware of the limitations of this weapon as well as its inherent range advantage over turbolasers, but does not possess an inherent range advantage over railguns.
- Intent: Create a primary heavy ship-mounted weapon for the Crossroads Republic Armed Forces
- Image Source: Based on the Royal Navy's Quad 14-inch Turret.
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Crossroads Defense Industries
- Affiliation: Crossroads Republic Armed Forces
- Model: J-32 Ship-Mounted Heavy Proton Cannon
- Modularity: Can be placed onto ships that have been designed with them in mind.
- Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel, Titanium, Duraplast, Proton Cannon Components
- Classification: Proton Cannon
- Size: Extremely Large
- Weight: Extremely Heavy (~3,400 Tons)
- Ammunition Type: Proton Shells
- Ammunition Capacity: Large
- Effective Range: Extreme
- Rate of Fire: High
- Stopping Power: Extreme
- Recoil: High
- Uses the same barrel and same breach as the J-30 Variable-Trajectory Heavy Proton Cannon, but without the complex variable-trajectory component.
- Comes in two variants, a quad-gun turret and a twin-gun turret, which is basically the same turret, just cut in half.
- This is not a mobile weapon, it has to be mounted onto a large warship or into a fortified base.
- The turret does not require personnel to be inside to operate it.
- Turret is has powerful autoloaders and ammunition hoists, allowing a high rate of fire being fed from large ammunition bunkers.
- Weapon is normally totally slaved to a fire control center, but is able to be manually controlled.
- Very powerful weapon.
- Fast-firing for a proton cannon.
- Doesn't require a lot of power to operate compared to a heavy turbolaser.
- Simpler to maintain than a turbolaser.
- Very accurate weapon at long-range.
- Can only fire in direct-fire mode.
- Very large weapon, not able to be brought to a field battle.
- Slow to traverse, not much use against starfighters and close-in corvettes.
- Large ammunition supply required.
- Requires a powerful fire control station.
A weapon designed off of the successful J-34 Heavy Proton Cannon, and simplifies the firing of the weapon and increases the firing rate with the advent of ship-board powered autoloaders and ammunition hoists. This weapon is designed to assist CRAF warships in leveling a battle space by giving CRAF's battle line stand-off capability against ships of their own size class. This weapon requires more crew to do maintenance than it needs to work the weapon in combat or it can be set to one of several auto-firing modes, freeing up crew for damage control stations or for opposing enemy boarding parties. These weapons can be emplaced in concrete bases with underground command bunkers and ammo bunkers. RPers will need to be aware of the limitations of this weapon as well as its inherent range advantage over turbolasers, but does not possess an inherent range advantage over railguns.
