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Kinetic Energy Weapons
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Edric Vanyan
The Historian King
I personally prefer a ion cannon and mass driver combination over that of Turbolasers due to their ability to disable the enemy over out right destroying them. As such because they are not restricted and are canon weapons, INCLUDING railguns, i really dont see any reason not to have them unless you make them a main gun much like a massive hyper-velocity cannon. Infact the current ship i have in the Factory has Mass Drivers and Railgun weaponry both on it.
Fabula Caromed
Belle of the Brawl
I don't remember us having them, but that doesn't mean they're restricted. Remember, new weapons go in the tech area. New ships go in the ship area.
Domino
Warden of the Ice
[member="Ashe the Reaper"] They're allowed up to a point, you can't have a giant spinal mass driver like in the Halo series but you can use that tech. Anti-planetary scale weapons would also be looked at very closely. Other than that, have fun with them, I myself made a tank with a rail gun.
[member="Arthur David Hardrada"]
[member="Arthur David Hardrada"]
Shells moving at several k/s don't severely damage a disabled ship?Arthur David Hardrada said:
Edric Vanyan
The Historian King
[member="Domino"]
Nononono not what i meant. I meant they are easier to keep track of systematic destruction, especially with Railgun weaponry which sole purpose is to tear into enemy hulls and nothing more. No explosions no nothing, just metal flying at a unhindered speed, cutting into the hull of a ship and causing a vacuum to tear the life from the ship's inhabitants. Where as with Laser weaponry, it causes assured damage through heat and energy discharges, causing damage in a much different way as well as possibly removing the ability to salvage the ship's... its not a massive difference and mass drivers can hold the same potential but there are notable differences.
Nononono not what i meant. I meant they are easier to keep track of systematic destruction, especially with Railgun weaponry which sole purpose is to tear into enemy hulls and nothing more. No explosions no nothing, just metal flying at a unhindered speed, cutting into the hull of a ship and causing a vacuum to tear the life from the ship's inhabitants. Where as with Laser weaponry, it causes assured damage through heat and energy discharges, causing damage in a much different way as well as possibly removing the ability to salvage the ship's... its not a massive difference and mass drivers can hold the same potential but there are notable differences.
Lord of Girth
If you have ever heard o kinetic bombardment then you would know that it does more than just go through ship hulls.Arthur David Hardrada said:
Nyxie
【夢狐】
The displacement of kinetic energy from even the smallest round is enough to cause a nifty little crater in the ground. They fire solid, cap slugs.
That is all. :3
However, I do keep in mind that rail guns in particular should always be a set scale smaller than lasers or ion cannons, especially since they're good against shields and hulls outright.
Gauss Cannons are actually pretty average for their size. Mass Drivers are about 1/12 up to 1/3 (.5-2km/s) the speed of a Rail Gun on average (as a Rail Gun can be potentially faster). Things like those two I've never subbed before, and I probably won't have to start now.
That is all. :3
However, I do keep in mind that rail guns in particular should always be a set scale smaller than lasers or ion cannons, especially since they're good against shields and hulls outright.
Gauss Cannons are actually pretty average for their size. Mass Drivers are about 1/12 up to 1/3 (.5-2km/s) the speed of a Rail Gun on average (as a Rail Gun can be potentially faster). Things like those two I've never subbed before, and I probably won't have to start now.
Kung Seilois
Freelancer Extraordinaire
[member="Arthur David Hardrada"]
Naval Rail Gun A video of a rail gun designed and created for the Navy. You can see it firing as well as what it does. Depending on how fast the round is traveling, 6-10 times speed of sound is average for most railguns in fiction, and the size of the projectiles; you will get 'explosions' from the Kinetic Energy being released. Better known as displacement.
The reason it just 'goes through' metal or walls without causing a large explosion is because the walls give in before enough of the Kinetic Energy is dispersed. If you were to fire it at the ground, it is going to make a very large crater.
Hope this answered any questions for you.
Naval Rail Gun A video of a rail gun designed and created for the Navy. You can see it firing as well as what it does. Depending on how fast the round is traveling, 6-10 times speed of sound is average for most railguns in fiction, and the size of the projectiles; you will get 'explosions' from the Kinetic Energy being released. Better known as displacement.
The reason it just 'goes through' metal or walls without causing a large explosion is because the walls give in before enough of the Kinetic Energy is dispersed. If you were to fire it at the ground, it is going to make a very large crater.
Hope this answered any questions for you.