PERSEPHONE
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a 234mm Mass Driver Cannon.
- Image Source:
- Canon Link: Mass Driver Cannons
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: BL 9.2 inch MK IX - X Naval Gun
- Manufacturer: Primo Victorian Shipwright
- Affiliation: Primo Victorian Shipwright
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: VWC-HVD-RS092 “Persephone”
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Animated Metal Sealant
- Durasteel Reinforced Depleted Baradium
- Ionization Field Components
- Mass Driver Components
- Ardanium
- 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
- Damage Output: Very High
- Recoil: Average
- The Persephone utilizes 234mm depleted baradium shells that have been augmented with ardanium increasing the shell’s strength when in the presence of radiation. Beneath this layer is a layer of durasteel that has been reinforced and is coated in an animated metal sealant.
- An anti-ion mesh lines the shell beneath the animated metal sealant.
- Shells are typically packed with thermite, and all shells are packed with an electromagnetic exciter disk in the rear of the shell.
- 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]
- A shaped charged round leads this, encapsulated tibanna gas accompanied by baradium-impregnated detonite encased in a conductive shell. [Plasma]
- Caps are fitted with proton-scattering warheads, locked and sealed into the shell is a powerful ion capacitor that on launch begins to energize the tibanna gas so that on impact the proton-scattering warhead is that much more effective. [Proton]
- Fast track mounting and fire-link capable, built-in heuristic data processing for performance improvement.
- Single target tracking, and automated lock-on/lead system.
- Recoil control management systems, internal inertial dampeners, kinetic energy absorption systems, and emergency Newtonium liquids.
- 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 a crystal chamber matrix featuring boreas and energy crystals. Includes heatsinks, fans, and built-in cooling devices to prevent the cannon from overheating.
- Remote exciter disk sensor system, remote detonation monitor, emergency detonation override system.
STRENGTHS
- Impact: The Persephone’s 234mm shells are designed to hit with a furious impact, her proton-type shells have the added possibility of splash damage due to the conical shape of the warhead.
- Range: Unable to effectively engage in short-range combat.
- Size: Unable to effectively hit targets smaller than twenty-five meters.
- EMP/Ion: Can be affected by EMP/Ion weapons.
The Persephone-type mass driver cannon is part of the stepping stone project to connect the Polemos’ 8” guns up to the Taygete’s 16” guns. Built on the same heavy-hitting principle as all Primo Victorian mass driver cannons. Like other models, the Persephone specializes in a particular type of shell, this time it is proton.
While smaller than what most capital ships might carry, it’s larger than most starfighters but the shell itself makes sure that the payload hits just as hard as if coming from a full-on battlecruiser. Coupled with the fact that the Persephone can be fitted as a twin, or in rare cases a triple barrel cannon it makes her fire for effect that much more impressive.
Even so, the Persephone is not without weakness, she’s most effective at standard or long-range combat. Ineffective at short-range and has trouble pinpointing starfighters and the like. The time it takes her to track, load, and fire lead on target most smaller craft would have been able to avoid her fire. The cannon itself is more vulnerable to EMP/Ion, and thus should be taken into account when building into new ships or replacing older guns.
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