Approved Ranged Weapon Reality Fracture Cannon Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

• Intent: To create a devastating Sith alchemical weapon system that tears through shields and armor by weaponizing gravitational dissonance and void-borne energy, designed for use on terrifying Kainate vessels or stations like Nexul Station.
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  • Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
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• Manufacturer:
  
  • Kainate Gravitects
  • Shadow Mind
  • Malsheem Shipwrights
• Affiliation:
  
  • The Kainate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Reality Fracture Cannon Mk. I
• Modularity: No
• Production: Semi-Unique (Equipped only on specific space stations or warships tied to the Kainate)
• Material:
  • Sith Rune-Inscribed Blackstone
  • Alchemized Sarrassian Iron
  • Obsidian Voidshards Lenses
  • Gravimetric Pulse Crystals
  • Nethersteel Skeleton Frame

• Classification: Gravitic Implosion / Exotic Energy Weapon
• Size: Very Large
• Weight: Very Heavy
• Ammunition Type: Condensed void energy siphoned from the dark side and alchemical gravitic cores
• Ammunition Capacity: Very Small (One blast every few minutes due to charge requirements)
• Effective Range: Extreme (Effective at mid-to-long orbital engagements)
• Rate of Fire: Very Low (Slow-charging but immense impact)
• Damage Output: Extreme (Capable of bypassing shields and tearing warships apart)
• Recoil: None (Fixed emplacement)

• Fires a compressed bolt of void energy infused with gravitational instability. The bolt appears as a twisting mass of darkness and starlight, howling silently through the void as it warps space in its path.
• On impact, the bolt implodes, creating a localized gravity fracture that can crush hulls, warp space, or collapse ship sections. The resulting rupture pulls matter inward with irresistible force, twisting bulkheads like paper and erasing entire rooms in seconds.
• Bypasses most shielding by destabilizing space around the target instead of striking it directly. Even the most advanced deflectors fail to register it as a threat until their environment is already folding in on itself.
• Draws on focused dark side energy and void-sourced instability, demanding full integration with a station or vessels power network for stable operation. Without a strong metaphysical and infrastructural tether, the weapon risks tearing its host platform apart from within.
• Emits a reality-distorting wake that scrambles nearby sensors and targeting systems. Ships caught in the vicinity experience instrument drift, false readings, and moments of total spatial disorientation.
• Weapon must be powered down and cooled after repeated firings; gravimetric backlash can tear it apart if mismanaged. If fired too soon or too often, the cannon's own stabilizers begin to fracture, threatening catastrophic implosion at the source.

• Shield-Penetrating Void Impact: Tears through energy shielding by detonating space itself, rather than impacting it conventionally. Traditional defensive systems are bypassed entirely, as the bolt manipulates the battlefield's dimensional structure rather than relying on brute force.
• Catastrophic Hull Damage: On hit, causes localized implosions capable of collapsing ship superstructures or creating critical decompression zones. Entire sections can vanish in moments, with twisted metal and fractured decks sucked inward into unnatural spatial collapse.
• Sensor Scrambling Aftershock: Warps readings and targeting systems in its wake, hindering response. The residual wake leaves a field of distorted data, forcing enemy systems to reboot or recalibrate in the middle of battle.
• Psychological Terror: The cannon is as much a horror as it is a weapon, crews fear its sound alone. The guttural hum followed by a thunderous space-rip cracks morale before the bolt even lands, driving fear into even seasoned officers.

• Extremely Slow Rate of Fire: Long recharge time between shots due to unstable energy demands. Each shot requires careful energy modulation and ritual stabilization, limiting its use to decisive, calculated moments.
• High Risk of Backlash: Misalignment or damage to the gravitic stabilizers can cause weapon failure. If the system destabilizes mid-cycle, the cannon could implode internally or rupture surrounding decks with uncontrolled gravitic shock.
• Energy Sink: Draws enormous power from the station or vessel. Firing often necessitates rerouting power from secondary systems, including shields, comms, or auxiliary functions during charge windows.
• Ineffective Against Small Targets: Best used against capital ships or structures; wasted against starfighters or maneuverable craft. Its targeting system lacks the precision for nimble threats, and the destructive power is overkill for anything less than a capital hull.
• Force Nullification: While the Reality Fracture Cannon is primarily powered through gravimetric energy, its void-tearing effect is stabilized and amplified by a dark side metaphysical framework. In Force-null zones (such as Ysalamiri fields or Voidstone interference), this framework weakens, reducing the weapon's range and accuracy while increasing the risk of misfire. It can still function, but at reduced effectiveness and with increased system strain. Caution is required when operating in these conditions.

There are weapons that kill, and there are weapons that erase. The Reality Fracture Cannon is the latter, a dark side-born gravimetric device forged not to destroy ships, but to annihilate the very fabric of reality they occupy. Developed in secret beneath the obsidian halls of Nexul Station and refined through countless forbidden experiments under the malefic engines of Malsheem, this weapon was never intended for war. It was conceived as a ritual executioner of entire battlefields. Unlike conventional energy cannons, the Reality Fracture Cannon does not fire projectiles. It launches void tears, bolts of compressed spatial dissonance encased in Sith alchemical containment, drawn from gravimetric rifts and siphoned dark side anomalies. These are not blasts of light or fire, but fissures in reality itself, howling fragments of broken space that hunger to collapse.

Upon impact, the bolt implodes with a cold, crushing silence before releasing a spatial fracture, a localized gravitational collapse that bypasses all conventional shielding. The devastation it leaves behind is not a smoldering ruin, but a hollow absence. Hulls are twisted inward. Decks buckle into themselves. Entire compartments vanish, as if they were never built at all. The act of firing is itself an event. The cannon hums in a deep, abyssal tone that resonates with the bones of nearby crew, followed by a thunderous crack, as though the universe is being torn open. Reality shudders. Matter screams. Ships die not with fire, but with silence.

Systems in the blast radius often suffer immediate sensor failure or spatial drift, as the cannon's distortion wake lingers in the void. Its power is tethered to void-aligned core systems, requiring full integration with a vessel or station's dark side energy network. Without it, the weapon becomes unstable, prone to rupture. As such, only the vessels or stations closely bound to the dark side in the Kainate, such as Nexul Station, Malsheem, or other important vessels, dare house such a thing. This is not a siege weapon. It is not a simple defense system. It is a curse. A gravitational invocation. A message to the galaxy:

Even space will obey the Kainate.

 

[MANIAC]

Darth Prazutis

Another cool sub, please try to not abuse it.

Approved.