D I R E C T O R
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a capital ship-grade armor-piercing shell.
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- Manufacturer: Roble Manufacturing
- Affiliation: Closed Market
- Model: RMAF-BC23 Proximity-Detonation Shell [320mm]
- Modularity: No
- Production: Mass Produced
- Material:
- Classification: Anti-Aircraft Shell
- Size: Very Large
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Explosive Type: Kuradium Warhead
- Delivery Method: Fired
- Effective Range: Long Range
- Area Of Effect: Average
- Stopping Power: Extreme
- Flow lines across the surface of the metal and the ballistic design of the shell allow for an aerodynamic design that emphasizes round velocity.
- Transmitter produces low-level radio waves once the shell is launched.
- Reciever triggers shell detonator once the radio waves are bounced back.
- Proximity Detonation: The RMAF-BC23 produces low-level radio waves that naturally bounce off of metals, such as those used in starfighter hulls. Once these metals are bounced back to the shell, the receiver will trigger the detonator resulting in a proximity detonation. This takes out much of the telemetry that would otherwise be needed to accurately gauge an enemy craft's height, making any anti-air weapon more efficient and effective.
- Starfighter Shredder: The combined force of the kuradium explosion and deadly impervium shrapnel shards means that the shell has the potential to be extremely lethal to starfighters and similar-sized craft.
- No Discrimination: The proximity detonator of the RMAF-BC23 is by necessity crude, and cannot distinguish between friend or foe. Operators must still be careful in aiming, or they risk shooting down friendly spacecraft.
- Organic Material: The proximity detonator works only when an enemy fighter is constructed out of some sort of metal; organic ships, such as Vong craft, will not trigger the detonator and thus make the shell an effective dud.
The RMAF-BC23 Proximity-Detonation Shell is Roble Manufacturing's new line of anti-fighter ordnance, designed to be fired from large batteries of cannons in which the sky can be filled with explosive kuradium and ripping shrapnel. The entire effectiveness of the shell is centered around its proximity-detonation feature. All metals naturally reflect radio waves, and the RMAF-BC23 capitalizes on this with a low-level radio transmitter. After being fired, the radio transmitter begins to broadcast low-level radio waves - if a wave is bounced off a starfighter's hull and picked up by the receiver, then the receiver will trigger the detonator to explode the shell. The transmitter only broadcasts in a short radius, ensuring that a starfighter has to be in code enough proximity that the blast of the shell will sufficiently damage it. The proximity detonation makes the RMAF more efficient, eliminating much of the telemetry that is normally needed when firing normally-timed shells. However, the proximity detonation is crude and will not distinguish between friend or foe, and organic craft will render the detonation useless and the shell a dud. Despite that, the RMAF-BC23 is a very powerful and effective shell that will no doubt be the bane of many starfighters to come.
