Jack Sandrow
Writer, Character, Invasive Species
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To craft a weapon system for Sylva Vitae usage in space
- Image Source: Me, I made it!
- Canon Link: Uses particle beam collimators
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Plem Cells (SWRPC), Particle Beam (Wookieepedia)
- Manufacturer: Sylva Arma, through Sylva Vitae
- Affiliation: Sylva Vitae
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: 'Solis' particle beam - SASV 01.0140.2
- Modularity: Yes; can be compiled into larger and more powerful beams.
- Production: Limited
- Materials: Plem cells (energy conversion), L. ferra (structure), V. sanguinea (energy & nutrient transfer)
- Classification: Particle beam
- Size: Very Large
- Weight: Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Plem cell energy storage
- Ammunition Capacity: Average
- Effective Range: Extreme
- Rate of Fire: Very Low
- Damage Output: Very High
- Recoil: Very Low
- Designed for usage in vacuum, the Solis particle beam uses concentrated Plem cell energy to collimate and then fire outwards in a potent, powerful energy beam.
- Due to the chaos and unpredictability of atmospheric effects, the beam is not just ineffective, but potentially extremely dangerous in-atmosphere.
- With a steady supply of nutrients, the beam can be used as much and as often as required
- Almost Recoilless
- As an energy weapon, it is an extremely stable firing platform.
- Extreme Range
- Designed for use in vacuum, the beam travels at the speed of light, giving it an effective range of 'line-of-sight' in space.
- High Damage
- Particle beam weaponry has commonly been used for low rate-of-fire, high damage attacks in the past. This is no different.
- SV Self-Repairing
- Compatible with all SV biotech, the weapon is capable of repairing itself over time, if it has been damaged.
- Vacuum-only
- Using a different kind of particle beam weaponry than standard technology, the Solis beam is effective only in vacuum. If used in atmosphere, the beam dissipates within only tens of meters, and loses all potential energy in half that distance, rendering it effectively a long-range laser pointer. This also makes it ineffective as a space-to-ground weapon.
- Low ROF
- As each beam requires time to charge and fire, the weapon is useless as point-defense, and next-to-useless as fighter weaponry.
- Heavy for its size
- As with all SV biotech, the Solis weapon is dense for its size.
- SV Only
- And as with all SV biotech, the Solis weapon is incapable of using ammunition other than what is SV-compatible.
Grown from a gourd-shaped ovoid comprised of Lignis ferra wood studded with Plem cell units, the biomechanism is adjusted for massive collimation of energy. Trading rate of fire for damage, the Solis beam is an effective starship-to-starship weapon, compatible with all Sylva Vitae biotech. Utilizing an older particle beam style of weaponry, the Solis beam allows for massive damage at extreme ranges, but trades that for zero utilization in-atmosphere and very low rate of fire besides.
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