Maldor Mecetti
Darth Trigonus
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SPECIAL FEATURES
- Fires hollow cylindrical turbolaser bolts with heavy Neuranium cores
- Provides two damage types to obviate highly specialized defenses: The energetic turbolaser bolt sabot and the penetrating neuranium core for kinetic damage.
- Neuranium ammunition is heavy, causing substantial recoil when fired, so this weapon can only be mounted on the largest vehicles or ships.
- Ground Vehicles must be at least 12 meters in size and have the benefit of resting on the surface of a standard or higher gravity world or placing supports that adhere to the surface.
- Airborne or microgravity (spaceborne) ships must be at least 30 meters in size to survive recoil effects without being destroyed or thrown dangerously backwards.
The Turbolaser Saboted Artillery Cannon was invented by the House Mecetti Nationalized Industries after observing difficulties with standard turbolasers engaging molecularly shielded opponents. Rather than come up with more and more powerful turbolasers to overcome the problem, researchers began to explore saboted, or layered solutions. The Saboted Turbolaser Cannon uses a standard turbolaser 'sheath' surrounding a heavy neuranium core. When encountering shields that provide high energy resistance or absorption, the energy sabot is expended into the shield while the heavy neuranium core penetrated through via sheer kinetic force. The weapon may also benefit in the opposite scenario, where a defense halts the neuranium penetrator but is damaged by the turbolaser energy sheath. Either way, the weapon provides the desired destructive effect. Neuranium is exceedingly heavy, resulting in a weapon with a lot of kick. This limits the size of vehicles and ships which can mount and fire the device.
The Turbolaser Saboted Artillery Cannon is an open market product in Mass Production, available to all organizations and nations who might desire a dual purpose weapon system.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a dual-purpose energy-kinetic heavy weapon.
Technical Information
Affiliation:
House Mecetti Nationalized Industries
Model:
Turbolaser Saboted Artillery Cannon
Modular:
Yes
Effective Range:
Long Range
Rate of Fire:
Semi-Automatic
Material:
Standard Turbolaser Components, Duranium Housing, Artillery Components
Ammunition Type:
Starship Reactor Power or Vehicle power supplemented by 120mm Neuranium slugs
Ammunition Capacity:
Average
Damage Output:
Very High
Recoil:
Very High
Ranged Class:
Other
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