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"The Archangel is not designed to defend a world against Invasion, it is designed to stop the Invasion altogether." - Doctor Asher Malvern
- Intent: The Archangel Hypervelocity Shrapnel Cannon is designed to inflict critical damage to Capitol Ships and enemy fleets.
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- Manufacturer: Dynetech Industries
- Affiliation: Illyria, The Confederacy
- Model: Archangel Hypervelocity Cannon Prototype
- Modularity: No
- Production: Unique
- Material: Nightshadow Coating, Durasteel frame, Ultrachrome Barreling, Titanium Plating
- Classification: Hypervelocity Gun {Surface to Air}
- Size: Extremely Large
- Weight: Extremely Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Reinforced Titanium Slug Shrapnel Canister
- Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Small
- Effective Range: Extreme
- Rate of Fire: Very Low
- Stopping Power: Extreme
- Recoil: None
- Sensor Baffling Coating: To ensure that it is extremely difficult to target this weapon it has been coated in a heavy layer of Nightshadow. This makes it extremely difficult to detect through many conventional means, however the sensor coating is unable to hide the extremely large energy outputs that the cannon releases when it fires.
- Shield Generator: This fixed gun is outfitted with a state of the art Molecular deflector shield. As the weapon itself creates a massive drain to any power source that provides it with energy, these shields can become a buffer for the massive power requirements of the gun.
- Advanced Security Network: A number of redundant systems protect this gun from being externally hacked. These systems are designed with a number of encrypted firewalls and network defense programs that make timely remote hacking virtually impossible.
- Long Reach: The Hypervelocity gun was designed to defend a planet's upper atmosphere from invasion, due to this function the gun is capable of launching it's devastating payload into the reaches of space to assault enemy fleets before they are able to reach the world's atmosphere.
- Devastating Effect: This gun fires a single metallic canister at staggering speeds. The canister explodes into a hellfire of projectile shrapnel that will shred through many ships with ease. Undefended ships, without proper shielding or damaged defense systems would be nearly helpless from defending from the weapon, however ship's designed to withstand impact from projectiles would have a better chance of surviving the weapon.
- Slow Firing Rate: The gun is only capable of firing off one payload at a time. After firing off the canister, the gun needs a chance to recharge otherwise it could deal irreparable to the power systems connected to it.
- Power Generators: There are two medium-sized power generators sitting behind the gun, without both of these generators in functional condition the Archangel gun will not be able to fire.
The primary planetary defense weapon for Illyria, the Archangel Hypervelocity Gun is a massive surface to air cannon. The gun runs off a dual power generator system which supplies the massive weapon with it's incredible energy supply. The gun itself is built around a planetary fortress that supplies the world with fighter-defense units. The gun is covered in a Nightshadow overlay to ensure it is not easily detected when preparing to fire or after it's energy systems have cooled down. The gun is capable of firing massive metallic canisters into the space around it's defending planet. These canisters alone are easily capable of puncturing the hull of a Capitol ship, however it is what inside that deals a devastating blow. Each canister, which around around fifty meters in length, carries a payload of Durasteel projectile shrapnel rounds. These spiked rounds are designed to tear through undefended ships and leave them in havoc. Each payload carries thousands of these rounds however the gun is only capable of firing one payload per every five to ten minutes.