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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit a next-generation flak gun for Aurora Industries to use and sell
- Image Source: https://www.deviantart.com/prototype516/art/AA-Turret-02-258408226
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- Primary Source:
- Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
- Affiliation: Aurora Industries
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: AI-FG "Leshach" Flak Gun
- Modularity: Can be configured in various forms (turrets, single cannons)
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Magdymium (Interior of the barrels, magnetic coils)
- Dallorian Alloy (Interior coating of the barrels)
- Alusteel (Exterior of the barrels, plating)
- Ramuh Power Core
- Classification: Flak Gun
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type:
- Shrapnel Shells (Burst Setting)
- Neutronium-impregnated Doonium Slugs (Rotary Setting)
- Ammunition Capacity:
- Average (Burst Setting)
- Small (Rotary Setting)
- Effective Range:
- Average (Burst Setting)
- Personal (Rotary Setting)
- Rate of Fire:
- High (Burst Setting)
- Very High (Rotary Setting)
- Damage Output:
- Low (Burst Setting)
- Average (Rotary Setting)
- Recoil:
- Average (Burst Setting)
- Average (Rotary Setting)
- Continuing the design philosophy of the Entite series of weapons, the Leshach has two different firing settings:
- When in Burst Setting, the Leshach makes use of traditional shrapnel shells fired at a high rate of speed to intercept enemy missiles, torpedoes, warheads, and even interceptor-class starfighters with a cloud of shrapnel that will detonate warheads that enter the cloud.
- When in Rotary Setting, and as a first for Aurora Industries' flak guns, the system makes use of the same ammunition core system that the company uses in its mass driver cannons, albeit using a neutronium-impregnated doonium core instead of the new neuranium one. Rotary Setting is design to unleash a rapid barrage of small rounds, over 6,000 per minute, that will tear through enemy fighters and bombers advancing on the equipped ship for attack and bombing runs. Slugs launched in this setting travel at roughly 30km/s and, upon impact against an enemy starfighter hull or particle shielding, will squash or shatter to impart the maximum amount of kinetic energy on the target.
- The two ammunition types used by the weapon are stored in separate parts of the weapon to allow a quick and easy transition between the two at the press of a button by the gunnery crew.
- Leshach Flak Guns can be configured as a single cannon or into various turret configurations depending on the ship design.
- Leshach Flak Guns have two different firing modes, depending on the situation determined by the firing crew as they can switch between modes with a push of a button and the bridge officers. This gives officers more flexibility during engagements, and can allow them to have different sections of the ship firing in disparate ways.
- The use of the new Aurora Industries material, Magdymium, combined with a Ramuh Power Core dedicated to the weapon allow it to launch projectiles at much greater speeds than previous flak guns.
- Due to the very high rate of fire when the weapon is in Rotary Mode, it can very swiftly deplete the Doonium core and force the gunnery crew to reload in a possibly inconvenient time.
- While Burst Mode does create a cloud of shrapnel, it is not effective against fighters that are above an interceptor as the shrapnel is more designed to intercept enemy warheads, torpedoes, and missiles.
The fifth weapon designed by Aurora Industries' Project Entite, the Leshach Flak Gun continues the general theme of versatility that the engineering team was given along with the directive of increasing the firing rate of the weapon over the previous Scutum model. The new weapon was designed around a dual ammunition system to accommodate its two different firing modes, going with standard shrapnel shells for the first setting and the company's ammunition core system for its second setting. Utilizing the same materials as in the Gnoma Mass Driver, the team was able to create a weapon that was highly resistant to the heat and friction generated by the high rate of fire they desired for both settings.