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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a powerful starship weapon.
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- Manufacturer: Roble Manufacturing
- Affiliation: Roble Manufacturing
- Market-Status: Closed-Market
- Model: ATX-20 Sephorim Mass Accelerator Cannon
- Modularity: No
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material:
- Laminanium Superconducting Core
- Dolovite Heat Insulation
- SACG-23S Shock-Absorbent Gel
- Light-Cable
- Duralumin Connecting Plates
- Duravlex Internal Plating
- Duranium Chassis
- Liquid-Aenite Coating
- MRS-04D Omvendt Ablative Inertial Damper
- Liquid Ethylene Glycol Coating
- RGT-BH5 Erebus Particle Collider
- Sybarium Energy Crystal Power Enhancement
- Modified Mass Accelerator/Gauss Coil
- Classification: Mass Accelerator Cannon
- Size: Extremely Large
- Weight: Extremely Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Neuranium Rods
- Ammunition Capacity: Average
- Effective Range: Extreme
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Damage Output: Extreme
- Recoil: None
- Able to accelerate highly-dense neuranium rods to near-hyperspace travel velocities
- Power Generation sourced through dedicated RGT-BH5 Erebus Particle Collider
- Power Generation is located further within a starship's interior to insulate it from damage
- Dolovite-insulated power cables between cannon and power generation
- Provide rapid and efficient transfer of energy
- Rod Fragmentation upon Impact
- Multiple fragments are thrown at random vectors exiting from the original target, can damage nearby objects
- Environmentally-sealed neuranium storage compartments
- Counter-gravitational generators counteract gravitational warping properties
- Stationary Mounted
- Hyperfury: By launching dense neuranium rods at near-hyperspace travel velocities, the mass accelerator cannon can inflict catastrophic damage against capital ships.
- Shield Buster: The speed and density of the neuranium rods severely limit the effectiveness of traditional shielding.
- Chain Destruction: The neuranium rod shatters on impact, and the multiple fragments created can hit nearby objects if they collide with their exit trajectories.
- Big Girl: The ATK-20 Sephorim is a massive weapon, and only ships that are battlecruiser-sized can install the mass accelerator cannon.
- Ablative Armoring: Any type of defensive tactic or technology that slows the velocity of projectiles is able to slow the velocity of the mass accelerator cannon's neuranium rods. This can severely limit the impact damage to the rods.
- Poor Accuracy: As a large and stationary weapon, the ATK-20 Sephorim is slow to aim and only suitable for engagements against other capital ships. Small and quick vessels are virtually impossible to hit with this weapon.
The successor to the powerful ATK-19X Thandarian, the ATK-20 Sephorim is Roble Manufacturing's upgraded mass accelerator cannon intended for installment on battlecruiser-sized vessels. The mass accelerator cannon is designed to accelerate highly-dense neuranium to extremely fast speeds, giving the rod the ability to potentially destroy, severely damage or cripple a targeted ship upon impact. The neuranium rods can also inflict catastrophic damage around an area of impact if fired at a planet's surface, although the cannon lacks the ability to actually destroy a planet outright.
The energy required to power the Sephorim is generated via a dedicated particle collider enhanced by synthetic Sybarium crystals. Highly volatile and subject to catastrophic explosion if severely damaged, the power generation component of the mass accelerator cannon is placed further within a ship's interior to better insulate them from damage. Dolovite-insulated cables run between the cannon and power generation to ensure efficient transfer of energy. To counter the gravitational-warping effects of large masses of neuranium, all rods are stored in environmentally-sealed compartments with counter-gravitational
When fired, the incredibly-dense Neuranium Rods have such a kinetic force behind them that they can essentially slice through a ship; this impact is so much that the rod is destroyed through the process, creating a fragmentation-like effect that sends additional high-velocity shards through a target at random vectors. These fragments can exit the original target's structure and impact nearby objects. While these fragments do not carry the same crippling impact potential as the initial rod fired, these still can cause great amounts of damage, especially when there are large clusters of ships around the original target.
The Sephorim is a stationary mounted weapon, traditionally along the bow of a ship, requiring that ship to maneuver to aim the weapon. This essentially restricts the viable targets of the cannon to large immobile objects or other capital ships; small, fast starships are all but impossible to successfully target with the Sephorim. Despite this, the raw power and damage that the Sephorim inflicts on its target make it a capital killer and a crowning weapon for any starship with it installed.
