Clan Verd
Intent: To create the standard form in a new form of ship based weapon
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Manufacturer: CIS, Locke and Key Mechanics, Allya Vi'Dreya
Affiliation: CIS, SJO, Allya Vi'Dreya, Locke and Key Mechanics, Eternal Empire
Model: Beta-Class Point of Contact Vibration Beam Cannon (Beta PCVB Cannon, Beta Starshot)
Modularity: Can be mounted in various turrets, and batteries in a wide range of capital ships
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Standard weapon components, shielded electronics
Classification: Point of Contact Vibration Beam Cannon
Size: Very Large
Weight: Very Heavy
Ammunition Type: Power Cell and Gas Canister
Ammunition Capacity: Effectively Unlimited
Reload Speed: None
Effective Range: Battlefield
Rate of Fire: Low
Stopping Power: High
Recoil: None
Sonic Damage
Advanced computer system to modulate beam frequency
Shielded Electronics
Deals Sonic Damage, by causing vibrations when it contacts shields and objects
Highly effective against capital ships, strong against their shielding and armor plating, due to its much higher energy output
Long effective range, allowing it to hit things from a great distance, and with great precision
Can only be attached to Corvette and larger ships
Not good in atmosphere: These larger guns are not good in atmosphere due to the vibrations caused when the beam hits the gas heavy areas of the planet. It also has issues with planetary bombardment due to this effect. It simply doesn't have enough power to overcome this flaw.
Less effective against smaller fighters/bombers/shuttles/transports and the like, due to the increased time it takes to draw the power into the beam, and slower firing times in between beams.
Sounds work by causing vibrations through a medium. Sonic weapons work in this same principle, but usually are restricted in effectiveness if they lack a medium such as air to work through. However, the PCVB Cannon works on a similar simple principle. A cohesive beam of energy is fired at a target, when it hits shields, armor, hull, or just objects, the beam's frequency begins to fluctuate, which causes vibrations in the target. The advanced computer system monitors the beam, and changes the frequency to cause resonance, to attempt to shake the object apart. This makes it effective against shields, armor, hull, and so much more.
The weapons fire a solid beam, that hits the target, and so long as that solid beam is hitting, it causes continual damage. Few materials can stand up for long against this type of treatment.
The Beta is the most standard capital ship equipped version of the weapon. It has great range, and deals a high amount of damage. However, due to the hesitation as the weapons charge their beams, they are very ineffective at dealing with smaller craft. However, the increased power they gain from the larger capital ships they are equipped to, means that they can fire with a much more powerful blast, allowing these weapons to rip smaller capital ships apart.
This weapon is the standard anti-capital ship design.
