Unreviewed Breshig War Forge Consolidated GMR-N-series Nagnol-gas Guided Mass-driver Rounds

[Shuklaar Kyrdol]

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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Breshig War Forge Consolidated.
• Affiliation: Breshig War Forge Consolidated and Strill Securities.
• Material: Mass-driver round components, nano missile components, Reinforced Duraplast Ultramesh liner, Ultrachrome electronics.
• Modularity: Variants exist for all the company's mass-driver (including accelerator cannon) weapon offerings and for all rounds manufactured for those weapons. For example, a guided high explosive Verpine Shatter round chambered for the HAC-03H Heavy Accelerator Cannon would be the GMR-NH or guided mass-driver round, Nagnol, heavy.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Payload: Nagnol gas dispersal charge.
• Targeting System Link: Initial target acquisition and designation is done through the round's short-range link to the 'Jai'galaar Sur'haai' Sensor and Targeting Suite or compatible systems..
• Guidance Modes:
  • Active Homing:
    • Pre-launch: The round downloads target information from the targeting system.
    • Launch: The round's targeting microcomputer completes preliminary planning for maneuvering and plots the course.
    • Midcourse: The targeting microcomputer compares initial target information to sensor data and decides whether any maneuvering or course changes are required.
    • Terminal: The round switches to laser gyroscope inertial guidance for the terminal phase, preventing broad spectrum jamming from affecting it to a large extent.
  • Control Guided:
    • Pre-launch: The round downloads target information from the targeting system.
    • Launch: The round's targeting microcomputer completes preliminary planning for maneuvering and plots the course.
    • Midcourse: The targeting microcomputer compares initial target information to sensor data from the HUD or optic decides whether any maneuvering or course changes are required.
    • Terminal: The round switches to laser gyroscope inertial guidance for the terminal phase, preventing broad spectrum jamming from affecting it to a large extent.
• Dumbfire: The rounds can still be fired without a target being set and will instead detonate once their maximum detonation distance is reached.
• Rear-facing Comm Laser
• Sensor, Scanner and Tracking Suite: The round's guidance microcomputer creates a composite sensor picture by cross checking data from all of its sensors when in guidance modes where it actively uses the to acquire/track targets.
  • Dedicated Energy Receptor
  • Electro Photoreceptor
  • Gravity-wave Anomaly Tracker
  • Silhouette Signature Tracking

STRENGTHS

• Minimal Miss Chance: Given the high velocity of mass-driver rounds and the added evasion mitigation and the ability to course correct that the guided rounds have the chance of actually missing a target is greatly lowered.
• Jamming Resistant: The composite sensor, scanner and tracking suite prevents broad spectrum jamming from affecting it to a large extent.
• Tracking: The round does not require the targeting system to be constantly locked onto the target during the target acquisition and assignment phase, just to be tracking the target.
• Sensor Blind: These rounds prevent sensors, scanners, targeting and tracking systems from seeing through the cloud of gas.
• Barrage: These rounds may be fired as part of a barrage to be able to create a larger, longer lasting cloud if so desired.

WEAKNESSES

• Targeting System Required: The round requires a compatible targeting system to mark targets, switch guidance modes and the like.
• Limited Maneuvering: These rounds are incapable of making any dramatic maneuvering. They can account for last minute evasion attempts by most targets, or be arced around or over the edge of cover, but nothing more.
• Resolution: The round's own sensors don't have the highest resolution due to the fact that they have be both hardened and miniaturized, and as a result the round's ability to engage low-profile infantry targets such as those with reflec coated armor and the like while using active guidance mode is notably limited.
• Non-lethal: These Nagnol gas rounds are designed to disperse Nagnol gas at the target location and are entirely incapable of doing any real damage to targets.
• Double Blind: These rounds work both ways, preventing sensors, scanners, targeting and tracking systems from seeing through the cloud on both sides.
• Gas Expansion: Gas disperses quickly in a vacuum, the payload is best used for creating temporary blind spots and the like.

DESCRIPTION

Based on the GMR-series of rounds with the addition of a fuze to set the round's detonation distance with a gas cannister in place of the main series' myriad configurations, the GMR-N serves as an addition to a commander's tactical toolkit. Due to the realities of space, the round is relegated to niche use cases but is still invaluable in the hands of a skilled commander.

These rounds greatly decrease the chance of unsuccessful target engagement due to the high velocity of most mass-driver rounds and the added evasion mitigation and the ability to course correct. The rounds are also convenient to use, as they do not require targeting system to be locked onto a target during the target acquisition and assignment phase, just to be tracking it. This allows gunners or automated systems to stay focused on the task at hand without having to focus on operation of the guided round. Additionally, the round is jamming resistant, as its composite sensor, scanner and tracking suite prevents broad spectrum jamming from affecting it to a large extent.

These rounds create a two-way sensor blind spot, preventing sensors, scanners, targeting and tracking systems from seeing through the cloud on both sides. To mitigate the gas expansion phenomenon these rounds are usually fired as part of a barrage to be able to create a larger, longer lasting cloud if so desired. The round cannot function without a compatible, connected targeting system to mark targets targets, switch guidance modes and the like. Though if such a system were to malfunction, the round can still be dumb fired like a 'standard' mass-driver round. Though guided, the rounds are only capable of limited maneuvering. They can account for last minute evasion attempts by most targets, or be arced around or over the edge of obstacles, but nothing more. The major downside with the round, however, is the comparatively lower sensor resolution. The round's own sensors don't have the highest resolution due to the fact that they have be both hardened and miniaturized, and as a result the round's ability to engage low-profile small-sized targets such as those with reflec coated armor and the like while using active guidance mode is notably limited.