Shuklaar Kyrdol
CEO of Breshig War Forge Consolidated
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION- Intent: To create a mass-driver autocannon for use by Breshig War Forge Consolidated and its subsidiary, Strill Securities.
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- Manufacturer: Breshig War Forge Consolidated.
- Affiliation: Breshig War Forge Consolidated and its subsidiary Strill Securities.
- Market Status: Closed Market.
- Model: MA-02 Mass-driver Autocannon.
- Modularity: Yes. Ammunition. Can be mounted in a variety of compatible vehicle turrets and stationary emplacement mounts.
- Production: Minor.
- Material: Duranium frame, dallorian alloy coated barrel, Stesr'gar-reinforced duraplast composite reinforcement, cryoban cooling system, enhanced power cycler, dedicated capacitor component, combat de-ionizer, ultrachrome wiring and railgun components.
- Classification: Railgun.
- Size: Very Large.
- Weight: Very Heavy.
- Ammunition Type: 30x165mm rounds, power feed.
- Ammunition Capacity: Small. Two feeds of 400 rounds each.
- Effective Range: Battlefield.
- Rate of Fire: Very High.
- Damage Output: Extreme.
- Recoil: High.
- Cooling Systems: In order to prevent the large amounts of heat generated by the weapon from melting it, the MA-02 has an integrated cooling system that will shut the weapon down in the event of it overheating in order to perform a coolant flush and to allow the weapon to cool down. Most mounting platforms can carry enough coolant for five coolant flushes.
- Variety of Ammunition: Breshig War Forge Consolidated produces a variety of ammunition for the weapon:
- AP: Armor-piercing rounds with a depleted baradium core designed to act as a penetrator upon impact with armor.
- APFSDS: Depleted baradium sabot, designed to penetrate heavy armor.
- High Explosive Incendiary Armor Piercing: Using a deuterium based explosive to trigger a blaster gas incendiary charge (similar to the NOVA40 grenade) before driving a depleted baradium penetrator into the target, the HEIAP rounds are extremely deadly.
- HE: Deuterium detonator rounds designed to explode on contact with a hard surface with a four meter blast radius.
- EMP: Powerful EMP round that has a high probability of causing significant damage to unprotected external systems and causing interference/forcing a reboot in unprotected internal systems.
- Long Range: With a decent sensor package and a capable operator, the weapon's long range can enable it to strike at targets a great distance away.
- Versatile: The weapon can fire a variety of different rounds, giving it the potential to engage virtually any target with the appropriate round.
- High Damage Potential: The weapons' staggering rate of fire combined with its high damage per shot makes the MA-02 a very dangerous weapon.
- Accurate: Provided it is paired with the right sensor and fire control systems, a capable operator could make great use of the weapon's inherent accuracy out to its furthest range increment.
- Resilient: Given that the weapon is designed to be mounted mostly exposed, the MA-02 is designed to be extremely resilient to all manner of damage with a duranium frame, stesr'gar-reinforced duraplast frame and a combat de-ionizer.
- Limited Ammunition Capacity: Compared to equivalent blaster, laser and other heavy energy based vehicle/emplacement mounted weapons, the weapon does have a limited ammunition capacity.
- Feed System Damage: Should the feed system become damaged, then the weapon will only be able to fire the remaining ammunition in the feed from the undamaged portion and 'upward'. The weapon will not be able to loaded with new ammunition till the feed system is repaired.
- Vulnerable to EMP/Ion Damage: If the weapon actually sustains enough EMP/Ion damage, it's accelerator rails will be permanently damaged, requiring a complete replacement of the barrel.
- Cooling System Malfunction: Should the cooling system malfunction or become damaged, the launcher will shut down to prevent a critical operating failure, which could potentially cook off ordnance.
- Power: The weapon requires a constant source of power to fire, and will not fire should the supply be interrupted or fluctuate.
Designed initially as the main gun for the SPAAG-01M Tracyn'buurenaar Self-propelled Anti-air Tank, for which it was designed to be mounted in a dual configuration, the company found that it was also effective as a remote weapon system for their heavy and super-heavy tanks, as well as in fixed emplacements. Unfortunately, because of the cost and time of production, the company has been unable to market the weapon to potential buyers, and as such it remains in exclusive service of Strill Securities.
The weapon's dual barrel configuration allows it to output a staggering rate of fire while minimizing the problem of rail erosion that most railguns face. The weapon's innate accuracy combined with damage potential of the high caliber rounds it fires at extremely high velocities, as well as the sheer selection of rounds, give it a high potential of being able to engage virtually any target successfully.
Given that the weapon is designed to be mounted mostly exposed, the MA-02 is designed to be extremely resilient to all manner of damage with a duranium frame, stesr'gar-reinforced duraplast frame and a combat de-ionizer.
Compared to equivalent blaster, laser and other heavy energy based vehicle/emplacement mounted weapons, the weapon does have a limited ammunition capacity. To compound the problem of a comparatively small ammunition supply, should the feed system become damaged, then the weapon will only be able to fire the remaining ammunition in the feed from the undamaged portion and 'upward'. Additionally, the weapon will not be able to loaded with new ammunition till the feed system is repaired.
In addition to the above, there are two decided flaws with the weapon's design. Firstly, if the weapon actually sustains enough EMP/Ion damage, it's accelerator rails will be permanently damaged, requiring a complete replacement of the barrel. Secondly, should the cooling system malfunction or become damaged, the launcher will shut down to prevent a critical operating failure, which could potentially cook off ordnance.
Regardless, the weapon has been widely adopted by Strill Securities, who are happy to make use of its sheer versatility.
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