John Locke
V U L K A N
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To flesh out a piece of canon tech and submit a specialized weapon for use on later submissions
Image Source: ArtStation
Canon Link: Shield Leech Weapon
Primary Source: N/a
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: Locke and Key Mechanics
Affiliation: Company Name: Locke and Key Mechanics
Model: Daikoku Cannon
Modularity: No
Production: Limited
Material: Electronics, Matrix armour
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Energy Transference Weapon
Size: Average
Weight: Average
Ammunition Type: Energy leech
Ammunition Capacity: Effectively unlimited
Reload Speed: None
Effective Range: Average
Rate of Fire: High
Stopping Power: High
Recoil: None
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Can drain energy from ships to be used to sustain the ships shields.
- Can transfer energy from the ship using the weapon to reinforce the shields of an enemy.
- When used on a ship without shields can drain energy directly from the ship being targeted.
- All your shields are belong to me: The Daikoku Cannon can strip away a ships shields, using the energy sucked away to reinforce the ship’s own shields even as it strips away yours.
- Pick you up: If an allies shields drop, the Daikoku allows for the transfer of shield energy from the host ship to be transferred to another ship.
Weaknesses:
- No Shield? No Problem!: The Daikoku is a pure shield manipulator, if a ship has lost its shields, or have no shields then the ships hull prevents the energy drain from affecting the internal systems unless battle damage opens up the ship's internals to the outside.
DESCRIPTION
The inspiration for the Daikoku started, as so much does, with a trip to the historical archives, a look back through history for any references or ideas which had the potential to change the course of a war, or at least provide Locke and Key mechanics with an advantage in the ever-changing and shifting field. A shield is, in the end, a shell of energy projected into space to wrap around a ship or space station, a shell which the Shield Leech Weapon of the Zann Consortium
This was a weapon that had...potential, a lot of potential and John decided to look more into it. It was during this study that he realised that what he had on his hands was not a shield drain exactly, it was an energy leech. It was that discovery that lies at the core of the weapon, in order to strip shield energy from another ship the basic weapon has to be able to drain energy from a shield, but if it can drain energy from a shield, then the same technology would allow energy to flow the other way when the polarity was reversed. Taking energy from the ship the weapon was mounted on and transferring it to another ship to shore up its shields.
