Evangeline Ovmar
Commodore Ovmar
Intent: To create a quad heavy turbolaser for use on First Order ships.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: First Order
Model: Despoiler-class Turbolaser
Affiliation: First Order
Modularity: N/A
Production: Mass
Material: Durasteel, Alusteel, and other weapon construction materials
Classification: Turbolaser
Size: Shipmounted
Length: 10
Weight: 30 tonnes
Ammunition Type: Turbolaser
Ammunition Capacity: Turbolaser
Effective Range: Standard naval engagement ranges
Rate of Fire: standard turbolaser RoF
Special Features:
- Heavy, hard hitting fire
- Reliable construction
- decreased weapon spread
A new step forward in ship to ship combat, First Order engineers have produced the Despoiler-class turbolaser.
Designed for pure brutality and the oppression of all foes arrayed against the mighty fleets of the First Order, the Despoiler features powerful internal components installed purely to multiply the raw energy of a standard turbolaser by eightfold*. Though the weapon features the massively increased firepower inherent in the design, First Order engineers found that firing the weapon often destroyed the barrel and occasionally pulled the weapon from its mountings.
The solution came in the form of multiple barrels. Extra components were added to the weapon's internals to split the raw energy into four paths, each leading down one of the four barrels newly mounted on the turbolaser. The innovation allowed the weapon to operate without destroying or damaging the barrels of the weapon and, when coupled with a few inertial compensators, the weapon has ceased damaging its mountings.
The weapon features redundant systems and various compensators that allow the weapon to function with mild to moderate damage and incorporates failsafes in the design to prevent feedback loops of energy that could disable or destroy the machine. In addition, the weapon's barrels are precisely aligned and mounted as well as sighted properly. Coupled with this, the weapon's on board sensors allow a clearer signal between weapon, target, and weapon controls allowing more accuracy and reliability for the weapon, though far less than if linked to a dedicated advanced targeting computer*.
(For gun count reasons, the weapon is essentially a Heavy, Quad turbolaser - 1x2x4=8)
*Eightfold shoved down four barrels means reduction in power to twofold per barrel... so a x2 modifier. The eightfold shoved down four barrels just sounds better for fluff.
**This is less 'hitting the bullseye' accuracy and more 'tighter weapon spread' type accuracy. Just in case, I added the advanced targeting computer bit to idiot proof it.
