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- Intent: To create a heavy repeating weapon.
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- Primary Source:
- Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon (Legends)
- Manufacturer: First United Astral Engineering
- Affiliation:
- First United Astral Engineering
- Nonexclusive Buyers (No Permission Required)
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: FAE/W-05 “Kopa Khan” Rotary Cannon
- Modularity: Yes
- May be Utilized as a Man Portable Heavy Weapon or Installed in Different Vehicle/Fighter/Starship Platforms, and Emplacements with Power Generator/Reactor Link.
- Emplacements/Mountings May be Fitted with Armor, Shields, Additional Sensors, Defensive Equipment, and Other Misc. Systems/Equipment, Armor/Ship/Vehicle Size Dependent.
- Can Link to Virtually any Electronics, Sensor Suite, HUD, Artificial Intelligence, or Targeting System. Rail Interface May accommodate a Number of Attachments.
- Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel, Agrinium, Polycarbonate, Rubber, Duraplast, Dedlanite, Titanium, Myoflex, Anti-Ray Shield Energy Weapon Components, Flash Cannon Components, Internal Circuitry, Anti-Ion/EMP Agrinium and Duraplast Faraday Cage Mesh Construction Surrounding Electronics
- Classification: Anti-Ray Shield Rotary Particle Beam Cannon - Comparable to a Medium Chaingun
- Beam Color/Appearance: Magenta - Coruscating Visual Texture
- Beam Velocity: 1224 m/s
- Size: Average │ Large (Power Generator Link)
- Weight: Average │ Heavy (Power Generator Link)
- 39 Lbs. (17.69 Kilograms) │ ~51-62 Lbs. (~23.13-28.12 Kilograms)
- Ammunition Type: Tibanna Gas Cell
- Ammunition Capacity: Average
- 275 Shots Per Tibanna Gas Cell
- Effective Range: Average │ Battlefield (Power Generator Link)
- 300 Meters │ 2500 Meters
- Rate of Fire: Low
- Mechanical Rate of Fire: 900 RPM
- Stopping Power: Extreme
- Recoil: High
- Ammunition Counter and Cautionary Pulsar
- Weapon Integrity Reader
- Continuous CryoBan Cooling Coil System (Incorporated Heat Sinks) / Heat Radiator Shroud
- Firing Mode Selector
- Burst Fire (2-10 Shot Burst; Variable Settings) and Automatic
- Precision Targeting Computer (Integrated With all Factory Optics)
- Interfacing, Uplink, and Networking Capability
- Pyrowall and Echo Pulse
- Holographic HUD Display and Manual Targeting Reticule (In Event of Jamming)
- MFTAS
- Target Imaging System (Unable to Penetrate Stealth Technology)
- Thermal, Infrared, Low Light, and Ultraviolet Imaging System
- Variable Zoom (1-50x)
- Automatic Zero Adjustment
- Anemometer Sensor
- Ambient Air Density Sensor Module (Temperature Sensor, Humidity Sensor, and Barometer)
- Gravity Sensor
- Rangefinder
- Interfacing, Uplink, and Networking Capability
- Fire Linked Functionality (If Applicable)
- Rapid Rotation/Tracking Weapon Platforms (If Applicable)
- Automatic Emergency Containment Field Deployment (Triple Redundant Safety Systems)
- Automatic Bipod (If Applicable)
- Electronic Safety
- Actuating Modules
- Autosteady Gyro Gimbal System
- Anti-Light Reflection Lens Coating (If Applicable)
- Standard Rail Interface System (Combat Sights, Scopes, Grips, Etc.)
- Genetic Code and Dermatoglyphic Operator Verification/Security System
- Combat De-Ionization System
- Ambidextrous Support
- Damage Output: The Kopa Khan has an extreme damage output for a weapon of its class, capable of defeating molecularly dense materials, including armor and chitin up to a light vehicle scale, functioning along the vein of an anti-materiel energy weapon. The Kopa Khan’s bolts also explode on contact, making them somewhat difficult to defend against for lightsaber wielders.
- Powered Performance: When linked to a power generator, typically in a vehicle platform, the Kopa Khan will enjoy a longer effective range, allowing it to maintain optimal performance across the distances of most conventional areas of engagement.
- Anti-Ray Shield: The energized plasma beams fired by the Kopa Khan possess a rare energy frequency, lending them the capability of bypassing ray shields in the manner of a solar ionization weapon. However, they can be intercepted by Molecular, Xythan Force, Arkanian, Verpine, and most other types of defensive barriers capable of defending against energy weapons.
- Heavy Weapon: Though average weight for a weapon of its class, the Kopa Khan is a heavy weapon, necessitating that it be treated as such. Firing on the move is generally not possible for an unaugmented human or a Near-Human operator. Linking the weapon to a mobile power generator will further increase the weight, however, this is typically only done for vehicle and emplacement mounts and very rarely for infantry use.
- Rate of Fire: In a class defined by the ancient, yet still competitive Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon, a weapon capable of discharging "roughly 166 discrete full-powered shots per second", the Kopa Khan has an abysmal rate of fire by comparison, with a maximum cycle rate of only 15 full-powered shots per second. Naturally, the Kopa Khan is inferior as a suppressive fire platform compared to its ancient cousin.
- Heat and Recoil Generation: The Kopa Khan's recoil primarily manifests as powerful physical kickback and quick heat generation, both of which may act as limiting factors to the weapon's sustained rate of fire in combat, though these effects may be mitigated, but never entirely eliminated, by firing the weapon in short bursts.
As First United Astral Engineering's second attempt at a man portable heavy weapon, along the vein of a rotary plasma cannon, the FAE/W-05 "Kopa Khan" Rotary Particle Beam Cannon is intended as a versatile platform for both infantry and vehicle use, with extreme potential damage output at the cost of rate of fire. In terms of size and weight, it is roughly average in its class, though the weapon is still quite heavy for a man portable platform. However, the Kopa Khan's weight is offset by its effectiveness and potential lethality, with enough energy output to function as an anti-materiel weapon across its effective range. As such, it may be extremely lethal against infantry and light vehicles, with potential to chip away at the armor of medium vehicles when used en masse and/or with highly concentrated fire.
However, the Kopa Khan suffers from a strong recoil and overheating issues, both of which act to limit its effective rate of fire under typical operating conditions. Nevertheless, the designers maintain optimism for the weapon, with plans to integrate it into First United Astral Engineering's present and future lineup of vehicles, starships, and other host platforms.
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