H E L I O S
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To submit an updated version of the Mjolnir for modern factory standards.
Image Source: Denis Melnychekno, Artstation (x) (x)
Canon Link: N/A
Primary Source: Lumen, Particle Beam, Neutron, Ionite, Solar Ionization Cannon, Nuclear Fusion
Manufacturer: Aurora Industries, Primo Victorian
Affiliation: The Sith Empire, Aurora Industries, Primo Victorian | Closed-Market
Model: AVW-SLC2 “Helios”
Modularity: No
Production: Semi-Unique
Material:
Solarium Glasteel Rear Outer Panels, with Polarized Corellian Bloodsteel
Durasteel Reinforced Manganese Brass Chambers
Trilamnium Reinforced Impervium Outer Panels
Quadanium Reinforced Durasteel Frame
Phrik Plated Manganese Brass Interior Panels
Quadanium Reinforced Alusteel Secondary Panels
Reinforced Duraplast and Crystaplast Latticed Liner
Manganese Brass Coated Solar Converter Housing
Sianium Powered Internal Accelerator Mechanism
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Energy Cannon, Matter/Anti-Matter Cannon
Size: Very Large
Weight: Very Heavy
Ammunition Type: Converted Solar Energy, Superheated, Particle Accelerated Ions*
Ammunition Capacity: Effectively Unlimited*
Reload Speed: Slow - Very Slow
Effective Range: Long Range - Battlefield
Rate of Fire: Slow - Very Slow
Stopping Power: High - Extreme
Recoil: High - Very High
A superheated particle beam of light that is capable of breaking through conventional shielding and causing direct hull damage.
Utilizes a magnetic neutron tube to negate [SIZE=10pt]ionite’s[/SIZE] alternate charge, keeping the focus on the weaponized beam coming through the barrel.
Neutronic decay chamber where unwanted charges are broken down.
Sianium powered accelerator mechanism.
Built with inertia compensation and radiation control components.
Heuristic data processing that enables crews to monitor the weapon and evaluate weapon efficiency.
Target lead and lock-on assistance along with rangefinder to ensure effectiveness.
Internal temperature monitor and safety alarm systems, internal radiation and monitoring systems.
Internal radiation flush and cleaning, automated process.
Solar energy converters and energy conversion monitoring systems.
Internal pressure monitor, and Sianium monitor program.
Solar Lance: A weaponized particle beam of light a highly focused lance of solar ionization energy meant to go through conventional shielding, and make contact with an enemy’s hull.
Secondary Effects: A [SIZE=10pt]by product[/SIZE] of the weapon itself an electromagnetic pulse may impact as a secondary effect of the weapon. This may result in the loss of electrical systems within the ship or within the particular section of the ship.
Sianium: Utilizing a Sianium base power generator means the weapon has inherited the same weaknesses, and must keep track of its internal temperature and pressure to ensure the crystal’s safety. A crack in the crystal could cause a massive blow back which would have fatal results.
Corrosion: Due to the type of radiation the weapon is subject to, it is susceptible to corrosion even the tiniest amount of it could have disastrous results for the crew.
Slow: A slow reload and slow rate of fire means the [SIZE=10pt]helios[/SIZE] won’t be able to hit as fast as other types of solar ionization cannons. A break in the firing giving an opponent time to recover.
Range and Size: Once an opposing vessel enters standard combat range (standard turbolaser range) the weapon becomes ineffective. Indeed the closer a vessel is the less effective, Helios is against it and similarly the smaller a vessel the less effective the weapon is. As it is less likely to hit the target within close to standard range and/or if the vessel is below five hundred meters.
The project was initially meant to be successor to the Mjolnir but turned into another project altogether. The Helios Project, following the trend of utilizing the old solar ionization weapons and modernizing them. In this case, the Helios transfers solar energy into a particle accelerator and then pushes this out through a charging barrel that excites or charges the already accelerated particles. Helios’s output is then a highly charged and in this case refocused beam of solar energy.
This refocused beam becomes capable of bypassing conventional shielding causing direct damage to a ship’s hull. This may also shorten out a ship’s electrical systems through an electromagnetic impact as a secondary effect of the weapon. The Helios Cannon is unable to penetrate molecular shielding or other advanced radiation/thermal shielding.
A key feature of the Helios Cannon lies within its particle accelerator, where subatomic particles are propelled until they have attained almost the same amount of energy as found in the core of a star.
When a gunner sends the command for the cannon to fire, stored solar energy is sent into this particle accelerator and then pushed forward through an [SIZE=10pt]ionite[/SIZE] charged barrel where the now highly intensified light beam receives more than a heavy dose of ionization.
What was once solar energy leaves the Helios as an immense beam of tremendous superheated ionized particles of light.
Part of the Helios Project was finding a way to navigate ionite’s alternate charge. The first part of the process was refining the ionite. This meant refining the material into a compound that could be more easily handled by the weapon and the components surrounding it. Second was creating a method to curb that alternate charge into something of a controlled state. Which meant the weapon had to work as something of an alternator itself.
A magnetic neutron capture tube was developed into the weapon. By utilizing neutrons which carry neither positive nor negative charges. But, while it carries a ‘neutral’ electrical charge it has a magnetic value. So as the weapon works its way up through the charging process and is then propelled down the barrel. The magnetic neutron capture tube can then capture or negate the effects of ionite’s alternate charge.
The tube passes these unwanted charges into the neutronic decay chamber which effectively breaks these particles down.
Variations of the Helios are in the works but for now this weapon remains restricted to capital ships over 2000m and is capped at a semi-unique production rate. Once the weapon has been through its first rounds of live testing. Data collected from those tests will be used to determine the variation and redesign of the weapon.
