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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To make a starship component for future submissions and role-playing.
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: Visanj T’shkali
Affiliation: Closed-Market
Model: Hephaestus Cannons
Modularity: No
Production: Semi-Unique
Material(s): Dallorian Alloy, Alusteel, Stygian-Triprismatic Polymer Duraplast (Reinforced), Weapon Components
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Heavy Laser Cannon
Size: Average
Weight: Average
Ammunition Type: Laser Bolts
Ammunition Capacity: Virtually Unlimited; pending functionality of ship’s reactor
Reload Speed: None
Effective Range: Battlefield/Battlespace
Rate of Fire: High
Stopping Power: Extreme
Recoil: Average
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Hephaestus cannons are sized for use in small craft and starfighters, but their sheer firepower, range, and high rate of fire make them utterly destructive assets, capable of downing starfighters with ease, even engaging larger vessels as they can penetrate the shielding and armored hulls of light corvettes and destroy small asteroids with one volley. Their recoil however, required that they be fixed into single-direction mountings, limiting their field of fire capabilities. Connected to ship’s power systems and reactors, their ammunition capacity is virtually unlimited, and provided those reactors and systems continue to function properly, the weapons will not exhaust themselves. Specially-designed cooling systems and use of dallorian alloy in their construction prevent overheating, while Stygian-Triprismatic housing confounds enemy targeting.
Intent: To make a starship component for future submissions and role-playing.
Image Source: N/A
Canon Link:
Primary Source: N/A
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: Visanj T’shkali
Affiliation: Closed-Market
Model: Hephaestus Cannons
Modularity: No
Production: Semi-Unique
Material(s): Dallorian Alloy, Alusteel, Stygian-Triprismatic Polymer Duraplast (Reinforced), Weapon Components
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Heavy Laser Cannon
Size: Average
Weight: Average
Ammunition Type: Laser Bolts
Ammunition Capacity: Virtually Unlimited; pending functionality of ship’s reactor
Reload Speed: None
Effective Range: Battlefield/Battlespace
Rate of Fire: High
Stopping Power: Extreme
Recoil: Average
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Exceptional range and precision accuracy.
- Extreme stopping power and destructive capabilities.
- Virtually inexhaustible ordinance.
- Special cooling systems and materials used in the design prevent overheating.
- Stygian-Triprismatic Polymer housing guards against targeting by enemy weapons.
- Extremely powerful long-range precision laser cannons are capable of penetrating the shielding and armor of a light corvette or destroying a small asteroid with a single shot.
- Connected to ship's reactor and power system provides practically unlimited ammunition capacity.
- Fixed position cannons cannot be mounted into swivel or ball turrets without sacrificing recoil mitigation, thus making them single-direction weapons and limiting their field of fire capabilities, making them poor choices for point-defense weapons.
- Directly fed by the ship’s reactor, the cannon becomes absolutely useless in the event of reactor failure or ship’s power loss.
Hephaestus cannons are sized for use in small craft and starfighters, but their sheer firepower, range, and high rate of fire make them utterly destructive assets, capable of downing starfighters with ease, even engaging larger vessels as they can penetrate the shielding and armored hulls of light corvettes and destroy small asteroids with one volley. Their recoil however, required that they be fixed into single-direction mountings, limiting their field of fire capabilities. Connected to ship’s power systems and reactors, their ammunition capacity is virtually unlimited, and provided those reactors and systems continue to function properly, the weapons will not exhaust themselves. Specially-designed cooling systems and use of dallorian alloy in their construction prevent overheating, while Stygian-Triprismatic housing confounds enemy targeting.
