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Intent: To make a sub for the hypervelocity guns comprising the main armament of the Pluton-class battleship, since according to the new rule any ship weapon equaling more than forty turbolasers power-wise needs a tech sub.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Defiance Consolidated Multipurpose Manufacturing
Model: Long Range Heavy Hypervelocity Gun
Affiliation: Sith Empire
Modularity: No(comes in single turrets only - no enhancements allowed(dual, quad, heavy, long-range, etc))
Production: Minor
Material: Same as a standard hypervelocity gun.
Description: It's a really, really large hypervelocity gun. Based off the type used in the Yorika, Adamantine, and Adamith-class ships already produced by Subach, this variant is the cream of the crop - it is able to be fitted into a turret similar to the pre-existing HVs-2 hypervelocity gun, and fires heavier and longer-ranged projectiles than the standard weapon. This gun was designed to always get the first hit in, and the five positioned on the Pluton help focus the ship's firepower more than a comparable mass of turbolaser batteries. While the so-called "alpha damage" is excellent, the weapon suffers from a long reload time, and the fewer turrets on the ship mean that enemy craft are more likely to focus their missiles or torpedoes on said weapons, disarming the ship more quickly. Time will tell whether or not larger main armaments are put into service with more ship types, or whether such designs will be tossed by the wayside rather quickly.
Each of the individual weapons have the power of one hundred turbolasers firing consistently at a target. With a low rate of fire of three-quarters of a minute per shot - a rate of fire per gun of 1.33 rounds per minute - each individual shot deals a significant amount of damage, albeit less than a typical hypervelocity gun due to its modestly higher rate of fire. During testing, the guns of the Pluton proved excellent against the old Invictus-class Star Destroyer, the five guns able to pierce its shields and critically damage its bridge beyond economic repair from beyond standard turbolaser range. However, they have not been tested against the current generation of warships.
Classification: Hypervelocity gun
Size: Ship-mounted(equivalent to 25 turbolaser batteries)
Length: Little larger than a standard hypervelocity gun
Weight: Little heavier than a standard hypervelocity gun
Ammunition Type: Hypervelocity projectiles
Ammunition Capacity: Typically 100 projectiles
Range: 8km
Rate of Fire: Single shot(45 second recharge)
Special Features: Is powerful, but takes significant amount of time to reload.
Intent: To make a sub for the hypervelocity guns comprising the main armament of the Pluton-class battleship, since according to the new rule any ship weapon equaling more than forty turbolasers power-wise needs a tech sub.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Defiance Consolidated Multipurpose Manufacturing
Model: Long Range Heavy Hypervelocity Gun
Affiliation: Sith Empire
Modularity: No(comes in single turrets only - no enhancements allowed(dual, quad, heavy, long-range, etc))
Production: Minor
Material: Same as a standard hypervelocity gun.
Description: It's a really, really large hypervelocity gun. Based off the type used in the Yorika, Adamantine, and Adamith-class ships already produced by Subach, this variant is the cream of the crop - it is able to be fitted into a turret similar to the pre-existing HVs-2 hypervelocity gun, and fires heavier and longer-ranged projectiles than the standard weapon. This gun was designed to always get the first hit in, and the five positioned on the Pluton help focus the ship's firepower more than a comparable mass of turbolaser batteries. While the so-called "alpha damage" is excellent, the weapon suffers from a long reload time, and the fewer turrets on the ship mean that enemy craft are more likely to focus their missiles or torpedoes on said weapons, disarming the ship more quickly. Time will tell whether or not larger main armaments are put into service with more ship types, or whether such designs will be tossed by the wayside rather quickly.
Each of the individual weapons have the power of one hundred turbolasers firing consistently at a target. With a low rate of fire of three-quarters of a minute per shot - a rate of fire per gun of 1.33 rounds per minute - each individual shot deals a significant amount of damage, albeit less than a typical hypervelocity gun due to its modestly higher rate of fire. During testing, the guns of the Pluton proved excellent against the old Invictus-class Star Destroyer, the five guns able to pierce its shields and critically damage its bridge beyond economic repair from beyond standard turbolaser range. However, they have not been tested against the current generation of warships.
Classification: Hypervelocity gun
Size: Ship-mounted(equivalent to 25 turbolaser batteries)
Length: Little larger than a standard hypervelocity gun
Weight: Little heavier than a standard hypervelocity gun
Ammunition Type: Hypervelocity projectiles
Ammunition Capacity: Typically 100 projectiles
Range: 8km
Rate of Fire: Single shot(45 second recharge)
Special Features: Is powerful, but takes significant amount of time to reload.
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