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Image Source: http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/images/Morningstar.gifIntent: To come up with a starfighter and capship-mounted weapon capable of knocking ships around, rather than doing any real damage.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Defiance Consolidated Multipurpose Manufacturing
Model: Mace Kinetic Energy Weapon
Affiliation: Open market
Modularity: No
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Duraplast(main body), durasteel(barrels), energy crystal(power source)
Description: The Mace was designed by Subach-Innes as an alternative to standard laser cannons on a fighter. For ammunition, the weapon uses very thin turadium sabots, smaller in diameter than a strand of wire. When the weapon is fired, the sabot is encapsulated by what is very similar to shield plasma and launched at an enemy fighter. Upon impact, the plasma is absorbed by the enemy shield, doing minor damage, while the sabot itself impacts the hull of the enemy fighter, physically knocking against it. With enough fire, an enemy ship can be knocked around and forced off its original course, giving a fighter a perfect chance to destroy it with lasers or a well-placed missile. With sustained fire of one to two minutes, an enemy fighter could be destroyed, but the per-second and per-shot damage rates of each individual projectile are so low that it's really only useful as a tactical weapon. Due to this lack of damage, even civilians can legally mount Maces on their ships.
Classification: Energy-coated particle weapon
Size: Ship-mounted(can replace any standard laser cannon on a warship or fighter)
Length: Same as a typical laser cannon
Weight: Same as a typical laser cannon
Ammunition Type: Durasteel particulate coated with shield plasma
Ammunition Capacity: Near-infinite.
Range: 800m effective, 1200m maximum
Rate of Fire: Full-auto (6.67 shots per second)
Special Features: Can knock around enemy ships, but does very little shield or hull damage. Will have trouble knocking around anything corvette-sized or larger. Does more shield damage than hull damage.
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