ADM. Reshmar
Directorate Officer Fleet Admiral SJC 3rd Fleet
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Intent: To create a rapid fire point defense weapon for anit-projectile and anti-fighter duty.
Development Thread: If Needed
Manufacturer: Mon Calamari Shipyards
Model: MC1001 "Barracuda-class" Point Defense Laser
Affiliation: Mon Calamari Shipyards
Modularity: None
Production: Mass Production, Open Market to all light side affiliated companies,and factions
Material:
Classification: Point Defense Laser
Size: Ship Mounted
Length: 1 meters
Weight: 550 kg
Ammunition Type: Reactor fed Energy
Ammunition Capacity: Unlimited (Reactor)
Effective Range: Short (1 km)
Rate of Fire: High (Repeating) 12 per second
Special Features:
* Fast Tracking mount
* Anti-projectile
* Anti-attack Craft
* Fire for effect mode
Strengths:
* High Rate of fire
* Fast Tracking Mount
Weaknesses:
* Single Mount Only
* Less powerful per bolt than standard laser cannon
* Short Range
* Power Draw
* Cost
Description: With the work on the M1000 so successful the engineering team at the Mon Calamari Shipyards have taken the lessons learned as well as the new development Technics developed during the MC1000 project to create a smaller version with a higher rate of fire for point defense applications. The MC1001 Barracuda-class Point Defense Laser is a state of the are Anti-projectile and Anti-attack Craft weapon based on the MC1000. It utilizes much of the larger weapons design and offers a needed small counter weapon for point defense.
The MC1001 is a high rate of fire single muzzel energyweapon which utilizes Large Energization crystal, which as much larger than the normal types used in laser scale weapons in conjunction with an advanced Laser Actuator and advanced Energy Converter Valve to give it a much hight rate of fire than most contemerary laser weapon systems.
Each bolt is processed and gauged so that the increase in rate of fire can be countered by the cooling systems. Each bolt fires is less powerful than standard weapon systems of this size but given the high rate of fire equate the standard Laser Canon in power just spread more bolts per minute.
Mounted on fast tracking mounts the MC1001 can track and destroyer incoming torpedoes and missiles, Target fast moving attack craft, and even fire for effect operations which create a wall of defensive fire against almost any type of kinetic weaponry.
The MC1001 is an advanced defensive weapon but comes with a price tag. Just like its bigger variant the MC1001 costs four time as much as most standard contemporary weapon systems. Its size is also much larger than standard point defense laser cannons.
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OOC Note: Thie weapon is equvivlant to two laser cannons
