Miliek Salusa
Shipbuilder
Ph-40 Mining Laser Turret
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a mining laser for use in future subs.
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- Manufacturer: PhoenixDrive Shipwright Corporation
- Affiliation:
- PhoenixDrive Shipwright Corporation (Manufacturer)
- Various PhoenixDrive Clientele
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Ph-40 Mining Laser Turret
- Modularity: N/A
- Production: Mass Produced
- Material:
- Duravlex to Provide Increased Heat Resistance
- Dallorian Alloy Barrel Tip for Increased Heat Resistance
- Cooling Unit Components
- Various Electrical Components
- Classification: Mining Laser
- Size: Large
- Weight: Extremely Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Concentrated Light Stream (Laser)
- Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Large (Effectively Limited only by Ship’s Available Power)
- Effective Range: Personal
- Rate of Fire: Very Low (~15 Second Sustained Streams with ~50 Second Cooldown Time)
- Damage Output: High (Poor Against Most Military Craft. Highly Effective Against Asteroids)
- Recoil: None
- Laser Emitter and Focusing Chamber Located in Single Barrel
- Extensive Cooling Mechanisms (Cooling Sleeves, etc.)
- Asteroid Killer: Sustained streams produced by the Ph-40 can effectively cut through the outer shells of asteroids and other similar objects.
- Laser: As a laser weapon, the Ph-40 requires no ammunition of any sort to function and is run entirely on the power generated by a ship’s reactor.
- Power Drain: When in use, the power demanded by the Ph-40 often requires a vessel to shut down its sunlight engines and offensive systems entirely. This immense drain also bars use of the mining laser to any vessel smaller than a cruiser.
- Cooldown Time: To prevent any irreparable damage to the cannon, the Ph-40 requires a 50 second cooldown between shots.
- Slow Moving: Due to the cannon’s sheer size, adjustments to the Ph-40’s firing solutions must be made slowly and gradually.
As PhoenixDrive’s production lines began to seep into a wide variety of facets of shipbuilding, it was only a matter of time before the company’s expansion grew to encompass the mining industry. A true laser weapon, the Ph-40 relies entirely on the shaping of light into a powerful beam, thus able to cut through layers upon layers of rock with sustained fire. However, the laser’s sheer power comes at a cost; to accommodate the cooling mechanisms needed to counteract the immense thermal output of the laser emitter, it was necessary that the size of the Ph-40’s housing was greatly increased. Now far too unwieldy and power-intensive for reliable use aboard most small-sized vessels, the mounting of the Ph-40 would be restricted to ships matching or surpassing the displacement of cruisers (lengths of 500m and above).
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