Plasma Cannon

[Jaster Awaud]

Plasma Cannon​

Type 31​

Intent: To create a new anti-ship weapon for the Legion of Ashes
Development Thread: Here
Manufacturer: Legionary Manufacturing
Model: Type 32
Affiliation: Phoenix Legion
Modularity: N/A
Production: Limited
Material: Durasteel, Alusteel, and other weapon construction materials
Classification: Plasma Cannon
Size: Ship Mounted, stationary
Length: 13m
Weight: 16 tonnes
Ammunition Type: Super heated plasma canisters
Ammunition Capacity: 3 400 rounds per canister
Effective Range: 5000 kilometers. Velocity of 5 km/m
Rate of Fire: 6 rounds per minute
Special Features:

• None

Strengths:

• Massive damage, plasma explosions always burn after it hits something, resulting in bad, irreparable damage.
• Ignores shields, super heated plasma passes through conventional shielding.

Weaknesses:

• High power usage, plasma requires a high amount of energy to control and turn into a weapon.
• Overheats, continuous fire for a half an hour well cause the barrels of the turret to melt, if not cooled.

Description:

Developed as an anti-ship weapon, the Type-31, combined with it's long range, high rate of fire and ability to ignore conventional shielding make it a deadly weapon to mount. It uses super heated plasma, stored in massive battery tanks, to charge, direct and fire at large warships.

 

[Tanomas Graf]

RESEARCH REVIEW
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Star Wars Canon:
Pending initial review
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Starwars Chaos:
Pending initial review
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WITHOUT DEV THREADS
Pending initial review
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WITH DEV THREADS
Pending Initial review
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SUGGESTIONS
Pending Inital review

 

[Tanomas Graf]

How are you this fine day, [member="Jagger Fuga"]? I'll be judging your submission.

There are a few major things that keep me from letting this through;

• Firstly, what is your in-character rationale for Legionary Manufacturing for being able to develop plasma weaponry? The plasma type you are using is extremely rare in the galaxy, being used only by the Qektoth Confederation and that was 800 years ago.
• Even then, there are some issue with this submission that make it near-gamebreaking.
  9000 kilometers is way too much, and that's effective range. Please lower it to something reasonable, such as standard turbolaser range or double that with some development.
• 21 rounds a minute means that this is firing nearly every 3 seconds, and with the strengths this weapon has, that makes it only slightly slower than a regular turbolaser.

[*]Also, the development thread you've linked is minimal, not necessitating the power the submission has.
So here's some solutions:

1. Lower the rounds per minute and effective range, and put the production to semi-unique
2. Lower the effective range, remove the shield-piercing capability, and put the production to minor.
3. Give ten more posts of development, lower the effective range, and put the production to limited

 

[Tanomas Graf]

[member="Jagger Fuga"]

Any update?

 

[Tanomas Graf]

[member="Jagger Fuga"]

Moving this to the Archives due to inactivity, if you wish to have it re-opened please contact an Admin or RPJ to have them bring it back out.

 

[Tanomas Graf]

Moved to Archives - PM [member="Spencer Varanin"] for removal / if denied for Second Chance please post and tag Spencer Varanin for review.

Thank you!