D I R E C T O R
V R O E G E R
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an extremely powerful weapon for ships.
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- Manufacturer: Roble Manufacturing
- Affiliation: Closed Market
- Model: RMSD-M11 Vroeger Solar Ionization Battery
- Modularity: No
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material:
- Classification: Solar Ionization Cannon
- Size: Extremely Large
- Weight: Extremely Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Solar Ionization Reactor
- Ammunition Capacity: Very High
- Effective Range: Extreme
- Rate of Fire: Very Low
- Stopping Power: Extreme
- Recoil: None
- Solar Ionization Beam technology.
- Dual-barrel and dual-firing feature.
- Shipboard targeting system integration.
- Sybarium Crystal-enhanced magnetic power generator.
- Coolant gel and Duravlex barrel lining absorb and dissipate heat.
- Anti-Ion/EMP Liquid-Aenite coating.
- Remote control option.
- Automatic and Manual fire-modes.
- Advanced targeting package/automated targeting and firing system.
- Shield Bypass: Same as any solar ionization cannon, the RMSD-M11 has the capability to deal out a massive amount of damage against targets while bypassing conventional shield systems.
- Independent Design: The RMSD-M11 is completely able to function without organic input -- an advanced targeting package and self-targeting/firing system allow the RMSD-M11 to be extremely automated and efficient. In addition to that, the RMSD-M11 features advanced targeting capabilities that allow it to perform well at long ranges. Finally, the M11 features its own individual power generator, meaning that it does not have to draw off of or rely on the power generation of the ship.
- Well-Defended: The RMSD-M11 is built with its very own deflector shield generator to protect against concentrated attack. This allows the weapon, as its large profile makes for an easy target, to weather additional oncoming damage and still remain functional.
- Heavy Weapons: The RMSD-M11 is an extremely large weapon, effectively the size of a heavy cruiser. For ships that are smaller than a battlecruiser, it is not physically possible to mount this weapon without overloading a ship's power generators.
- Fast-Moving Targets: The RMSD-M11, being the large weapon it is, is only able to effectively track and fire against large, slow-moving targets -- cruisers and up -- meaning that fast-moving ships that also have a small profile will be able to effectively dodge the battery.
- Planetary Protection: Due to the natural atmospheric composition of a layer of ozone, planets naturally filter out the solar radiation that holds the ionized particles of the RMSD-M11 together. Any attempt made to fire at a planet with a solar ionization battery will result in the beam fizzling out mid-atmosphere, meaning that the battery cannot perform conventional orbital bombardments.
- Make Way: The RMSD-M11's large profile means that it occupies surface space that would otherwise be taken up by other weapons.
- Charge Time: The amount of time needed for the RMSD-M11 to effectively ionize particles to create a charge limits the firing of the cannon to only intermittent (effectively every other post). This also means that for a ship to perform a hyperspace jump, it cannot allocate sufficient power to charge a cannon or keep it charged (effectively meaning that hyperspace jumps reset the charging time).
- Unstable: The RMSD-M11 is powered by a Sybarium-crystal enhanced magnetic generator. This Sybarium crystal, if overtaxed, can become extremely unstable and result in potential failure and internal collapse of the weapon. To ensure that this doesn't happen on its own, the M11 is restricted to very low firing rates, but a concentrated attack at the core of the weapon without any protective shielding could also render the crystal unstable.
The RMSD-M11 Solar Ionization Battery is Roble Manufacturing's second heavy-weapons project, akin to the ATK-19 Thandarian Mass Accelerator Cannon and RMMD-M5 Mass Driver Cannon in terms of relative size and power. The RMSD-M11 is a massive weapon, roughly eight-hundred meters in length, and thus in that conventional sense cannot be mounted on anything smaller than a battlecruiser -- and it's manufacturer-recommended that it be a particularly large battlecruiser, at that.
Although the size is a huge detriment, the battery more than makes up for it in the sheer power that the RMSD-M11 can deliver. The solar ionization battery has the potential to deal out massive amounts of damage, the ionized light particles of the cannon being able to pass through most shields and deal massive amounts of damage. This is only coupled with the fact that the RMSD-M11 has extreme precision, especially over long-range, meaning that even distance cannot protect a ship from the battery.
However, for all of its powerful features, its large size is still a big detriment. The RMSD-M11 is unable to effectively target small, fast-moving targets unless they were literally motionless, and even then it would be hard for the battery to precisely hit extremely small targets. It's size also makes it an easy target for opposing forces, although it has a high amount of defensive measures with that in mind. Lastly, the RMSD-M11 is very slow to fire, so shots have to be chosen and taken wisely. In addition to that is the fact that the Sybarium crystal-enhanced magnetic generator of the M11, if overtaxed or damaged, can become extremely unstable.
Altogether, though, the RMSD-M11 Solar Ionization Battery is an extremely powerful and capable weapon that is by every standard a ship killer.
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