Bullets and power-cells
- Intent: Create a Starship based Railgun for use in Agents Of Chaos Vessels
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- Manufacturer: Agents of Chaos, Niki Priddy, The Floating Mess
- Affiliation: Agents Of Chaos
- Model: Hyper Accelerated Ferrous Slug Slinger (HAFSS) Mark VI
- Modularity: Limited (Barrels only)
- Production: Minor
- Material: Electromagnetic Components, Power Generator Components, Power Relay Components, Kiirium construction, Dallorian Alloy Plating inside barrel
- Classification: Rail-gun
- Size: Small
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Dedicated Slugs
- Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Small
- Effective Range: Extreme
- Rate of Fire: Very Low(without dedicated power generator and space), Average (with a dedicated power generator and space)
- Stopping Power: Extreme
- Recoil: Very High (without some form of compensation), High (with compensation added to smaller vessels)
- Hyper-conductive materials have allowed the weapon to achieve maximum effective range.
- With the use of hyper-conductive materials however, comes the price of having no magazine to minimize power buildup in successive rounds.
- Can be fitted to small frigates and up (250 meters+)
- The materials used to produce this weapon are of hyper-conductive materials in the constructions while plating the rail with high heat resistance to delay the need of replacing the rails.
- The use of hyper-conductive material has allowed the reduction of generated power for increased output force. In rough translation, it takes less power to accelerate the slug, but with decreased power required, more could be used to propel the round further and faster.
- The small size allows it to be placed in small frigates (200 meters+).
- Ammunition for this weapon is non-volatile, allowing a number of rounds to be stored.
- Limited only by what can be called out.
- With a dedicated setup in smaller ships, can alleviate some of the recoil, and improve rate of fire.
- Specifically designed for space. The weapon will overheat in atmosphere after a single shot, as the heat generated by the hyper-accelerated round will melt the rail system.
- In order to repair the gun, docking is required.
- Dedicated power generators are required to field this weapon on frigates. Larger vessels are optimal for fielding this weapon.
- Smaller vessels fielding this may have to abandon a number of weapon systems in lieu of even wielding this weapon.
- Weapon does not have a ready magazine, instead having to be loaded every time in exchange for length of barrel and range.
- The power output of this weapon will rock smaller vessels, causing their aim to stray after each shot.
- Charging/Reload/Aiming time is required. (Min 1 post with undamaged systems and basic setup, 2 shot maximum with optimal small ship setup)
- Ammunition for this weapon is roughly 82 kilograms a piece, requiring a crane arm or several large persons to load.
Dimitri Lindzinksy was inspired to see a weapon similar to one that nearly killed the Unicorn, his flagship carrier, brought to the arsenal of the Agent's of Chaos. Numerous tests had initially seen the production of a basic EM Railgun, able to blast apart asteroids but using a high amount of power only possible within a large ship. Successive, or mostly unsuccessful tests later, the Mark VI saw the use of certain materials in it's building process, and catapulted the design forward into smaller vessels with some caveats to space and design. The Mark VI cannot use a magazine system, and with considerable power gives off enormous recoil. Larger vessels may not be as effected, but smaller vessels would be both in terms of applicable power output and recoil minimization.
The engineer group that worked on this project spent numerous nights working on it, mulling it over in their head before consulting some of the older shipyard hands that had been around the universe. The information of a highly conductive material made them seek it out, all the while still testing materials of other varieties and quantities in order to maximize effectiveness. The Mark V was the last variant with a magazine style build, as the Kiirium material allowed static buildup in the succeeding rounds, causing rail failures with the buildup of energy in the form of plasma discharge of excess energy.
The test that finalized the design of the Mark VI rail gun was the firing into unknown space at a large asteroid with a dedicated power generator, and Dallorian Alloy plating on top of the Kiirium construction. The minimization of heat transfer in the projectiles path, hyper-acceleration generated by a tightly wound design of Kiirium to optimize energy contact and dispersal, along with the removal of possible static buildup in succeeding rounds provided a stable, extreme range platform in a smaller than usual package.
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