Approved Ranged Weapon Tri-Cycling Imperial Heavy Turbolaser Turret

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: Create an Advanced Turbolaser Turret for the Tarkin Initiative
• Image Source: Heavy Turbolaser Turret
• Canon Link: None
• Permissions: HAMWAGON Permission
• Primary Source: Heavy Turbolaser Turret | Tarkin Initiative | Separatist Flagship Deck Cannon | Mass-Driver Cannon | Ion Cannon

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: The Trade Federation |:| 900 ABY
• Affiliation: Tarkin Initiative
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Tri-Cycling Imperial Heavy Turbolaser Turret
• Modularity: Imperial Modification Program Installed ( Yes )
• Production: Minor
• Material:
  • Impervium Hull and Armour Plating (Ablative) with Secondary Turadium Armour Plating.
  • Myoflex Heat Sinks
  • combat de-ionizer(s).
  • Ultrachrome circuitry, electronics and components.
  • Faraday Cage Components, Electronic Components Computing Components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Turbolaser / Ion / Mass-Driver Hybrid Heavy Weapon
• Size: Very Large
• Weight: Very Heavy
• Ammunition Type:
  • Tibanna-gas powered turbolaser cells
  • Capacitor-driven ion discharge coils
  • Railgun solid penetrator slugs
• Ammunition Capacity: Large
• Effective Range: Battlefield
• Rate of Fire: High
• Damage Output: Very High
• Recoil: Very High

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Target Acquisition and Tracking
• DB-SR01x Powerslave
• MK XII Smartgunner Chip
• SF-12 Capacitor Component
• KC5 capacitor component
• Model-8 Weapon Sensor
• Polestar subZero
• Capacitor Energy Absorption System
• Energized Armor Components
• Improved Imperial Reflective Coating

STRENGTHS

• Tri-Role Combat Flexibility:
  The turret's hybrid firing system allows it to cycle between heavy turbolaser bombardment, disabling ion fire, and armor-piercing railgun strikes. This makes it effective against starfighters, capital ships, shields, and hardened fortifications without needing multiple specialized emplacements.
• Energy Absorption Feedback System:
  The Capacitor Energy Absorption System converts incoming energy and converted it into usable power for the internal power source of the turret system. Drawing on the power-source through the designed matrix, allows the turret to create a nearly impenetrable physical barrier to better protect it from incoming firepower.
• High Accuracy and Fire Control:
  The integration of the DB-SR01x Powerslave, MK XII Smartgunner Chip, and Model-8 Weapon Sensors provides exceptional tracking and targeting precision. The turret can maintain firing solutions even against fast-moving ships or targets attempting evasive maneuvers.

WEAKNESSES

• Massive Power Consumption:
  Running the tri-cycling system places extreme strain on ship or installation reactors. The turret performs best on capital ships or fortified emplacements and is inefficient on smaller platforms.
• Mode Cycling Vulnerability Windows:
  Although it fires rapidly within a selected mode, switching between turbolaser, ion, and railgun configurations requires recalibration of power routing and targeting logic, briefly interrupting firing capability.
• Thermal Saturation Risk:
  If the absorption system accumulates more energy than the heat sinks and capacitor banks can safely disperse, the turret may be forced into emergency cooldown or risk internal damage.

DESCRIPTION

The Tri-Cycling Imperial Heavy Turbolaser Turret was developed for the Tarkin Initiative as a response to increasingly diverse naval threats, where single-purpose weapon emplacements were proving inefficient in prolonged engagements. Drawing conceptual influence from heavy deck artillery and hybrid weapon experiments, the turret was engineered to compress multiple capital-grade firing roles into one adaptable system.

Its central innovation lies in its rotating internal firing architecture, allowing the weapon to shift between functions similar to a heavy Turbolaser, a disabling Ion cannon, and a kinetic penetrator system inspired by a Mass-driver cannon. This allows the same emplacement to strip shields, disable systems, or punch through armor depending on battlefield requirements.

Because of its size, recoil, and energy demands, the weapon is most commonly mounted on Star Destroyers, orbital installations, and fortified planetary batteries rather than mobile escorts. When deployed properly, it functions as a battlefield anchor weapon capable of adapting to multiple threat profiles while maintaining siege-level destructive capability.

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Nicely made.

Approved.