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Lark of Serenity
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Raven Warriors
Joined: June 02, 2002
Posts: 2516
|  Posted: 2004-01-31 12:37
personally i think plasma weapons should be UGTO tech, and funtion along the following lines:
basically a gatling cannon mounted in the weapons slot, the PRC (plasma rotating cannon) fires depleted uranium refuse surrounde by a crystal shard, encased in a heat resistant shell which is coated in super-heated plasma. the plasma tears the shot through shielding and armour, when the plasma is used up either from contact with metal alloys not resistant to it or from prolonged exposure to void, the shell shatters, the crystal then embeds the depleted uranium shell inside the enemy ship. the shell explodes causing crystalline shards to cause extensive internal damage. the uranium irradiates the area limiting personnel access for repairs. the explosion itself is of high enough yield to cause dmg in its immediate vicinity.
the shells arent that big on their own, but the high rate of fire of the PRC causes moderate damage. the PRC suffers from a limite clip due to the fact that most UGTO weapons are energy based and therefore their ships are not designed for large ammo clip insertion, however they are easily re-armed using the clip system and their firerate can therefore be made up for. due to saftey regulations aboard UGTO ships a severely limited number of shells are allowed onboard (due to the uranium content). there were also problems getting the superheated plasma to coat shells properly, and the system used to make it possible is fairly fragile. UGTO weapon research think the PRCs strength against enemy ships and its relatively far range make up for this however.
research is being made into making artillery-class versions of the shell for heavy anti-capital ship combat, though testing shows the current PRC can be used effectively against destroyer through dreadnaught class ships.
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