Cobalt Greywalker Wrote:First seen in prototype during Serenity-Con is the '''Rail Cannon''', a weapon using a 155mm round weighing 5Kg with a maximum muzzle velocity of 1 PSL (Percent of the Speed of Light). This weapon has a low rate of fire (1-3 rounds per minute) at maximum power. It typically operates at muzzle velocities of 1000 times the speed of sound with a slightly higher firing rate of 20 rounds per minute. Due to a combination of power use, size, and heat levels generated in action, it is only mounted on stations and ships of the Destroyer type and up.
Do we really want to state "hard values" ? This can get crazy quickly (and might produce an arm-race around the "most BANG cool").
Dartz Wrote:And for missiles. If I was insane, I'd replace the boosters on This with guided kinetic missiles. Run at the target at .15-.18c..... launch missile from outside the drive field and hope they hit. Because changing vectors at that speed is going to be tough.
I must admit I don't like this either. If we allow to generate "Kinetic kill vehicle" just be putting them on strong beams/cables/whatever outside a speeddrive field, we can just forget about the whole "Speed drives produce not that much kinetic energy".