Depends on what you want to happen really. If you ask Jet or Ford they'll say it's possible to scale, but they wouldn't be sure exactly how to do it themselves. The larger the weapon, the more beam collimation and spalling of the pusher plate becomes an issue.
From a meta standpoint, the original concept was for something capable of matching a Battletech autocannon, but without the nasty habit of exploding several tons of ammunition on a critical hit. Their actual attempt was a 30mm autocannon mounted to a helicopter.
If Ben, or anyone else, is capable of solving the issues with getting the weapon to cycle properly, getting the fusion system to work reliably and so on and so forth, there's no reason why it couldn't be used in artillery-scale weapons mounted to a capital ship. Maximum performance is limited only by the point at which someone calls bullshit, but is probably ultimately less than the big railguns. The prime advantage is supposed to be that the ship wont blow itself up if its own ammunition is hit, not in hitting power or muzzle velocity.
If you can build it and you want it, Ford will share the technical details, and the original autocannon prototype.... Which since conversion to an externally driven chain gun can get through its whole supply of ammo at least 50% of the time.
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From a meta standpoint, the original concept was for something capable of matching a Battletech autocannon, but without the nasty habit of exploding several tons of ammunition on a critical hit. Their actual attempt was a 30mm autocannon mounted to a helicopter.
If Ben, or anyone else, is capable of solving the issues with getting the weapon to cycle properly, getting the fusion system to work reliably and so on and so forth, there's no reason why it couldn't be used in artillery-scale weapons mounted to a capital ship. Maximum performance is limited only by the point at which someone calls bullshit, but is probably ultimately less than the big railguns. The prime advantage is supposed to be that the ship wont blow itself up if its own ammunition is hit, not in hitting power or muzzle velocity.
If you can build it and you want it, Ford will share the technical details, and the original autocannon prototype.... Which since conversion to an externally driven chain gun can get through its whole supply of ammo at least 50% of the time.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?