I put the CTA write-up up, it can be seen
here.
In regards to Uso's question, the meson cannon determines the velocity of the meson packet when it is condensed from the QGP. The resultant recoil is transferred through the field to the firing ship. It was originally intended for deployment in a attack ship that never was completed. The model in that ship had immensely higher energy output than the one in this fighter and so had substantial reinforcement around the meson system to handle the recoil. The unit in this fighter (or really any of this size) would not see any substantial recoil unless it fired a heavy matter bolt.
Though the meson cannon could not fire normally with the GNF active it would still be able to heat the matter to QGP temperatures and fire them accurately at a reasonable distance, functioning as a plasma weapon.
In regards to its operation, precision is not really a key feature. Since the weapons bolt essentially ignores armor (mesons do not react with matter) it would be releasing its full energy
within the target and so against a smaller target the precision of the shot is not particularly relevant. So long as the packet detonates somewhere within the target it is probably going to be destroyed. It is noted in the original document that precision is needed when used against larger targets (such as spaceships) because these targets are likely to have internal bulkheads tough enough to meaningfully affect the blast.
Also, against shields I stated that the mesons are not particularly shield penetrating to distinguish them from other weapons which are
inherently shield penetrating (such as many subspace weapons). It was not meant to imply that meson weapons are not,
in effect, good at penetrating shields.
Since mesons are not subject to the Pauli Exclusion Principle (which states, in essence, that a particle cannot occupy the same space as another) the meson bolt can be fired at densities far higher than other weapons.
