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Ke-S3-W3900 Main Weapon Array

The Ke-S3-W3900 is an aether shock array designed by Ketsurui Fleet Yards in YE 39 for usage onboard the Fuji-class Expeditionary Gunship. It is an experimental upgrade to the venerable Ke-S3-W3020 Main Weapon Array due to its compact and hull-integrated nature.

An aether shock array functions by emitting a powerful scalar interference pulse that creates a small rend in the fabric of space-time. When this occurs, all energy potentials in the target area are released into normal space simultaneously, causing horrific amounts of destruction. Arrays are typically designed for anti-starship or anti-fleet use.

Firing Mode Purpose Rate of Fire Area of Effect Range
Rapid Pulse Tier 10, Light Anti-Starship 60 pulses/minute Single Target 149,000,000 kilometers
Beam Tier 13, Light Anti-Capital Ship 5 beams/minute Single Target 149,000,000 kilometers
Spread Tier 12, Heavy Anti-Starship 2 spreads/minute 30° Cone 10,000,000 kilometers

149,000,000 kilometers is about 1 astronautical unit or 92,000,000 miles.

The array consists of a center firing node that takes up the entirety of the Fuji's forward “nose” section. The beam can be steered up to 45 degrees right or left, and up to 15 degrees upwards, but cannot fire lower than straight forward due to the weapon's arrangement.

The systems that comprise this particular weapon were built in a modular fashion so that may be upgraded or replaced in the future if desired; exchanging the main gun's systems in this fashion requires about 7 hours.

OOC Notes

This article was originally created on 2017/07/21 11:16 by frostjaeger at the request of Ametheliana.

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