Railgun

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A Railgun is a very powerful electromagnetic projectile weapon. It requires a large amount of power to use it, compared to other weapons, but can cause a devastating amount of damage to the target. This weapon has a high heat signature when used.

Railguns are available as fixed mounted only weapons and they take about half a second to charge and fire followed by a 1.17 (C1) and 1.5 (C2) second cooldown, thus it can be very difficult to hit specific ship subsystems. However, their exceptional penetration allows them to hit subsystems even if punching through the wrong side of a hull in most cases. The effective damage of this weapon varies considerably based on shot placement, but generally they do high damage, either to a ship's subsystem or hull.

Munitions

Spent ammunition must be replenished once used. Any station equipped with a "Re-arm" service will be able to replenish ammunition. Once docked at the station, ammunition can be purchased from the Munitions menu in the Starport Services. Each shot costs 200 CR per unit. As of version 2.2, the "Plasma Slug" effect can be added to the weapon by Engineers as a random roll when crafting, or "bought" at the expense of reputation with the Engineer with the "Adjust" option. A railgun with this effect does significantly less damage and draws a small but noticeable amount of fuel from the active reservoir to generate ammunition on demand rather than using the normal magazine.

Specifications

Class	Rating	Mass (T)	Integrity	Power Draw	Weapon Mode	Damage Type	Damage	Armour Pen	ROF	DPS	Thermal Load	Ammo Clip Size	Ammo Maximum	Value (CR)
1	D	2.00	A	1.150	Fixed	Thermic Kinetic	6	A	0.6 /s	4	3	1	80	51,600
2	B	4.00	A	1.630	Fixed	Thermic Kinetic	7	A	0.5 /s	4	5	1	80	412,800

• Damage, DPS, and Thermal Load are all based upon the in-game display which is basically an "out of 10" scale thus the values for these sections should be assumed as approximations.

Engineers

This weapon can be modified by Engineers to enhance it's abilities.

Modifications

The following modifications can be applied to this module:

• High capacity
• Lightweight
• Long range
• Short range
• Sturdy

Possible Experimental Effects

Modifying this module can sometimes result in any one of the following special effects also being applied:

• Feedback Cascade
• Plasma Slug
• Super Penetrator

A Class 2 Railgun using Plasma Slug requires approximately 25 kilograms (0.025 tons) of fuel per shot.

Purchase Locations

Class	Rating	System	Station
1	D	Borr	Armstrong City
1	D	Witchhaul	Hornby Terminal
1	D	Aphra	Beckman Terminal
1	D	V1688 Aquilae	Thompson Terminal
1	D	Negidals	Dalmas Hub
1	D	Eravate	Cleve Hub
1	D	LHS 142	Vo Dock
1	D	BD+19 2511	Lie Terminal
1	D	Ross 733	Strekalov Gateway
2	B	Aphra	Beckman Terminal
2	B	Negidals	Dalmas Hub
2	B	Bhritzameno	Feynman Terminal
2	B	Liaedin	Peters Station
2	B	LTT 15278	Zholobov Enterprise
2	B	Montet	Seddon Gatewa
2	B	LHS 142	Vo Dock
2	B	31 Aquilae	Compton Hub
2	B	Quan Gurus	Russel Dock
2	B	Olgrea	H.G. Wells Terminal
2	B	BD+19 2511	Lie Terminal
2	B	Cubeo	Medupe City
2	B	Wolf 397	Chelbin Service Station
2	B	Ross 733	Strekalov Gateway

• This list requires expansion

Gallery

• Concept Art
  Concept Art
• Class 1 Railgun
  Class 1 Railgun
• Class 2 Railgun
  Class 2 Railgun