Railgun

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A Railgun is a very powerful electromagnetic projectile weapon. Therefore it deals mixed thermic-kinetic damage. It requires a large amount of power to use it and generates a large amount of heat in the process, compared to other weapons but can cause severe damage to the target.

However, its exceptional penetration allows it to hit subsystems even when striking through the opposite side of a hull in most cases. The effective damage of this weapon varies considerably based on shot placement.

In the right hands, the rail gun is a potent weapon, especially on small ships. Both Diamondback ships are great for using this weapons, especially the Scout, due to excellent heat efficiency and maneuverability to stay on target.

Munition

Each shot costs 75 CR. The clip size is only a single shot, which takes 1s to reload. The total capacity is 80 shots which can be altered by engineering.

As of version 2.2, the "Plasma Slug" can be added to the weapon by engineers as an experimental effect. A railgun with this effect does significantly less damage and draws a small but noticeable amount of fuel from the active reservoir (22kg class 1, 25kg class 2) to generate ammunition on demand rather than using the normal magazine.

Specifications

Damage begins to fall off at 1000m with a total range of 3000m.

Another vaiant is the Imperial Hammer Railgun.

Class	Rating	Mass (T)	Integrity	Power Draw (MW)	Weapon Mode	Damage Type	Damage	Armor Pierce Rating	ROF	DPS	Distributor Draw (MW)	Thermal Load per shot	Value (CR)
1	D	2.00	40	1.150	Fixed	Thermic Kinetic	23.34	100	1.59 / s	37.05	2.69	12	51,600
2	B	4.00	51	1.630	Fixed	Thermic Kinetic	41.53	100	1.20 / s	50.04	5.11	20	412,800

• All railguns divide damage as follows:
  • Thermal: 66.6%
  • Kinetic: 33.3%

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

Purchase Locations

Class	Rating	System	Station
1	D	Borr	Armstrong City
1	D	Ngaledi	Smith Enterprise
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