Cannon

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A cannon is a projectile based weapon that fires a large calibre round very similar to a current day howitzer. It uses ammunition and therefore will need to be replenished every so often although your ship is capable of carrying a very large amount of reserve ammunition making restocking not a constant priority. The cannon fires explosive shots that detonate on impact, dealing considerable damage to the targeted subsystem and the systems around it.

Due to the similarities between the cannon and the Plasma Accelerator, the cannon is a good weapon for people who cannot afford an 834k accelerator. Cannon ammunition is 20 credits per shot, which is 1/10th that of the Plasma Accelerator's.

Currently the cannon is available in all three forms of fixed, gimballed and turreted versions. Notably, this is the only weapon in the game that's availiable in all four sizes, from small to huge. The projectile velocity for cannons is much slower than for multi-cannons and for reasons unknown noticable slower than the plasma accelerator.

Projectile speed is: ~860m/s small cannon

~610m/s medium cannon ~735m/s medium plasma

~500m/s large cannon ~806m/s large plasma

~390m/s huge cannon ~670m/s huge plasma

note that the large plasma is for unknown reasons faster than the medium. Fixed, Gimbal or Turrent does not affect projektile speed.

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.

Gallery

• Class 1 Cannon
  Class 1 Cannon
• Class 2 Cannon
  Class 2 Cannon
• Class 3 Cannon
  Class 3 Cannon
• Class 4 Cannon
  Class 4 Cannon

Specifications

Class	Rating	Mass (T)	Integrity	Power Draw	Weapon Mode	Damage Type	Damage	Armor Pen	ROF	DPS	Thermal Load	Ammo Clip Size	Ammo Maximum	Value (CR)
1	D	2.00	A	0.340	Fixed	Kinetic	5	A	0.5 /s	3	1	5	100	21,100
1	E	2.00	A	0.380	Gimbal	Kinetic	5	A	0.5 /s	3	1	5	100	42,200
1	F	2.00	A	0.320	Turret	Kinetic	4	A	0.4 /s	3	1	5	100	506,400
2	D	4.00	A	0.490	Fixed	Kinetic	6	A	0.5 /s	4	1	5	100	168,430
2	D	4.00	A	0.540	Gimbal	Kinetic	6	A	0.5 /s	3	1	5	100	337,600
2	E	4.00	A	0.450	Turret	Kinetic	5	A	0.3 /s	3	1	5	100	4,051,200
3	C	8.00	A	0.670	Fixed	Kinetic	7	A	0.4 /s	4	2	5	100	675,200
3	C	8.00	A	0.750	Gimbal	Kinetic	7	A	0.4 /s	4	1	5	100	1,350,400
3	D	8.00	A	0.640	Turret	Kinetic	6	A	0.3 /s	4	1	5	100	16,204,800
4	B	16.00	A	0.920	Fixed	Kinetic	9	A	0.4 /s	5	2	5	100	2,700,800
4	B	16.00	A	1.030	Gimbal	Kinetic	8	A	0.4 /s	4	2	5	100	5,401,600

• 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.

Purchase Locations

Class	Rating	System	Station
1	D, E	Witchhaul	Hornby Terminal
1	F	Fujin	Futen Starport
1	E, F	Frigaha	Aubakirov Orbital
1	E, F	Eravate	Cleve Hub
1	F	Altair	Solo Orbiter
2	D	78 URSAE MAJORIS	Seddon Gateway
2	E, D	V2213 Ophiuchii	De Andrade Dock
3	C, D	LHS 2637	Perez Ring
3	C, D	Lugh	Hartsfield Market
3	C, D	V2213 Ophiuchii	De Andrade Dock

• Buyable in nearly every high-tech station
• This list requires expansion