Plasma Accelerator

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Class 4 Plasma Accelerator

Plasma Accelerators are mounted on one of your ship's hardpoints and need assigning to a fire group before they can be used. They are very large and powerful weapons. After firing, they take a few seconds to recharge.

Military battleships, cruisers, and also battlestations, are often equipped with this weapon. They're also fitted to large trading ships and passenger liners operating in the more dangerous regions of space.

Even a Small Plasma Accelerator will destroy a well armed hundred tonne ship with a single shot. The large version has been known to be used as a planetary assault weapon, destroying selected areas of cities from orbit. This has a devastating effect on the local population, because the terrifying noise of the beam cutting through the atmosphere can be heard for hundreds of kilometres, and will deafen anyone unprotected in the vicinity.

Munitions

Spent ammunition must be replenished once used. Any station is 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. Ammunition costs 200 CR per unit.

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)
2	C	4.00	A	1.430	Fixed	Thermic	7	A	0.3 /s	4	6	5	100	834,200
3	B	8.00	A	1.970	Fixed	Thermic	9	A	0.3 /s	4	8	5	100	3,051,200
4	A	16.00	A	2.630	Fixed	Thermic	10	A	0.3 /s	5	10	5	100	13,793,600

• 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

System	Station	Last Seen
Belarsuk System	Kurland Hub	2015/01/02
Thiin	Brandenstein Enterprise	2014/12/30
Aulin	Aulin Enterprise	2014/09/02
Eravate	Cleve Hub	2014/12/28
Ovid	Bradfield Orbital
Rakapila	Stone Enterprise	2014/10/11
Yawa	Dean Hub	2014/12/20
Ross 730	Pavlov Settlement	2014/1/1
Gat 2	Thompson Vision	2015/1/4
LHS 142	Vo Dock	2015/1/5
Gyton's Hope	Gyton's Eyrie	2015/2/2

Notes

• The plasma Accelerator fires a ball of plasma every 3 or 4 seconds, and is only good for direct fire.
• 3 shots will take out a Lakon 9 shield and another 3 shots for the hull. Damage per shot is upwards of 35% to 14% depending how it hits.
• Main problem is overheating after just 3 or 4 shots, best used with a few projectile weapons as if you use lasers the ship heats up too fast and then you can't fire the Plasma Accelerators.
• Hard to hit very maneuverable ships; especially smaller ones.