Multi-cannon

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Class 2 multi-cannon

A multi-cannon is a large caliber machine gun mounted on one of your ship's hardpoints and needs assigning to a fire group before it can be used. These weapons are projectile based and use actual ammunition, which needs replenishing when depleted. Multi-cannons consume less power than energy weapons and as a result, give off less heat. These weapons generally have a longer range than their energy counterparts. They fire from a magazine of 90 shots, which automatically reloads when empty. Each multi-cannon that's been mounted, and is active, has its own pool of 2100(when full) ammunition to supply it.

Multi-cannons are available as fixed, gimbal mounted, and turreted versions.

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. Each shot costs 1 CR, therefore each magazine costs 90 CR, and one increment of 100 (standard re-arm unit) is 100 CR. Example: you fire 460 rounds in a fight, your total cost will be 460 CR, 4 "units" at 100 CR each, and a prorated "unit" of 60 rounds at 60 CR.

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	F	2.00	A	0.280	Fixed	Kinetic	1.2	A	8.0 /s	9.1		1	90	2,100	9,500
1	G	2.00	A	0.370	Gimbal	Kinetic	0.8	A	8.5 /s			1	90	2,100	14,250
1	G	2.00	A	0.260	Turret	Kinetic	0.6	A	6.0 /s			1	90	2,100	81,600
2	E	4.00	A	0.460	Fixed	Kinetic	2.2	A	7.0 /s	15.6		1	90	2,100	38,000
2	F	4.00	A	0.640	Gimbal	Kinetic	1.6	A	7.5 /s			1	90	2,100	57,000
2	F	4.00	A	0.500	Turret	Kinetic	1.2	A	5.3 /s			1	90	2,100	1,292,800
3	C	8	A	0.6400	Fixed	Kinetic	3.5	A	5.9 /s
3	C	8	A	0.970	Gimbal	Kinetic	2.8	A	6.7 /s	18.9
4	A	16	A	0.730	Fixed	Kinetic	4	A	3 /s	24.5
4	A	16	A	1.370	Gimbal	Kinetic	3.5	A	3.4 /s	20.8

• Ammo Max does not account for the current belt, so a total of 2,190 rounds (belt and reserve) when at max ammo capacity.
• Class 4 multi-cannons while seeming to have a low rate of fire (3.0/s for fixed, 3.4/s for gimballed), actually fire two rounds of ammunition at the same time giving a projectile count of 6.0/s and 6.8/s for fixed and gimballed respectively.

Gallery

• Multi-cannon concept art
  Multi-cannon concept art
• Class 3 multi-cannon concept art
  Class 3 multi-cannon concept art
• Class 4 multi-cannon concept art
  Class 4 multi-cannon concept art
• Class 1 Multi-cannon
  Class 1 Multi-cannon
• Class 2 Multi-cannon
  Class 2 Multi-cannon
• Anaconda showing twin C3 multi-cannons
  Anaconda showing twin C3 multi-cannons
• Sneak peak at a Class 4 mult-icannon from newsletter #120
  Sneak peak at a Class 4 mult-icannon from newsletter #120
• Fer-de-Lance HCS Pournelle with Class 4 multciannon on gimbal mounting
  Fer-de-Lance HCS Pournelle with Class 4 multciannon on gimbal mounting
• Large Multi-cannon
  Large Multi-cannon
• Huge Multi-cannon
  Huge Multi-cannon

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