Multi-cannon: Difference between revisions

 

{{quote|Rapid Fire, small calibre projectile weapon...|In-Game Description}}

 

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. Class 4 multi-cannons have a different look and have long barrels. The class 4 doesn't need to spin up.

 

 

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.

! Armour<br />Pen

| 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 || 6.2 /s ||7.3

||| 1 || 90 || 2,100 || 1,292,800

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|6.7

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|3.4

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* 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.

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