Cannon

Cannons are better equipped to punch through the hull of larger and more robust ships compared to other weapons of similar size.

— In-Game Description

A cannon is a projectile based weapon that fires a large calibre round very similar to a current day howitzer, dealing kinetic damage and can inflict significant damage to targeted modules and the modules around it.

Comparing cannons with multi-cannons, both deal kinetic damage and have similar damage per second, but only the multi-cannon has a damage drop-off at longer ranges. However, the cannon's projectile speed is lower than that of the multi-cannons, with turreted and gimballed cannons having the lowest projectile speeds and fixed cannons having a slightly higher projectile speed that is still lower than the multi-cannon's. Pilots are therefore recommended against installing both fixed cannons and fixed multi-cannons on the same ship, since the 2 weapons' shots would have to be led in different ways (the same logic applies to other fixed weapons with different projectile speeds).

Due to the similarities between the cannon and the Plasma Accelerator (both fire slow moving projectiles at a slow rate of fire), the cannon is a good substitute for pilots on a budget, since the cannon is both cheaper to buy and to rearm - cannon ammunition costs 20 credits per shot, which is 1/10th of the plasma accelerator's. Cannons also require much less energy to operate than plasma accelerators. Additionally, cannons are available on fixed, gimballed and turreted mounts, whereas plasma accelerators are only available on fixed mount.

Munitions

The cannon uses ammunition and therefore will need to be replenished at any station equipped with a "Re-arm" service by purchasing ammunition from the Munitions menu in the Starport Services. Alternatively, one can synthesize ammo from their inventory of materials. The cannon has a magazine size of 5, and max ammo size of 100.

Engineers

This weapon can be modified by Engineers to enhance it's abilities.

Modifications

The following modifications can be applied to this module:

• Efficient
• High capacity
• Lightweight
• Long range
• Overcharged
• Rapid fire
• Short range
• Sturdy

Possible Experimental Effects

Modifying this module can sometimes result in any one of the following special effects also being applied:

• Auto Loader
• Dispersal Field
• Smart Rounds
• Force Shell
• High Yield Shell

Gallery

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  Class 1 Cannon
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  Class 2 Cannon
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  Class 3 Cannon
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  Class 4 Cannon
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  Small Cannon, official art

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	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