Singularity Cannon

Type: Medium range EM weapon.

For ship type: Fighter

For ranks: 2-4, 4-7, 7-11, 10-14, 13-17.

Munitions:

Description

High damage cannon with slow yet deadly singularity spheres destroying everything in their way. Medium range. Damage depends on target size.

Pirate Singularity Cannon: it has a higher rate of fire than the original weapon, but it overheats more severely.

Weapon history

Singularity Cannon is a complex device that generates a charge capable of penetrating unisolated metal objects. The larger the object, the more damage it will receive from this charge.

Initially, in 4024, the engineers of the Military Freedom Association (later, part of the scientific department of the Armada), a non-profit organization operating in the interests of the young Federation, tried to develop an effective plasmoid generator to equip fighters. All attempts, up to a certain point, led to very modest results — the plasmoids had an extremely short life span.

Engineers tried a number of variations and the most exotic settings, until they got something unusual. With a certain combination of settings, the test sample failed, several barrels converged on one point, directly in front of the device. But instead of an explosion from the collision of four unstable plasma clots, everyone saw a large sparkling sphere that swam slowly towards the target. The resulting object behaved in an absolutely unpredictable manner — it slowly flew to the target, went right through it, and hit distant objects! And the damage to each object hit by a sphere was such, as if they were hit with a powerful electric impact. One of the developers said that the principle of the weapon is behind the singularity of human understanding. In honor of this phrase, the gun was given a name — ‘Singularity Cannon’. The whole principle of the generator is understandable only to experienced scientists, but it is clear that the weapon has nothing to do with gravitational fields.

The weapon is mostly designed to attack large ships and stationary objects. But some pilots manage to use it in close combat against small ships, although this is not a regular application and requires a lot of experience and skill.

Characteristics

Parameters are shown without ship bonuses and modifiers for the 1 weapon.

Damage per second and per shot increase depending on the number of weapons mounted on the ship.

Some damage parameters are rounded to integer values.

Parameters	Singularity Cannon 4				Singularity Cannon 7					Singularity Cannon 11
	Mk.1	Mk.2	Mk.3	Mk.4	Mk.1	Mk.2	Mk.3	Mk.4	Mk.5	Mk.1	Mk.2	Mk.3	Mk.4	Mk.5
DPS (EM)	323 dmg./s.	+33 dmg./s.	+17 dmg./s.	+13 dmg./s.	366 dmg./s.	+16 dmg./s.	+16 dmg./s.	+13 dmg./s.	+11 dmg./s.	398 dmg./s.	+16 dmg./s.	+16 dmg./s.	+13 dmg./s.	+11 dmg./s.
Damage (EM)	461 dmg.	+47 dmg.	+24 dmg.	+19 dmg.	523 dmg.	+23 dmg.	+23 dmg.	+18 dmg.	+16 dmg.	569 dmg.	+23 dmg.	+23 dmg.	+18 dmg.	+16 dmg.
Rate of fire	42 rounds/min				42 rounds/min					42 rounds/min
Critical chance	5%				5%					5%
Critical damage bonus	50%				50%					50%
Projectile speed	1283 m/s				1350 m/s					1444 m/s
Firing range (max.)	2650 m.				2650 m.					2650 m.
Spread	1.5 deg.				1.5 deg.					1.5 deg.
Overheating/cooling	8/2 s.				8/2 s.					8/2 s.
Cost	13500	20300	40500	94500	Can be picked up from destroyed enemies in the zone 'Blackwood' Shipyard	38300	76500	178500	Manufacturing	Can be picked up from destroyed enemies in the zone Water Harvest	157500	315000	735000	Manufacturing

Parameters	Singularity Cannon 14					Singularity Cannon 17					Pirate Singularity Cannon 17
	Mk.1	Mk.2	Mk.3	Mk.4	Mk.5	Mk.1	Mk.2	Mk.3	Mk.4	Mk.5	Mk.4
DPS (EM)	422 dmg./s.	+16 dmg./s.	+16 dmg./s.	+13 dmg./s.	+11 dmg./s.	438 dmg./s.	+16 dmg./s.	+16 dmg./s.	+13 dmg./s.	+11 dmg./s.	652 dmg./s.
Damage (EM)	603 dmg.	+23 dmg.	+23 dmg.	+18 dmg.	+16 dmg.	626 dmg.	+23 dmg.	+23 dmg.	+18 dmg.	+16 dmg.	621 dmg.
Rate of fire	42 rounds/min					42 rounds/min					63 rounds/min
Critical chance	5%					5%					5%
Critical damage bonus	50%					50%					50%
Projectile speed	1485 m/s					1553 m/s					1398 m/s
Firing range (max.)	2650 m.					2650 m.					2650 m.
Spread	1.5 deg.					1.5 deg.					1.5 deg.
Overheating/cooling	8/2 s.					8/2 s.					2.5/2 s.
Cost	Can be picked up from destroyed enemies in the zone Terramorphing Station	427500	855000	1995000	Manufacturing	Can be picked up from destroyed enemies in the zone Sanctuary	1237500	2475000	5775000	Manufacturing	Manufacturing

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