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+====== Na-V6-W3801 "Dark Zenith" Anti-Neutron Cannon ======
+Initially deployed in late [[timeline:ye_36]] as a proof-of-concept prototype and (at //**long**// last) completed over a **year** later in the summer of [[timeline:ye_38]], [[corp:nepleslian_arms_and_munitions|Nepleslian Arms and Munition's]] "Dark Zenith" Anti-Neutron Cannon is [[species:nepleslian|Nepleslia's]] first-ever energy-based weapon designed //specifically// for usage by starfighters against star//ships//.
+===== History =====
+The fruits of a top-secret collaboration project between [[corp:nepleslian_arms_and_munitions|NAM's]] [[corp:nepleslian_arms_and_munitions#aerotech_physics_and_starship_research|Aerotech]] division and [[corp:yugumo_corporation:phi|Peacekeeper Heavy Industries]] (via the "official" explanation of improving [[species:nepleslian|Nepleslian]]-[[faction:united_outer_colonies:culture:jiyuuian|Jiyuuian]] relations under [[international:defense-arrangement-treaty-of-the-alliance-of-signatory-states|DATASS]]), the Na-V6-W3800 "Dark Zenith" - named in recognition of its vastly-larger forerunner, the [[corp:yugumo_corporation:motoyoshi_fleet_yards:weapons:xeneth_cannon|My-D1-W3001 Xeneth Cannon]] - was originally intended to be the primary armament of the [[faction:nepleslia:small_craft:scythe|Na-YF/A-6X(A) "Scythe" Stealth Fighter/Interceptor]] - thereby granting the [[faction:nepleslia:small_craft:scythe|Scythe]] with enough firepower to threaten even //**capital ships**//, given that the aerospacecraft was to have featured //four// of what was jokingly referred to as the "[[faction:nepleslia:weapons:plasma_lance_cannon|Plasma Lance's]] little brother."
+There was just one problem with this grand concept of overwhelming firepower supremacy: The aforementioned project's engineers had //grossly// overestimated the miniaturization capabilities available to them, for the [[corp:yugumo_corporation:motoyoshi_fleet_yards:ships:ayana-class_escort|]] had been equipped with a //single// [[corp:yugumo_corporation:motoyoshi_fleet_yards:weapons:xeneth_cannon|Xeneth]]; furthermore, it had dedicated an entire //[[corp:motoyoshi_fleet_yards:ships:ayana-class_escort#main_cannon_control_room|room]]// to it - thereby making it appear as [[timeline:ye_36]] became [timeline:ye_37]] that the cramming even //one// "Dark Zenith" into something a //**tenth**// the size of an //[[corp:motoyoshi_fleet_yards:ships:ayana-class_escort|Ayana]]// would, to put it mildly, be a //nightmare.//
+And a nightmare it was - for it wasn't until the opening months of //[[timeline:ye_38]]// that the (by now exhausted and weary) engineers finally had a prototype that wouldn't overload, explode, destabilize, achieve spontaneous combustion, overheat, disintegrate, or violently lose anti-neutron containment after firing a single shot. Regardless, however, they had done it: In the final months of that year's summer, the "Dark Zenith" Anti-Neutron Cannon passed its final live-fire pre-deployment trial - and in doing so, removed the final barrier preventing the completion of the [[faction:nepleslia:military:nepleslian_star_navy|Navy's]] long-awaited second-generation [[faction:nepleslia:small_craft:scythe|starfighter]].
+===== Specifications =====
+  * **Designer:** [[corp:nepleslian_arms_and_munitions#aerotech|Neplesian Arms and Munitions]], [[corp:yugumo_corporation:phi|Peacekeeper Heavy Industries]]
+  * **Manufacturer:** [[corp:nepleslian_arms_and_munitions#aerotech|Neplesian Arms and Munitions (Aerotech)]]
+  * **Name:** "Dark Zenith" Anti-Neutron Cannon
+  * **Nomenclature:**  Na-V6-W3801
+  * **Type:** Energy Lance, Heavy Directed-Fire
+  * **Purpose:** Anti-Starship, Anti-Starfighter
+  * **Damage:** [[guide:damage_rating_v2#starship_scale|SDR]] 1
+  * **Range (Planetary):** 10,000 meters (~6.214 miles)
+  * **Range (Space):** 500,000 kilometers (~311,000 miles)
+  * **Rate of Fire:** One three-second beam every 30 seconds((Thirty-second re-calibration process required by subspace field generators after every 3 shots.))
+===== About the "Dark Zenith" Anti-Neutron Cannon =====
+Similar to the aforementioned [[corp:yugumo_corporation:motoyoshi_fleet_yards:weapons:xeneth_cannon|]], the "Dark Zenith" functions by drawing from an [[faction:nepleslia:small_craft:scythe#power|anti-neutron containment system]] and (upon accumulating a sufficient quantity) encasing them in a subspace field, akin (albeit on a much, much, //much// smaller scale) to that of a [[faction:mishhuvurthyar:weapons:subspace-encased_positron_tunneling_cannons|Subspace-Encased Positron-Tunneling Cannon]]. The resulting "beam," of course, is capable of penetrating spatial-distortion shielding with //ease// and inflicts nearly as much damage - but also is the //only// mode the "Dark Zenith" is capable of firing in. Nor do the drawbacks end there; due to the sheer reduction in size (and resulting lack of auxiliary field generators), the Dark Zenith's range and beam duration are both mere fractions of its older brethren - and that doesn't even //begin// to cover its abysmal rate of fire and frequent need for lengthily re-calibrations......
+===== OOC Notes =====
+This page was originally created on 2016/08/04 12:43 by [[user:frostjaeger]], restored by char
+Approval thread [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/threads/nepleslia-na-v6-w3800-dark-zenith-anti-neutron-cannon.31769/#post-299163|here]]
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