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"Motionless Sleep" Multibarrel Plasma-Caster

The “Motionless Sleep” Multibarrel Plasma Caster is a guided plasma starship weapon produced by the Lazarus Consortium in YE 38. It is presently available at a cost of 125,000 KS1) per assembly.

About the Motionless Sleep

An oddly named weapons system the “Motionless Sleep” is a weapon built upon the principle of guided plasma extrapolated to a logical extreme: By having many convergent barrels instead of a single large weapon system providing a myriad of sources of minor damage, targets can be bombarded from all sides simultaneously in a spiderweb of plasma beam-shot.

The weapon itself is designed to be mounted on a starship to replace more conventional turret systems in order to track and create complex firing solutions (referred to by pilots as “bullet hell”) the design of Motionless Sleep is bespoke to the unit, while the shape of the harmonica rails on which the weapon sits in may differ from application to application but the plasma barrel assembly is universal.

Initial designs of the weapon itself were designed to feature a single large starship mounted plasma weapon intended to replace conventional turret systems, however it was discovered that while a single larger shot proved a danger to enemy units it was much more effective to produce multiple projectiles of a lesser magnitude capable of tracking multiple targets as well as herding and overwhelming individual foes.

The projectiles produced are generally guided by impulses sent along a thin trailing tail connecting the mass of the plasma projectile to it's parent launcher allowing the trajectory to be updated in real time by the unit's targeting computers.

Damage Effect

On impact each plasma projectile scorches and splashes over an area of approximately five square meters on the target as the projectile destabilizes and bursts brilliantly as it looses rotational speed. The effect of this is a wide area of molecular destabilization, erosion of any materials it comes in contact with, as well as severe thermal damage both cooking anything nearby as well as potentially causing damage due to rapid thermal expansion.

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Appearance

The weapon itself resembles a curved large harmonica with rows of plasma projector assemblies plugged into its surface. This may be installed on a variety of turret mounts, articulated arms, into weapons pods, or into the hull of the ship itself.

Discharge Information

Energy Source

Weapon Mechanisms

Pricing

Replaceable Parts and Components

Optional Attachments

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Created 2015/08/11 23:55 by Eistheid

Approved 2015/01/11 17:05

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Allows the unit to function more accurately and independently causing less strain on the parent vessel.