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Needle Canister Projectile

Built by the Frontier Manufacturing Service for the Recoiless Gravity Cannon at the beginning of YE 40 and later for the Recoilless Graviton Howitzer in YE 41, the NC Projectile is a munition for close combat and antipersonnel usage with vehicular application. When fired the canister is is launched into the beam of gravitons and immediately breaks apart releasing its contents into the stream of gravitons and altering it into a a 15° cone-shaped wave. The resulting shotgun blast makes the cannon slightly more capable of hitting fast moving targets and extra effective at swatting groups of power armored infantry or missiles.

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History of the NC Projectile

Shavings from the creation of diamond SP-ADR projectiles are collected and shaved into razor sharp needles that also cut from the sides. When fired the gravitons in the pulse lose their coherency and leave the barrel in a shotgun-like wave, casting razor sharp needles all along the way. These pose serious danger to personnel even after the shell is fired as these needles aren't magnetic and cannot easily be removed from the body and cut just fine when stepped on. The area affected by a needle canister tends to have a certain sparkle from the remaining shreds of diamond.

General Information

The following data is for the 50mm NC Projectile:

Nomenclature Fs-W1-W4200b
Alt. Nomenclature DR1 DR 2 DR 3 DR 4 DR 5 DR 6
By Damage Rating 8 NC1) 10 NC 13 NC 8 Long NC 10 Long NC 13 Long NC
Manufacturer Frontier Manufacturing Service
Fielded by Frontier Service Corporation
Availability Mass Production
Price Per Round DR1 DR 2 DR 3 DR 4 DR 5 DR 6
By Damage Rating 0.15 KS 0.30 KS .45 KS 0.60 KS 0.75 KS 0.90 KS

The following data is for the 50mm NC Projectile:

Nomenclature Fs-YV1-Z3901b
Alt. Nomenclature 50 NC
Manufacturer Frontier Manufacturing Service
Fielded by Frontier Service Corporation
Availability Mass Production
Price 30 KS

The following data is for the 150mm NC Projectile:

Nomenclature Fs-YM2-Z4100b
Alt. Nomenclature 150 NC
Manufacturer Frontier Manufacturing Service
Fielded by Frontier Service Corporation
Availability Mass Production
Price 70 KS

Ammunition Stats

These needle canisters look exactly like what you would expect them to, large plastic canisters filled with long slivers of diamond.

Damage Rating Tier 1
Caliber 8 mm
Damage Description Kinetic
Effective Range Dependent on weapon
Muzzle Velocity .4C
Recoil Light for Personnel
Energy Source Gravitic pulse, electricity
Damage Rating Tier 2
Caliber 10 mm
Damage Description Kinetic
Effective Range Dependent on weapon
Muzzle Velocity .4C
Recoil Moderate for Personnel
Energy Source Gravitic pulse, electricity
Damage Rating Tier 3
Caliber 13 mm
Damage Description Kinetic
Effective Range Dependent on weapon
Muzzle Velocity .4C
Recoil Heavy for Personnel
Energy Source Gravitic pulse, electricity
Damage Rating Tier 4
Caliber 8 mm Long2)
Damage Description Kinetic
Effective Range Dependent on weapon
Muzzle Velocity .4C
Recoil Light
Energy Source Gravitic pulse, electricity
Damage Rating Tier 5
Caliber 10 mm Long3)
Damage Description Kinetic
Effective Range Dependent on weapon
Muzzle Velocity .4C
Recoil Moderate for PA
Energy Source Gravitic pulse, electricity
Damage Rating Tier 6
Caliber 13 mm4)
Damage Description Kinetic
Effective Range Dependent on weapon
Muzzle Velocity .4C
Recoil Heavy for PA
Energy Source Gravitic pulse, electricity
Damage Rating Tier 9
Caliber 50 mm
Damage Description Kinetic
Effective Range(Atmosphere) +/-10 Kilometers
Effective Range(Space) +/-100,000 Kilometers
Muzzle Velocity .4C
Muzzle Blast 30 meters
Recoil Moderate
Energy Source Gravitic pulse, electricity
Damage Rating Tier 10
Caliber 150 mm
Damage Description Kinetic
Effective Range(Atmosphere) +/-25 Kilometers
Effective Range(Space) +/-250,000 Kilometers
Muzzle Velocity .4C
Muzzle Blast 100 meters
Recoil Heavy
Energy Source Gravitic pulse, electricity

OOC Notes

This article was made by Rizzo on 2023/09/29 19:17.

The article was approved by Andrew on 2023/10/05.5)

Rizzo re-created this article on 2023/10/11 19:11.

This article was approved by Andrew on 2023/10/176)

Products & Items Database
Product Categoriesweapons: ammunition
Product NameNeedle Canister Projectiles
NomenclatureFs-YV1-Z3901b, Fs-YM2-Z4100b
ManufacturerFrontier Manufacturing Service
Year ReleasedYE 40
Price (KS)70.00 KS
DR v3 maxTier 10
1)
locally pronounced 'nick' for short
2) , 3) , 4)
Projectile is double the standard length