Feeding from an LA/AN063 G-Series Attenuated Aetheric powerplant via Structol Substrate Solenoid, the LA-AM-G3800 serves as a means to weaponise and accelerate plasma and aetheric outputs of the master powerplant of a given unit into forms coherent and fast enough to be used offensively in combat.
Though quite small, the LA-AM-G3800 emphasises diversity of operational envelope and rate of fire, operating as light reserve weapons, ideal for close combat or shooting down missiles or to hit other fast moving targets though they lack the range to be a primary weapon. Mounted in sequence into a longer barrel, a round can be further accelerated into a denser tighter faster shot.
It should be noted that a Vulcan is not a complete weapon and relies on a store of plasma or aether, cooling equipment and a power source in order to function and as such these statistics are guidelines: It is component to be used in other weapons.
Given that the upcoming Winter II powered frame did not have a reserve weapon already designed for it, the decision was made to specially design a solenoid accelerator: a means of weaponising common outputs of plasma and aether already moving between the frame's systems with very low energy demands, ensuring the Vulcan would always be available even if other weapons had failed.
The Vulcan works as a combination of low output packet and sabre, both with plasma and aether outputs. While quite weak alone, the Vulcan is designed to be used in large numbers of five or more in order to be an effective weapon, depending on rate and density of fire to get the job done.
It is constructed from a specialised arrangement of doresu electromagnets, capel capacitors and theralis radiator plates and has no energy source or computer of its own. In some applications it may be paired up with an arrangement of solenoid superchargers.
Critically, the Vulcan differs from other coil or rail systems in that it is composed of modular cuboid plates arranged in a triangular prism which are arranged in a radial configuration, rather than a sealed tube. These cuboid plates can be opened or closed, similar to the hinges of a door for a variety of different effects if numerous units are locked together (for example two forming a hexagonal prism in radial alignment, a longer barrel in sequential alignment or two separate barrels in parallel alignment). As such, while the Vulcan itself is not a weapon, arrangements of it combined with an energy, computation and munitions source can be.
The LA-AM-G3800 “Vulcan” Solenoid Accelerator resembles the bastard child of a commercial jet engine and a mining drill, extruded into a long fore-arm sized rod with the diameter of a beer-can. Its exterior is normally covered by a protective casing but if removed the unit is covered with hollow straw-thick channels for substrate solenoid to drive the weapon: providing its power-source, input material, cooling, computer control and ammunition.
| (Insert Ammo Name/Weapon Name for Firing Modes) Damage Quickchart | |
|---|---|
| (Type/Mode) | Damage |
| Plasma Shot | Tier 4, Light Anti-Armor |
| Aether Shot | Tier 7 |
| Plasma Blade | Tier 7 |
| Aether Blade | Tier 8 |
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