Origin's Starship Gauss Ammunition family was introduced in YE 40 and contains multiple types of ammunition in three different sizes ranging from 250x1000mm all the way up to 1000x4000mm. Developed from the round used in the older Gauss Impelled Positron Cannon, these rounds, called Shells, serve varying purposes and have varying degrees of effectiveness.
The Heavy Kinetic Penetrator, or HKP shells, are the most basic and simple types of anti-starship shells. They are composed of a dense ferrous alloy shell that has a depleted uranium penetrator embedded in its center. Upon impact, the kinetic penetrator has a tendency to punch through targets while the outer shell either shatters or ablates, causing local fragmentation or splash damage.
Normally known as HEP, the High Explosive Positron shells are designed to explode on impact, releasing a burst of contained positrons which will react with and destroy anything it comes into contact with by releasing a huge energy potential and causing secondary explosion propagation until all of the antimatter has been ablated.
The Electromagnetic Pulse, or EMP shells, are designed to take out shields and disable sensors and electronics by creating a high-yield pulse of electromagnetic energy at varying frequencies upon impact. The EMP shells do very little physical damage but are extremely effective against shields and unprotected electronics.
Listed below are the three sizes of available Gauss Rounds, and their damage potential when utilized at their maximum allowable muzzle velocities.
The 250×1000 mm Shell is a light duty anti-starship round, which is meant for use both in light anti-starship and heavy anti-mecha situations. While still a huge round, it is scaled more favorably toward being carried by small to medium starships.
The 500x2000mm Shell is a workhorse Gauss round for medium to large spacecraft. Developed from the rounds used by the older GIPC, these rounds bring a heavy hitting punch to nearly any warship.
The 1000x4000mm Shell is Origin's largest round which can be fired from a Starship Gauss Cannon. Designed as a heavy main weapon round, these shells combine massive amounts of kinetic energy with deadly payloads to be some of the strongest shells available to be fired from a starship.
Kai created this article on 2018/07/21 17:27; approved it (using the checklist) on 2018/07/24 11:44.
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| Product Categories | weapons: ammunition |
| Product Name | Starship Gauss Ammunition |
| Manufacturer | Origin Industries |