A large, brute beast of a weapon, the NAM “Perun” Main Battery Railcannon MBR-01a was developed in YE 41 for the NSN. The Perun has a singular purpose and even had its own special UMD Canister developed for that purpose: smashing hostile ships too well protected against energy weapons and to well defended against missiles and fighters with a massive 16 inch shell. Developed by Nepleslian Arms and Munitions, the Perun is the hammer of the ancient storm god, back to smite the enemies of Nepleslia.
The Perun is not a replacement for any weapon: the primary direct anti-capital ship weapon of the NSN remains long range missile fire. What the Perun does is give the biggest battlewagons of the next generation of Nepleslian Navy a weapon that lets them lay down devastating fire from range or up close when energy weapons and missiles are ineffective. The Perun is capable of throwing such large shells as it has thanks to its Virtual Barrel technology, which uses quick pulses of lasers to ionize atmosphere or expelled gas in front of a weapon's barrel, then electromagnetic fields to shape the ionized gas into extensions of the weapon's acceleration rails.
The Perun is a big gun, with a caliber of 16 inches and a round to match. The weapon is intended purely for mounting in twin or triple turrets as a primary armament, but the inherent advantages of a big heavy shell means that the Perun finds a secondary use as a fire support and bombardment weapon.
Because it is only intended to be mounted in a few specific platforms, the Perun's appearance is fairly standardized. Most of the weapon's guts are contained within the mounting turret, which will usually have between two and three Perun's in it. The barrel of the Perun is the most distinctive bit, being two parallel rails, each rail fitted with rectangular housing for power circuits and the virtual barrel system.
The Perun uses specially developed 16-inch UMD canisters as ammunition.
| UMD Purpose Chart | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Purpose | Blast Radius |
| RED High Explosive Canister | Tier 13, Light Anti-Capital Ship, can achieve Tier 14, Medium Anti-Capital Ship if shell penetrates target's armor before detonating | 40m |
| WHITE Tungsten Penetrator Canister | Tier 14, Medium Anti-Capital Ship, reduced to Tier 10, Light Anti-Starship against shields | N/A |
| BLACK Executioner High Explosive Armor Piercing | Tier 12, Heavy Anti-Starship | N/A |
| BLUE EMP Canister | Tier 14, Medium Anti-Capital Ship to shields, minor electronic scrambling effects against unshielded targets. | N/A |
| GREEN Antimatter Canister | Tier 14, Medium Anti-Capital Ship | N/A |
UMD Canisters are not for sale outside of the SMDIoN.
Firebrand created this article on 2019/09/10 04:15.