The Typhoon is an analogue selective fire weapon designed for mount on a frame-scale unit. The weapon uses a technology called servokinetics in conjunction with magnetic acceleration (seen in railguns) and centrifugal acceleration to vary the speed of a round, its spin as well as select its type and even its diameter during the firing process. Unusually, it can slide smoothly between rate of fire and range, and even fire multiple shots in a spread simultaneously.

It entered manufacture in YE37.

While the packet-rifle was an ideal weapon to build a platform around with the original Winter-frame, the railguns of the frame were what were truly favoured by pilots due to their sheer velocity, range and versatility.

Unfortunately up close the weapon had problems: lacking rate of fire while having penetration that was overkill, causing severe collateral damage. Even worse, the round was deafeningly loud making it a poor choice. The final nail in the coffin was the requirement of a special slug which was both heavy and difficult to manufacture.

The Typhoon aims to solve all of the above, using the patented Lazarus Cyclone-Servokinetic reciever, based on fluid-dynamic research with gravity. Essentially, all rounds are always spun in a giant coil which doubles back on itself and twists for maximum density along a frictionless interior which is shaped similar to a mobius strip. During firing, an opening is made, allowing rounds to spill outward. While this all sounds very complex, the only moving component of the weapon so far is the round.

This simple system is supplemented with a variable geometry barrel (capable of adjusting in both length and internal diameter), developed from the Ek Yra railgun service-rifle using the same frictionless linear mass-driver accelerator. With pilots craving a higher rate of fire and not just extra range, the barrel was made rotary, with four tubes – each recharging and readied for another shot in the time it takes to loop back round, minimising loss of acceleration (or computer controlled deceleration) and also gave the barrels much needed time to cool.

• Designer: Aiesu Kalopsia, Sana Nakamura
• Manufacturer: Lazarus Consortium
• Name: Typhoon
• Nomenclature: Lazarus firearm Type 1
• Type: Cyclone mechanism Servokinetic rotary linear cannon
• Role: Burst air to air weapon, sustain air to ground interdiction weapon
• Length: Variable
• Mass: 800 kilograms

The weapon resembles an oversized angular flintlock weapon (this appearance formed by the cowling) with a grip built into a cavity placed in the rear of the handle. The space where this flintlock's trigger would be features a large rounded drum sleekly blended into the body with the rotation or 'wheel' aligned with the gun, not with the barrel (as most drums do). The length of the flintlock-like body has been cut away where the barrel would be: not blended but resembling a gatling gun which extends in length alongside the underside of the flintlock body which acts similar to the forward grip of a personal-scale rifle: able to be snub like a machine-gun telescope outward into an extremely long barrel like a sniper-rifle. Blended into the topside of this weapon is a camera-like scope complete with flash-coverings (not unlike a film camera) which retracts into its housing and said housing sinking into the body when not in use. In its shorter configurations, the weapon somewhat resembles a sawn off rifle, if such a thing exists.

Often, the weapon is used in a single hand, relying on clamps in the palm as the machine dual wields. Optionally, a feed-line resembling a spine can be connected from a larger conventional ammunition drum.

• Muzzle Flash: Compression wake at end of barrel
• Retort: A thunder-like rumbling in the higher-round velocities
• Projectile/Beam Appearance: None
• Effective Range 4.4 kilometers (at maximum power)
• Rate of Fire: Single fire, maximum of 6000 rpm
• Recoil: The barrel tends to pull downard

• Ammunition Any 40mm-90mm round
• Average DR: Tier 4, Light Anti-Armor (varies based on shell)
• Round Capacity: 8800 rounds

Firing Mode	Damage Guideline	Performance	Modifier (for custom shell)
MG-like	Tier 3, Heavy Anti-Personnel	Slower, shorter range. Depends on bombardment. 6000 rpm	No change
Rifle-like	Tier 4, Light Anti-Armor	Balanced performance. 60rpm	+ 1 ADR
Sniper-like	Tier 5 or Tier 6, Medium Anti-Armor or Heavy Anti-Armor (: Staff needs to determine which)	Slow rate of fire. Depends on range and velocity. 20 rpm	+2 ADR

• Firing Mechanism: Servokinetic centrifuge with magnetic acceleration
• Loading:Combination reciever/magazine
• Mode Selector: Computer controlled
• Firing Modes: Machine-gun like, rifle-like (burst), sniper-like (single shot)
• Safety Mechanism: Master-Arm control
• Weapon Sight:Replacable digital sighting camera with software link
• Attachment Hard Points: Barrel end

The weapon works using a centrifuge combination of magazine and reciever, shaped like a drum: an electromagnetic drum which loops the rounds at high speed without contacting the surface walls - patented as the cyclone receiver. When a round needs to be fired, the drum opens out to the barrel and the inertia of the round carries it down the barrel (minimizing rotational inertia) and out at the target. Clever computer control allows different rounds to be selected and fired from the interior stream. The onboard centrifuge drum naturally stabilizes the weapon and to a limited degree, absorbs recoil. With computer control, the balance of the weapon can be adjusted while aiming.

At this point, the barrel (similar to that of a railgun) can accelerate or slow down the shot. For the purpose of high speed firing (since individual railgun barrels take time to charge and overheat quickly), a rotary system is employed. These structol rotary barrels can be varied in length: shorter for ease of manipulation and acquisition up close, longer for better grouping and accuracy - and their diameter adjusted depending on the round to be fired.

While the weapon cannot be reloaded conventionally (as the drum is built into the weapon as the receiver) it can be fed from a belt - or a magazine can be plugged in, emptied and then the magazine removed (the cyclone drum needing many of these refills). Importantly, not all rounds need to be the same type or even the same diameter.

Optionally fitted to the end of the barrel is a subspace accelerator, further improving the weapons range and velocity - similar to that of the Subspace Accelerated Compressed Packet Rifle. Its purpose is primarily for high orbit and zero-G engagements. Unfortunately the part tends to be maintenance intensive, elongates the barrel and is quite costly.

When fitted, the unit is counted as the LF-1S 'Typhoon Plus'.

• Muzzle Flash: Blue or red flash depending on which side of the barrel
• Retort: Deafening thunder-crack
• Secondary effects: Tends to break windows, scare wild-life
• Projectile/Beam Appearance: Plasma wake in atmosphere
• Maximum Effective Range: 2.2 lightseconds (659,543 kilometers)
• Maximum round velocity:
  • Atmos: 5,444.64 m/s
  • Vacuum: 0.84c maximum
• Rate of Fire: Single fire, maximum of 6000 rpm
• Recoil: The barrel tends to pull downard

While it can be fired in atmosphere, the results are 'messy' and the accelerator regularly fails due to the compression-wake of air when operating beyond its stated maximum atmospheric velocity. The resulting recoil means the platform must be firmly braced while airborne and must be at at least 100 feet to avoid being slammed into the ground. Alternatively, the unit in question requires good footing and ground stability.

Unfortunately due to the rounds high speed, a vacuum of air is left behind it in travel. As the air returns, it is superheated into plasma, the same phenomenon which makes lightning visible. The resulting sonic compression wake or 'thunder' caused by the subspace accelerator will subject individuals within 500 feet to massive concussive forces and internal bodily trauma. Fragile objects such as civilian structures, trees and poorly protected components of equipment (such as exposed linkages, fastening, cables) will often be cracked and tires burst.

For this reason, the Subspace-Accelerator is by default not engaged in an atmosphere and requires direct and explicit software or hardware override from an operator.

• LF-1 Typhoon: 6,700 KS (5490)
• LF-1S Typhoon Plus: 12,500 KS

• Cyclone Servokinetic-Drum reciever/accelerator: 2200 KS
• Manipulator grip & power/datalink interface: 90 KS
• Linear rotary barrel: 1900 KS
• Cowling frame: 500 KS
• Capacitor: 610 KS
• Fire control comp: 800 KS
• Camera-style sight: 600 KS

• Subspace Accelerator 5,800 KS

The weapon has no proprietary ammunition

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