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Weapons

Directed Energy/Particle Weapons Systems

Plasma Cannon

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Amplified Photon Cannon

The amplified photon cannon was developed using pre-FTL science. In the days leading up to superluminous travel, scientists first turned to light itself to determine whether or not superluminous velocities were achieveable. As it turned out, on several occasions in numerous nations electromagnetic waves were exceeding the cosmic speed limit constantly. It was later found that light passing through an "amplifying medium" would travel faster or slower than light speed. Different "amplifying mediums" would result in different photon speeds, some even reduced the speed of light. This method was even used to stop light. The technology was never applied to anything of the era, as directed energy weapons had yet to debut.

This technology has been improved upon using more modern techniques, and has been employed in a rapid-fire cannon devised as an anti-fighter space defense. Because it fires particles at faster-than-light speeds, fighters can be 186,000 miles away from the ship and still not even have one second of escape time. The low power cost of the cannon makes it an ideal anti-fighter defense, but not a terribly effective offense against capital ships.

Missiles and Torpedoes

Standard Missile

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