Mounted weapons

The laser cannon, plasma thrower, rail cannon, auto cannon, and flak cannon

Mounted weapons

Mounted weapons are attached to spaceships or space stations via a hardpoint and a fixed or turntable mount. They typically receive power from the network via their mount, which is converted into local energy within the weapon's body, though missiles and torpedoes do not actively draw electricity to fire their payloads. The available weapons are the autocannon, laser cannon, plasma thrower, rail cannon, missile, and torpedo.

Use

Mounted weapons such as the autocannon, laser cannon, plasma thrower, or rail cannon are constructed of many different modules, each of which is required for the weapon to fire. These parts include:

• A hardpoint, which connects weapon mounts to the ship or station
• A weapon mount, which connects the weapon body and supplies power
• A mounted weapon body, which converts power into local power and supports all other parts of the weapon
• A weapon-specific struct, which converts ammunition stored in the magazine into active ammunition
• A magazine, which contains inactive ammo held in reserve
  • The rail cannon also requires four capacitors
• A barrel, which fires projectiles

Some weapons are small enough that several can be mounted to the same weapon mount; these weapons include the autocannon, laser cannon, and plasma thrower.

Missiles and torpedoes are fired from their respective launchers, which are assembled in a way similar to the aforementioned mounted weapons. However, these launchers do not have magazines to feed ammo, and must be reloaded by hand.

This article is about spaceship and space station weapons, for articles about infantry weapons, see the weapons collection page.

Weapon types

Cannons

The autocannon, expanded and assembled

Autocannon

Type Weaponry

Function Anti-armor

Size 384×108×108 cm

Mass 5.877.45 kg

Volume 618.87 kv

Corrosion resistance 275

Primary material Bastium

Input / Output

Electric input

• 250 e/s upkeep
• 130 electricity per shot

Heat generation 125 per shot

Heat dissipation 10 per second

Specifications

Muzzle velocity800 m/s

Rate of fire400 RPM

Magazine capacity500

Projectile mass11 voxels

Projectile energy352

Projectile lifetime3.5 seconds

A laser cannon, expanded and assembled

Laser cannon

Type Weaponry

Function Anti-armor

Size 396×72×84 cm

Mass 4,911.32 kg

Volume 515.65 kv

Corrosion resistance 305

Primary material Bastium

Input / Output

Electric input

• 250 e/s upkeep
• 470 electricity per shot

Heat generation 80 per shot

Heat dissipation 10 per second

Specifications

Muzzle velocity1,000 m/s

Rate of fire375 RPM

Magazine capacity600

Projectile mass7 voxels

Projectile energy350

Projectile lifetime3 seconds

A plasma thrower, expanded and assembled

Plasma cannon

Type Weaponry

Function Anti-armor

Size 348×48×84 cm

Mass 5,375.48 kg

Volume 565.24 kv

Corrosion resistance 287

Primary material Kutonium

Input / Output

Electric input

• 250 e/s upkeep
• 2,205 electricity per shot

Heat generation 800 per shot

Heat dissipation 10 per second

Specifications

Muzzle velocity800 m/s

Rate of fire70 RPM

Magazine capacity150 per charge

Projectile mass65 voxels

Projectile energy1,170

Projectile lifetime7 seconds

A rail cannon, expanded and assembled

Rail cannon

Type Weaponry

Function Anti-armor

Size 504×144×84 cm

Mass 11,678.96 kg

Volume 1,238.67 kv

Corrosion resistance 380

Input / Output

Electric input

• 1,500 e/s upkeep
• 35,000 electricity per shot

Heat generation 600 per shot

Heat dissipation 10 per second

Specifications

Muzzle velocity1,400 m/s

Rate of fire33 RPM

Magazine capacity100

Projectile mass125 voxels

Projectile energy12,250

Projectile lifetime6 seconds

Ordnance

A missile is a multi-component weapon

Missile

Type Mounted weapon

Function Anti-armor

Size 120×18×18 cm

Specifications

Muzzle velocity360-460 m/s

Projectile mass29.33 kilo voxels

Projectile lifetime∞

Sub-components

Torpedoes are multi-component armaments

Torpedo

Type Ship weapons

Function Guided explosive projectile

Size 252×60×48 cm

Mass 4,967 kg (minimum)

Volume 499 kv (minimum)

Primary material Ymrium

Sub-components