LaserCannons

Description

Laser Cannons are developed from mining lasers. Consume very much energy and cause extreme heat, but a single shot deliver similar damage than a series of beam lasers.

Very short ranged (5-10km) and has low fire rates (1-4 seconds/shot) so must aim carefully.

Fit into large ships only, over 130t like a Cobra Mark III. The largest cannon need a ship over 400t like an Anaconda.

Always check the distance of your target! Don't waste a shot when over the range of your cannon!

All cannons can break apart asteroids as Mining lasers.

Name	Range	Damage/s	Damage /Heat	Energy	Damage	Rate	Heat	OverHeat Damage/s	Tech	Cost	Color
Kruger CRM38 Mining Cannon	5	25	2.5	20	100	4	40	15	5	500	Light Blue
Ingram 3838C8 Dual Cannon	5	50	2.5	20	100	2	40	15	6	1000	Light Red
Hassoni C38 Quad Cannon	5	100	2.5	20	100	1	40	15	7	2000	Light Yellow
Ergon A38 Blunderbuss Cannon	5	50	5	40	200	4	40	30	8	4000	Light Green
Lance & Ferman Military Cannon	10	50	4	20	200	4	50	18	10	8000	Light Magenta
LF38 Twin Military Cannon	10	100	1.74	40	400	4	230	10	12	16000	White
Volt V38 Vulcan Cannon	10	100	10	10	100	1	10	60	14	32000	Light Cyan

Originally discussed in the New lasers topic. There is another comparsion table of New lasers also.

Small Cannons

Kruger CRM38 Mining Cannon

The cheapest laser cannon ever made. Ideal for mineral extraction with single shots from point-blank range (5km).

Ingram 3838C8 Dual Cannon

Short range (5km) laser cannon both for mining and defence. Technically use two Mining Cannons in alternating mode to earn double firing rate.

Hassoni C38 Quad Cannon

Four Mining Cannons in alternation mode result quadrupled firing rate (still two times slower than a Pulse Laser). The range is short (5km), need a lot of energy and the heat is going up fast but perform very well in dogfight.

Ergon A38 Blunderbuss Cannon

This powerful laser contain twin Mining Cannons linked to fire together for doubled damage but halved fire rate than a Dual Cannon. Short ranged (5km) but very well cooled: the two more barrels of a Quad Cannon is replaced to heatsinks for an exceptional combat performance. Better in dogfight than the well known Military Laser!

Military Cannons

Lance & Ferman Military Cannon

You can make your career as a fearsome bounty hunter with this weapon. Provide longer range (10km), use less energy and contain better coolers than a Quad Cannon. Still heat up faster than a Blunderbuss but deliver equally powerful punches so mine large asteroids with a single shot.

LF38 Twin Military Cannon

The biggest laser cannon both in damage, range (10km) and power consumption, as predictable from two Military Cannons linked to fire together. Aim carefully and run away when a similar white beam incoming. Provide easy mining from large asteroids but overheats right from the first shot and need at least an Anaconda to hold it.

Volt V38 Vulcan Cannon

This fearsome weapon contain long quad laser cannons to get the highest (4x) fire rate and range (10km), although sigle shots do mining-grade damages only (half than military). Exceptionally well cooled, fire 60 seconds continually without overheat which keep the Ooniversal record but the large cooling system fit into Pythons only (250t mass).

Instructions

Do not unzip the .oxz file, just move into the AddOns folder of your Oolite installation.

License

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License version 4.0. If you are re-using any piece of this OXP, please let me know by sending an e-mail to norbylite at gmail.com.

Downloads

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Changelog

2015.06.17. v1.1  Blunderbuss and Vulcan added.
                  Reduced energy usage of Military Cannons to normal level.
2015.06.15. v1.0  First release.

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1.1	2015-06-17	CC BY-NC-SA 4	Laser Cannons	Weapons	Norby	BB-Link