The Particle Cannon works by accelerating a short burst of particles to near-relativistic speeds. When mounted on a ship that can turn fast enough to keep it trained on approaching ships, it becomes a nearly unbeatable weapon, capable of destroying smaller ships before they can even approach close enough for their comparatively short-ranged weapons to be effective.
| Category: | Guns |
|---|---|
| Price: | 220,000 |
| Mass: | 30 tons |
| Outfit Space: | 30 |
| Weapon Space: | 30 |
| Gun Ports: | 1 |
| Velocity: | 1800/s |
| Inaccuracy: | 0.5 |
| Lifetime: | 0.42s |
| Range: | 750 |
| Reload Time: | 0.33s (3.00/s) |
| Rate of Fire: | 3.00/s |
| Firing Energy: | 35 → 105.0/s → 3.50/s⋅ton |
| Firing Heat: | 120 → 360.0/s → 12.00/s⋅ton |
| Firing Force: | 10 → 30.00/s → 1.00/s⋅ton |
| Shield Damage: | 54 → 162.0/s → 5.40/s⋅ton |
| Hull Damage: | 52 → 156.0/s → 5.20/s⋅ton |
| Hit Force: | 80 → 240.0/s → 8.00/s⋅ton |