⧫ Project Golanski's Hammer
⧫ Alexandria Research Station
⧫ 18:00 Sirius Time.
⧫ ENCRYPTION: Classified[V]
Project Golanski's Hammer
With the Nomad threat constantly increasing in greater numbers and larger ships,
the need of significant sustained damage quickly became obvious.
Unfortunately conventional weaponry was deemed unsuitable to meet these extreme needs,
simply lacking the raw damage output needed to take down heavier Nomad vessels in a satisfactory manner.
In order to meet this new demand, the Orders finest researchers went to work to design a new weapon with unparalleled firepower.
One of the advantages the Order had when it came to maintaining and developing technology was that its members came from all over Sirius.
In this case, former Rheinland scientists came to the rescue with a design that was somewhat similar to the Rheinland style;
a heavy, draining weapon with immense damage output.
A powersource had to be selected, even with the expertise of the former Rheinland scientists the Order
simply lacked the supply of Mox the scientists were used to work with.
After much deliberation the choice was eventually made to use Azurite gas to power the weapons.
Not only was Azurite gas more plentiful in the Omicrons, it was also far more potent and long lasting
than the limited supply of Mox would have allowed.
Harnessing the Azurite gas in a safe manner, let alone weaponizing it, proved to be a challenging endeavor.
A similar approach to plasma weaponry was taken, the theory was similar enough in principle.
However due to the sustainable nature of Azurite gas a proper venting system had to be developed to
avoid overcharging the weapon in a near infinite loop with potential disastrous consequences were it to happen.
Eventually it was decided that the best way to facilitate this was to redirect this energy generation
through the gun, firing the built up energy into space to prevent it from building up further inside the weapon.
Not only did this remove the risk of a potential overload, it also greatly simplified the manner in which
the prototype could meet the projected damage output that was expected of it.
Due to the sheer size of the heavier Nomad vessels, certain compromises could be made in
the weapons design that would normally have been unacceptable on Order vessels.
As a result, the refire rate, projectile speed and energy drain of the prototype suffered significantly but
the vast amount of firepower, lived up to their Rheinland design.
The prototype was deemed Golanski's Hammer, named after the current Grand Admiral of the Order Overwatch.
Unfortunately due to the rare materials required to construct these weapons it is unlikely these prototypes will be fielded en masse,
restricting their use only to specially selected vessels within the Black fleet.
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