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SHIP PROFILE: "Zuikaku"

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"Zuikaku" Heavy weapony log #2: TL-4a "Light Mortar" Cryogenic Antimatter Projector

For decades, the champion among cruisers in the realm of countering other capital ships at a distance was the Liberty Siege Cruiser, with its devastating spinal lance. The invention of cryogenic antimatter projectors closed the gap between the houses, giving each fleet the ability to rain havoc upon each others' battleships from afar, but Liberty remained the only cruiser to be able to consistently augment the battlefield with additional cruiser-based anti-battleship firepower.

The solution was a downsized version of the Mortar, helpfully dubbed the Light Mortar, developed and marketed by the same research firm to not only the houses but also the various groups and factions throughout Sirius that fielded cruiser-scale ships. The Light Mortar is a straightforward development, with smaller antimatter injectors and a proportionately smaller cryogenics unit. While the instantaneous energy output of the weapon is lower than that of any other Mortar variant, it has the lowest cooldown time of any cryogenic antimatter projector, making it perfect for medium to long range sustained fire.

"Light Mortar" Statistics

• NAME: TL-4a "Light Mortar" Cryogenic Antimatter Projector
• CLASS: 7
• HULL/SHEILD DAMAGE PER DISCHARGE: 375.000 / 187.500
• RANGE: 3.000 m
• VELOCITY: 900 m/s
• REFIRE: 0.10
• POWER CONSUMPTION PER DISCHARGE: 1.250.000

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