The Chain Guns...

[AlexPaladinStorm]

Hm. Yeah. Early on, I decided they were the most effective weapons in the early-game (Bluebells beat out every single other Class 4 just by virtue of energy use, range, shot speed, and damage-per-second - AKA Damage*Refire). They tended to drain my powerplant fairly quick (energy use of 4 for each shot, at a 33.33 shot rate is very hungry), but they would also kill the enemy before the ship-wide capacitors went dry.

Also, I have an idea for an experimental weapon: A LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) that really is a laser. Make a Laser-based weapon with the highest refire rate (33.33 seems to be a pretty damn good refire rate), give it the fastest shot speed (Damned if I know, but if 1000 km/s is possible, that sounds good for a first experimental model), and the crappiest damage-per-shot and energy consumption in the univerese (a point less energy than the average Chain Guns of a relative Class (3 for Level 4s, for instance) and fractionally less damage). Range can be standard for Laser weapons (700?).

"In metric units, c is exactly 299,792,458 metres per second (1,079,252,848.8 km/h). Note that this speed is a definition, not a measurement. Since the fundamental SI unit of length, the metre, has been defined since October 21, 1983 in terms of the speed of light; one metre is the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Converted to imperial units, the speed of light is approximately 186,282.397 miles per second, or 670,616,629.384 miles per hour, or almost one foot per nanosecond."

Anyway, carry on the discussion of the uber 'Chain Guns'.

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