Project "Briseur"

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Gallic Security Bureau
Department of Advanced Weapons Research

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Engineering task: set experimental manufacture line for Briseur-class Battlecruiser Cannon.

• Project's Orderer: Tactical Operations Unit
  
• Project's Executor: Department of Advanced Weapons Research
  
• Project's Logistic: Special Logistics Corps

Briseur-class Battlecruiser Cannon

The Briseur pattern artillery cannon is designed as a miniaturized battlecruiser counterpart to the Mons Meg Battleship heavy battery platform. An array of electromagnet linear actuators are used to accelerate a high-density hybrid ferromagnetic alloy slug and exotic matter payload to deliver a devastating armour penetrating charge. Designed as a long-range saturation platform, the Briseur is intended to fill a niche between short-range Cerberus repeaters and slow cycling long-range Trebuchets. As the Briseur is based on the inertial slug-based ordinance, it is most effective against hull and armour and least effective on shielding.

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Fabrication Facility

Melun Research Institution

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Recources Requirement

Material	Amount	Purpose
Ablative Armor Plating	200	Temperature resistant armor plates.
Critical Temperature Alloy	125	High-energy circuitry for beam/pulse formation.
Energy Field Equipment	50	Emitter design for fine-grained aim adjustment.
Fusion Diodes	50	High-energy circuitry for beam/pulse formation.
Heat Sinks	75	Integrate into armor plating for exhausting heat.
High-Performance Alloy	200	Armor plating of turret.
Hull Segments	300	Reinforced hardpoint interface.
Magnets	50	Magnetic coils for projectile acceleration.
Optronic Array	50	Sights, sensors, and fire control interface.
Reinforced Alloy	400	Chassis/structure of turret.
Robotics Hardware	150	Gyroscopes and servors for turret positioning.

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Gallic Security Bureau
Special Logistics Corps Report

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Sender: Operative Angela Ringuette
Recipient: Department of Advanced Weapons Research
Subject: Project "Briseur" – Materials delivered

24/02/744

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Materials required for the construction of two "Briseur"-class cannons were delivered to Melun Research Institution.

Destination – Melun Research Institution, Ile-de-France

Material	Required	Delivered
Ablative Armor Plating	400	400
Critical Temperature Alloy	250	250
Energy Field Equipment	100	100
Fusion Diodes	100	400
Heat Sinks	150	150
High-Performance Alloy	400	400
Hull Segments	600	600
Magnets	100	100
Optronic Array	100	100
Reinforced Alloy	800	800
Robotics Hardware	300	300

Delivered: 23:07:47 24th February 744

Angela Ringuette

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Gallic Security Bureau
Tactical Operations Unit

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Sender: Operative Edmund Lambert
Recipient: Department of Advanced Weapons Research
Subject: Report on “Briseur”-class cannon

07/03/744

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Having examined the performance of “Briseur”-class ordinance both in controlled conditions of the field laboratory and on in space while mounted on “Obstinate” battlecruiser, the research team came to a unanimous conclusion that further development of the weapon in question is pointless and undesirable. Despite its incredible damage output, the weapon puts extreme pressure on the energy grid of the ship even of a battlecruiser type, hindering the energy supply of other important systems. During the tests, it was revealed that the efficiency of the shield of a vessel decreases after but a few shots of “Briseur”. Prolonged use of the weapon also infringes life support systems. A weapon capable of a few shots without putting to risk the ship itself is not something we advise to use in an unpredictable environment.

Moreover, the weapon has shorter compared to the “Trebuchet” range and thus the necessity to make pauses between intensive fire defeats the purpose of the weapon in mid-range, leaving a “Trebuchet” a more preferable option.

In addition, due to the requirement of rare materials in its production, “Briseur” has a lengthy and expensive manufacturing process, rendering it impossible to provide a substantial group of ships with the weapon to integrate it into naval doctrine.

Despite its drawbacks, the weapon can find its use during modular installation sieges where a continuous fire is less important than the amount of damage inflicted. Nevertheless, the lack of economic viability in time of post-war fleet rebuilding is the main deterring factor for “Briseur” production.

Edmund Lambert

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Gallic Security Bureau
Department of Advanced Weapons Research

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Project "Briseur" has been discontinued. All materials archived.

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