Mass Driver

From FreeSpace Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
BP-Banner.png
The following information has not been confirmed by Volition
and is therefore not canon for the FreeSpace universe.

Description

Blue Planet Tech Room Description

The mass driver variant of the Varunastra gun is the short-range, brute-force element of the UEF's direct-fire warship weapons systems. Firing explosive-tipped ceramic rounds, the Varunastra-A can inflict punishing damage to corvettes and destroyers alike. Although Karuna frigates can snipe at range with their gauss cannons, they must close in to the 4-kilometer range of the mass driver to decisively conclude the engagement. Jovian engineers at Stormrider Systems built this weapon in concert with Earth-based Consolidated Material Dynamics more than fifteen years ago.

Performance

Mass Driver#Sanctus

Range 3600 m
Rate of Fire 0.1 shots per second
Velocity 3000 ms-1
Base Damage 600
Armor Damage 1.0x 600
Shield Damage 0.25x 150
Subsystem Damage 0.25x 150


Mass Driver#Karuna

Range 4200 m
Rate of Fire 0.1 shots per second
Velocity 3000 ms-1
Base Damage 1200
Armor Damage 1.0x 1200
Shield Damage 0.25x 300
Subsystem Damage 0.25x 300


Mass Driver#Narayana

Range 14400 m
Rate of Fire 0.1 shots per second
Velocity 4200 ms-1
Base Damage 2400
Armor Damage 1.0x 2400
Shield Damage 0.25x 600
Subsystem Damage 0.25x 600


  • Weapon does the final 75% damage to a ship with the supercap flag.

Notes

  • Weapon is capable of easily damaging large vessels (Huge)
  • Weapon cannot be mounted on small ships (Big Ship)
  • Weapon fires on the designated rate of fire on all difficulty levels and all AI levels (Same Turret Cooldown)

Veteran Comments

Please read the Veteran Comments policy before editing this section.


These are actually fairly powerful weapons that are not to be underestimated. A pair of Karuna-scale mass drivers do damage equivalent to a TerSlash, with slightly more range and better accuracy. The Narayana-scale mass drivers are awesome weapons that have no true equal in the GTVA: very long range, damage output almost on par with a TerSlash, mounted in pairs on Narayana-class frigates. The UED Toutatis also mounts two of these as a unique modification.