[Vasudan Commander]

Designed by my close friend ShadowGorrath. Designation Cn stands for Cannon. It's over 5 kilometres in length, and can kill a Sathanas in a single shot, powered by twin meson reactors. The name 'Pilum' comes from the ancient roman throwing spear.

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[haloboy100]

so it's just one big gun? nice. Does it fire a beam or a projectile?

[Dark Hunter]

So, basically, it's a super-version of the Archangel dreadnought, but without the anti-fighter stuff?

[ShadowGorrath]

It fires a beam . And I never heard of any Archangel dreadnought .

[colecampbell666]

So it's like the Gorgon in derelict, only it's a new ship and not just a bunch of stock ones stuck together, and it's more powerful. Me likey.

[Tempest]

For 5KM, it's a little lacking on the detail. More elaboration on the guns and engines would be nice. IMO it'd be better suited to be smaller than 5KM, but that's just me.

[Vasudan Commander]

For 5KM, it's a little lacking on the detail. More elaboration on the guns and engines would be nice. IMO it'd be better suited to be smaller than 5KM, but that's just me.

Designed to take out juggernauts. Its a long range heavy beam cannon , powered by 2 meson reactors. It can take out a Sathanas with a single shot from over 50 kilometres out. It can move itself with two large engines, but it moves very slowly, and is usually warped in at its firing position. Takes a minute or two to charge up its guns.

Hey, i feed Shadow this info. He's teaching me how to use wings3d at the moment lol

[bizzybody]

Soooo, what do you use to defend this big target that has no self-defense capability?

[Hades]

Wings3D Ownz.Want to see a frigate im making with it?It is this http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=99514305rx2.jpg Sill WIP.Does any one have a Greek name database or something i can find Greek names?

[Vasudan Commander]

Soooo, what do you use to defend this big target that has no self-defense capability?

you use alpha wing , and maybe a friendly cruiser or two 

[jr2]

Looks like the Terran version of the Gigas from INFR1.

[ShadowGorrath]

This ship kinda lacks detail , but what do you expect - it was a quick work . I totally made this out of one cube ( manipulated it so ) in about 10 or 15 minutes .

I made a destroyer also . It's shorter than the GTCn Pilum , but it has probably more firepower than the Colossus Also , it's poly numbers are over 17000 ( because of the detailed weapons ) . I'll upload a pic once I'm back home from a trip ( in one week ) , unless Vasudan Commander decides to upload it himself

[Stormkeeper]

Soooo, what do you use to defend this big target that has no self-defense capability?

you use alpha wing , and maybe a friendly cruiser or two 

Just alpha wing will be enough. Remember, its alpha 1 we're talking about here.

[Snail]

Can we PLEASE shut up about Alpha 1? After 1 year I've seen so many "oh may gawd Alpha 1 pawns he can take out the entire Shivan fleet aw may gawd" jokes that it gets old. Freakin badgers.

[TrashMan]

Nice...but 5km soundsa bit too much...you really don't need it that big...look at the size of normal beam cannons.

3k is more than enough to pulverize the sath (if you calculate hte volume increase of a cannon = damage increase)

If we assume the avarge beam cannon is 100m long (and I think it's smaller) than a 3000m long one would have 30x30x30 times the volume..that's basicly 27000 times the damage... it would allready be insanely powerfull

[Stormkeeper]

Ugh maths.

The Pilum looks like an experimental heavy duty mass driver. You know, those type of weapons that use opposing magnetic fields to accelerate a mass to beyond supersonic speeds? Thats what the Pilum reminds me off. Especially that long section; reminds me of a capacitator barrel for a mass driver.

[colecampbell666]

You  mean a railgun, or is this different?

[Snail]

The Railgun uses magnetic fields to convert electric energy into kinetic energy IIRC.

[Stormkeeper]

Yea not a railgun. A mass driver.

Its an idea i'm thinking about if i ever do a mod ...

[TrashMan]

Railgun accelerates the "bullet" between 2 long rails... A coilgun accelerates it tough several rings (coils) - but in essence they use the same principle of aceclerating a object trough magnetic fields.

Thus, you're thinking of something like a gigantic Maxim gun (alltough according to the description, the Maxium should use ammo!)

EDIT - anything that shoots an object with mass (projectile of some sorts) is in essence a mass driver - bow and arrow, ballista, musket, pistol, chaingun, railgun...