Im designing a turret thats like the mjolnir, but bigger, and kinda looks looks like the barrel of a 6 shooter revolver. It has 6 cylinders jutting out from it with a dampener covering them, and a large glowing reactor at the back.
So when it shoots, it can opt to fire each beam cannon in a cycle, or all of them at once for a massive pulverising on any poor ship that gets in the way.
Also has 2 anti fighter beams, 1 on the top, one on the underside.
Expect pics soon.
p.s, i gave Shadow the idea for the name of the cannon. The Pilum is a long spear that ancient roman legionaires used in battle. When thrown, if it hit the target, it was almost always fatal. It went through most shields as well, skewering shield and enemy alike.
fitting for the ship.
pps, while we're on the topic of shields, i might mention that my campaign will feature smaller warships, cruiser and gunship class, having shields.