04-29-2016, 03:05 AM
(04-28-2016, 04:09 PM)Surge Wrote: I'd like to point out that if memory serves most SDs use embedded single guns and double or quad turrets, usually for reloading reasons since turbolasers are often depicted as loading physical canisters for each shot.SW lasers fire a plasma bolt, condensed (is that the right term?) in the weapon from tibanna gas. A turbolaser can fire anywhere between 10 to 500 shots, depending on power, size, etc.
(04-28-2016, 04:22 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote:Yup. It would have to be centrally mounted, but that would work. In fact, I believe there is a ship like that in Legends canon somewhere.(04-28-2016, 04:02 PM)OdinYggd Wrote: I was just going to say, real world battleships are often displaced visibly when firing more than one gun at a time. There's pictures of this about.what about non energy, kinetic projectile, like massive railguns? I'm sure these would work on massive multi gun turrets
Naval ships usually mount triple guns for complexity and firing rate reasons, since the turret mechanism to rotate the gun for aiming is complex and heavy.
Turbolasers on the other hand would be a lot more energy intensive when firing, and fire at a much higher rate than projectile weapons do. Much of the advantage of a triple gun is lost, so the mechanism becomes smaller and lighter mounting a single turbolaser instead of a triple.
And now that I think about it, that's a glaring issue in Pirates of the Caribbean. When those ships fired a full broadside, there should have been visible displacement in the water beneath from the entire ship being shoved back by the blast.
(04-28-2016, 05:47 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote:Erm. No. You can launch heatsinks which quickly reduce ship heat, and also light up as a sensor contact, which missiles will lock onto.(04-28-2016, 05:24 PM)OdinYggd Wrote: They'd have a significant recoil too. Newton's third law. Most of the depictions I've seen of railguns describe them as slow firing but dealing massive damage with each shot. I would expect a lot of that reload time is letting the driver circuitry cool down and recharge.
If I recall correctly, there's a weapon in Elite(dangerous?I only remember the old dos one) that shoots "heat sinks" at the enemy, maybe that could be a useful secondary for the railgun starship
(04-28-2016, 10:31 PM)Rahizel Wrote: I just got asked if I wanted to donate my old legos to some 4 year old who I don't even know and I was just like.
(04-28-2016, 10:21 PM)Ehksidian Wrote: odin means if an account registers but doesn't post at all within the first 90 days/only posts once or twice it gets deleted.Interesting setup.
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