“Pulsar” Artillery Plasma Cannon

Name:  Pulsar
Type:  Artillery Plasma Cannon
Faction:  Zodiac Empire
Notes:  After detailed examinations of the New Human Empire's "Lance" particle cannon and "Nova" plasma cannon, the Zodiac Empire set to work on developing a weapon that, in theory, would be even more powerful than a spinal mount "Nova" plasma cannon.  It wasn't until the arrival of the Eldar that a good percent of the remaining puzzle pieces were put into place, the rest came from the addition of a group that emerged on Terra from the rubble as the world put itself back together known as Celestial Being and fragments of an Earth Sphere Federation from the same reality as well as interactions and acquisitions of alien technologies.
A Pulsar Artillery Cannon is based more on the spinal type of "Nova" plasma cannon than the more common regular variant.  The cannon consists of a compression chamber, Tau particle generator, gravitic acceleration barrel, and other hardware.  The weapon operates similar to a "Nova" plasma cannon, only Tau particles are introduced into the compression chamber during the stages where the plasma is compressed and spin is introduced.  Further, the gravitic acceleration barrel is designed to increase rate of spin and compression even farther as it transits through.  The launch of the high c-frac projectile is at much higher velocities than that of a "Nova" plasma cannon shot.
A shot from a "Pulsar" artillery cannon, unlike that from a "Nova" plasma cannon, is intentionally designed for long range duration.  It also will not detonate upon reaching a target zone, which is how the "Nova" plasma cannon earned its name, but will dissipate into nothing if it doesn't hit anything.  Designed to serve as a long-range stand-off weapon, ships armed with a "Pulsar" artillery cannon can either cover a large area with shots in the hopes of keeping attackers at range until back-up arrives or use the weapon as a long-range sniper cannon to take out targets at extreme range....it is all dependent on the set-up of the particular ship equipped with the "Pulsar" artillery cannon(s).
Due to observed and theorized potential of this weapon, similar restrictions to other 'super' weapons used by the Zodiac Empire have been placed on the "Pulsar" artillery cannon, albeit restrictions specifically customized for this particular weapon so as to minimize any potential loopholes.
To date, only special Aslans have been known to mount the "Pulsar" Artillery Cannon.  However, planetary defense turrets mounted on ground and orbital platforms are currently being designed.
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