Breakwater naval coilgun battery (EXverse)

The Breakwater naval coilgun battery is the most powerful naval coilgun battery used by UNSC Navy; employed first to have a powerful three-barreled alternative to Spitfire naval coilgun battery, after the introduction of the Magnetic Acceleration Cannon it ended to supplemented the spinal cannon, as Spitfires weren't powerful enough to fulfill that role.
Marked by an immense energy required and a low long-range accuracy, it was initially mounted aboard the massive to be the main secondary armament, but in 2522 it was implemented also aboard ; its effectiveness, however, were limited by some issues that were resolved only in the mid-2530, although the new version weren't employed aboard human vessels except on the and due to resource concerns. So Korolev developed another version after the war, improving further these powerful batteries and giving UNSC's vessels a secondary weapon able to fight superior ships.
== History ==
The history of this naval coilgun battery trace its roots back to the end of the 2480s, as many analysts predicted large riots across human colonies, due to their massive expansion. But while UNSC's high-rank officers weren't much convinced about the potential firepower that rebel cells could be show up, some influential politicians were worried about. So, in the middle of many controversies, Korolev Heavy Industries, with had some businesses with such politicians, introduced a powerful coilgun battery with which fight every ship the rebel could potentially deploy. Some funds were also provided by the colonial armed forces, as it was searching for something more powerful than Spitfires to install aboard the Punic-class, at the time under development.
However the Mark 10 Breakwater naval coilgun battery had many flaws, due to the fast developing process and a new, improved design which remained unchanged in newer models; some of the flaws were about the power required to work, charging time - at least one minute - and the lack of accuracy on long distances. But as the Insurrection began to spread across the human space, both UNSC Navy and CMA realized that these battery were too powerful to have a dedicated target. As such they both didn't assign resources to Korolev in order to improved the Mark 10 version, leaving it with those issues.
Something changed when Sinoviet Heavy Machinery conceived the Epoch-class heavy carrier in 2519; the Sinoviet's head Jim Weiguo and naval architect Terézia Dudás had the idea to fitted a light primary armament on the carrier, but a powerful secondary weapon system including two Breakwater batteries. However both of them knew that Mark 10 had too many flaws because it could be implemented on, so Weiguo secured a partnership with Korolev in order to improve Mark 10 model.
For these reasons Korolev developed the Mark 15 Breakwater naval coilgun battery, reducing the charging time and the power required by using a new type of magnetic coils. However improvements on long-range accuracy were slights, as Korolev tried to used a newly-designed stabilization system, but it had to update that used on Mark 10 version. Anyway the Mark 15 was a good update over the previous version, and on the Epoch-class it worked very well, to the point that it was implemented also on the refitted Punic-class supercarriers as soon as the Human-Covenant War begun.
During the Great War, however, accuracy concerns rose again; so, this time with UNSC's funds, Korolev developed the Mark 25 version, which greatly enhanced the accuracy but, also, increased size. This happened because Korolev enlarged the shell fired by the system, but thanks to other new magnetic coils and a mini-recycle system, the power required was nothing less than that used by previous version. However the used of the system was still restricted to larger ships, as they had fusion drives powerful enough to feed the battery and the MAC gun a the same time if needed. Anyway, the lack of resources forced the Navy to not install them on the Epochs, but only on the Alliance battleships and .
After the war Korolev improved once again the Breakwater with the new Mark 30 version, using some Covenant and Forerunner technology which enhanced more than ever the weapon system, creating something that was never made before.
== Overview ==
=== Mark 10 ===
=== Mark 15 ===
=== Mark 25 ===
=== Mark 30 ===