Cannon

Cannons are a type of ship- and station-mounted weapon used by many factions of the multiverse.
== Description ==
Because of their short effective range, cannons are regulated to secondary and tertiary weapon systems, however they still see widespread use because of their ability to destroy incoming energy and ballistic missiles.
 In StarMade itself, the Cannon is a basic weapon block. Each Cannon block has 10 damage-per-second (DPS). It can be slaved to other weapon systems including another cannon, to produce varying weapon firing modes.
== Details ==
Cannons come in two types, energy and conventional.
Energy cannons accelerate bolts of superheated plasma at high velocities towards their targets using electromagnets and other mechanisms. 
Conventional cannons are coilguns and railguns that accelerate physical shells towards their target using electromagnets and other mechanisms.
Both cannon types are almost identical in tactical function, and are heavily modifiable to suit any need. The composition of the gas used in the creation of plasma can be changed to allow the plasma to have certain properties that allow the bolts to be more effective, and the shells fired by conventional cannons can be modified to fill certain roles as well. The assembly of the cannons can also be changed to increase fire rate and other properties.
== Usage ==
Modern combat doctrine places cannons the support weapon used on most military spacecraft. All effective point defense systems use fast firing cannons to eliminate incoming missiles. Autocannons modified to fire ammunition that slows fast moving opponents are also used on most capital ships are also heavily used on capital ships, and can also fill a point defense role if needed.
Category:Technology
Category:Weapons