Gatling Gun

## Description

When Dr. Richard J. Gatling invented the rapid-fire gun bearing his name in the 19th century, he hoped that its destructiveness would lead to the end of war itself. Over a millennium later, this modern incarnation of the Gatling Gun sees action in the stars, a testament to its fundamentally robust design - and Dr. Gatling's naivete. While capable of a high fire rate, this gun needs to cool down for twice as long as it fires, and can only sustain a maximum of three seconds of continuous fire.

## Locations

The Gatling Gun can be purchased at the following ports:

* Albatross, Nunki
* Bloodsea, Antares
* Buccaneer Bay, Algenib
* Covert, Gienah
* Deadman's Cove, Almach
* Greenrock, Shaula
* Haven, Arneb
* New Tortuga, Misam
* Smuggler's Den, Men
* Stormhold, Alcyone
* Thule, Men
* Trinket, Sargas

## Information

The Gatling Gun is a secondary weapon that is sold on almost all pirate planets. It is unique in that it is one of the few weapons able to be installed in the Combat Drone's tiny weapon space of 8 (the only other weapons being the Beam Laser, Energy Blaster, and Modified Blaster), and the only one that is a secondary weapon. The Gatling Gun is also extremely powerful for its size, dealing far more damage than the three previously mentioned weapons. This is offset by the fact that the Gatling Gun requires ammunition to fire, and its ammunition is only sold in a handful of places that may be dangerous for most players.

The Gatling Gun can be seen on many pirate interceptors and fighters, as it is one of the most powerful weapons they can fit. Although when it comes to bigger ships, pirates tend to start using weapons like Plasma Cannons or Proton Guns, a tactic that the player would be smart to follow. This is because larger weapons will out-damage the Gatling Gun, and are also more available across the galaxy and do not require ammo to use.

The Gatling Gun fires in bursts of 180 bullets for 3 seconds before going on cooldown for 6 seconds. This makes the weapon useful for hit-and-run tactics, as one is able to dish out massive amounts of damage in a short amount of time then run away in order to wait for the reload to finish.

* In those 3 seconds of firing, the Gatling Gun deals an astounding 540 shield damage and 1080 hull damage.

## Notes

* The Gatling Gun was designed along side the Finch and was intended to be one of the best weapons anyone could fit on a Human fighter.
* Not every bullet fired from the Gatling Gun flies through space at the same velocity. The weapon has a random velocity attribute of 8, which means that the bullets can fly at anywhere between the base velocity of 16 up to an incredible 24 (which is as fast as the projectiles of the Proton Gun).
* The variant of the Fury that uses Gatling Guns in pirate fleets does not spawn with full ammo. While it has the capacity to hold a total of 12,000 bullets, it only spawns with half that: 6,000 bullets. This is to represent the fact that while Gatling Guns are effective weapons, even pirates have trouble finding the ammunition for them.
* A turreted variant of the Gatling Gun will be added in 0.10.5 as part of the Pirate Expansion project.

## Gallery

While interceptors are not normally a threat, even a small group using Gatling Guns can quickly disable even the biggest of freighters if they are unprotected.A Skein who has deployed 6 Finches using Gatling Guns against a group of pirates.A pirate Fury about to meet its end as it gets engulfed in the flames of the missiles from the Rainmaker it has just angered.When Gatling Gun bullets still had a missile strength to them, they would show up as a hail of white dots on the minimap. This is no longer the case.