The Ember Wastes are an anomalous region subject to forces that defy conventional physics: Energy spontaneously pouring from the vacuum, material density far greater than one would expect to find in space - even around a nebula, a concentration of wormholes unheard of in the galaxy, and regions where the universe itself seems to be in flux. This region, more than any building or ship, is the Remnant laboratory where they study the deepest workings of the universe.
When asked to clarify whether the name refers to either ripping or crying, the technician looks at you with a curious expression, and replies 'both.' They then go on to explain that a very simplistic explanation for this weapon is that it is making micro-tears in the fabric of space-time, then cauterizing them together again. Should not the Ember Wastes cry at the necessity of such weapons?
These massive weapons require special hardpoints, and are built in such few number that the Remnant distribute them directly on an as-needed basis. Due to the prodigious energy and fuel requirements, only the most massive of Remnant ships can support regular use of these weapons.
| Category: | Secondary Weapons |
|---|---|
| Price: | 270,000,000 |
| Mass: | 250 tons |
| Unplunderable: | Yes |
| Outfit Space: | 190 |
| Weapon Space: | 200 |
| Gun Ports: | 1 |
| Spinal Mounts: | -1 |
| Velocity: | 48,000/s |
| Lifetime: | 0.02s |
| Range: | 800 |
| Reload Time: | 0.02s (60.00/s) |
| Rate of Fire: | 60.00/s |
| Firing Energy: | 230 → 13,800/s → 69.00/s⋅ton |
| Firing Heat: | 105 → 6300/s → 31.50/s⋅ton |
| Firing Fuel: | 10 → 600.0/s → 3.00/s⋅ton |
| Firing Force: | 1 → 60.00/s → 0.30/s⋅ton |
| Blast Radius: | 150 |
| Safe(?): | Yes (built-in) |
| Shield Damage: | 250 → 15,000/s → 75.00/s⋅ton |
| Hull Damage: | 250 → 15,000/s → 75.00/s⋅ton |
| Slowing Damage: | 10 → 600.0/s → 3.00/s⋅ton |