Instead of just placing an Ion Rain Gun on a turret mount, the Heliarch tweaked the cycles of shots, having each shot be significantly more effective and seeing an overall increase to the weapon's range, but at the cost of a reload period.
| Category: | Turrets |
|---|---|
| Price: | 1,268,000 |
| Mass: | 26 tons |
| Required Crew: | 1 |
| Outfit Space: | 26 |
| Weapon Space: | 26 |
| Turret Mounts: | 1 |
| Velocity: | 720.0/s |
| Turret Turn: | 252.0/s |
| Inaccuracy: | 3 |
| Reload Time: | 0.25s (4.00/s) |
| Burst Reload Time: | 0.05s (20.00/s) |
| Burst Count: | 5 |
| Rate of Fire: | 4.00/s |
| Firing Energy: | 48 → 192.0/s → 7.38/s⋅ton |
| Firing Heat: | 24 → 96.00/s → 3.69/s⋅ton |
| Submunition: | 4x ion hail |
| Shield Damage: | 48 → 192.0/s → 7.38/s⋅ton |
| Hull Damage: | 20 → 80.00/s → 3.08/s⋅ton |
| Ion Damage: | 1.28 → 5.12/s → 0.20/s⋅ton |
| Hit Force: | 4 → 16.00/s → 0.62/s⋅ton |