This beam weapon creates a field inside which otherwise stable atomic nuclei rapidly decay. This effect seems to be inversely proportional to the mass of the nucleus, causing isotopes like deuterium to break down at a higher rate than heavier elements. As the resultant products have a higher energy state than the original nucleus, the beam cools its target, defying conventional thermodynamics.
In practice, this beam can deplete a ship's deuterium fuel while causing the very matter of its hull to decay.
| Category: | Guns |
|---|---|
| Price: | 1,900,000 |
| Mass: | 31 tons |
| Unplunderable: | Yes |
| Outfit Space: | 31 |
| Weapon Space: | 31 |
| Gun Ports: | 1 |
| Velocity: | 25,200/s |
| Inaccuracy: | 0.2 |
| Lifetime: | 0.02s |
| Range: | 420 |
| Reload Time: | 0.02s (60.00/s) |
| Rate of Fire: | 60.00/s |
| Firing Energy: | 4.2 → 252.0/s → 8.13/s⋅ton |
| Firing Heat: | 1.5 → 90.00/s → 2.90/s⋅ton |
| Shield Damage: | 0.8 → 48.00/s → 1.55/s⋅ton |
| Hull Damage: | 1.6 → 96.00/s → 3.10/s⋅ton |
| Heat Damage: | -9.1 → -546.00/s → -17.61/s⋅ton |