The Stagnation Beam is one of the few technologies of the Incipias that surpasses anything humanity has made thus far - in fact, the first prototypes were built before the Incipias even dreamed of space travel. The weapon's origins lie in giant reactors that were constructed to pull asteroids out of their home planet's orbit, providing easy access to more resources. Naturally, a mechanism to slow the asteroids down was also implemented to prevent accidental asteroid strikes.
As the Incipias' mastery of spaceflight grew, so did the generators' efficiency, which allowed for more compact, ship-based tractor beams. Resource collection was greatly streamlined by these new models, much to the benefit of the Incipias' otherwise sluggish ships.
The secret of how these beams work is only known to a few scientists of the Incipias who are under the control of the state. Such knowledge, if made public, could have disastrous consequences for the Hicemus and their grip on power.
| Category: | Turrets |
|---|---|
| Price: | 180,000 |
| Mass: | 30 tons |
| Outfit Space: | 30 |
| Weapon Space: | 30 |
| Turret Mounts: | 1 |
| Velocity: | 36,000/s |
| Turret Turn: | 228.0/s |
| Inaccuracy: | 0.5 |
| Lifetime: | 0.02s |
| Range: | 600 |
| Reload Time: | 0.02s (60.00/s) |
| Rate of Fire: | 60.00/s |
| Firing Energy: | 0.5 → 30.00/s → 1.00/s⋅ton |
| Firing Heat: | 3.2 → 192.0/s → 6.40/s⋅ton |
| Shield Damage: | 0.1 → 6.00/s → 0.20/s⋅ton |
| Hull Damage: | 0.1 → 6.00/s → 0.20/s⋅ton |
| Slowing Damage: | 0.1 → 6.00/s → 0.20/s⋅ton |
| Hit Force: | -40 → -2400.00/s → -80.00/s⋅ton |