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FREESPACE2 - Guns |
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The GTW Subach HL-7 is a great Terran dogfighting weapon, best coupled
with a heavier damage weapon (like the Kayser.) It has a very high
rate of fire, and uses small amounts of weapon energy, allowing you to
allocate this energy to other ships systems. Also, due to the small
energy usage, you can 'spray' the area, giving new pilots, or inaccurate
pilots a chance to fire like mad, hit the enemy, and still have enough
energy left over to finish 50 more fighters off, in a row.
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GTW Subach HL-7
Damage (Overall) : 15.00
Damage (Hull) : 13.50
Damage (Shields) : 10.50
Energy Used : 0.20
Rate of Fire : 0.20
Velocity (Speed) : 450.00
Max. Range : 900.00
Type : Standard
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The GTW Mekhu HL-7 is a great Vasudan dogfighting weapon, best coupled
with a heavier damage weapon (like the Kayser.) It has a very high
rate of fire, and uses small amounts of weapon energy, allowing you to
allocate this energy to other ships systems. Also, due to the small
energy usage, you can 'spray' the area, giving new pilots, or inaccurate
pilots a chance to fire like mad, hit the enemy, and still have enough
energy left over to finish 50 more fighters off, in a row.
Although not as strong as the Terran version (Subach HL-7), the Mekhu
fires faster, travels faster, and has a further effective range, which
fits perfectly with Vasudan fighters and Bombers (they try to attack at
longer ranges, so they take less damage.)
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GTW Mekhu HL-7
Damage (Overall) : 12.00
Damage (Hull) : 10.80
Damage (Shields) : 9.60
Energy Used : 0.20
Rate of Fire : 0.15
Velocity (Speed) : 485.00
Max. Range : 970.00
Type : Standard
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The Akeheton SDG is a tactical weapon, and as such should only be used
for missions requiring you to disable enemy subsystems. On the plus side
though, this weapon does decent hull damage, so it can act as a light
anti-capital ship weapon, but it is useless against enemy fighters (as it
does no damage to shields.)
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GTW Akheton SDG
(Subsystem Disruption Gun)
Damage (Overall) : 30.00
Damage (Hull) : 15.00
Damage (Shields) : 0.00
Energy Used : 1.60
Rate of Fire : 0.35
Velocity (Speed) : 500.00
Max. Range : 750.00
Type : Anti-Subsystem
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The Morning Star is used to 'push' enemy fighters and bombers away, which
serves 2 key roles; firstly, the enemy is pushed further away from you,
and the resulting 'jolt' makes it harder for an enemy to lock thier
weapons on you, or any other allied craft. (A good multiplayer D/Fighting
weapon, when available.)
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GTW ML-70 Morning Star
Damage (Overall) : 7.00
Damage (Hull) : 3.50
Damage (Shields) : 9.10
Energy Used : 0.80
Rate of Fire : 0.15
Velocity (Speed) : 1000.00
Max. Range : 2000.00
Type : Kinetic
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The Prometheus R is a poor weapon system as it uses a fair amount of
energy to do only a small amount of damage. Ontop of that, it has a very
poor rate of fire which makes targeting accuracy crucial as you cannot
'spray' the area as you can with a weapon such as the Subach or Mekhu
HL-7.
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GTW-5a Prometheus (R) (Retrofit)
Damage (Overall) : 18.00
Damage (Hull) : 19.80
Damage (Shields) : 14.40
Energy Used : 0.60
Rate of Fire : 0.45
Velocity (Speed) : 450.00
Max. Range : 900.00
Type : Retrofit
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Only slightly better than the Prometheus R, the Prometheus S offers
greater firepower, a greater range, and a slightly better fire rate. IMO
only good for bombers for use against capital ships. (A poor D/fighting
weapon.)
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GTW-5 Prometheus (S) (Standard)
Damage (Overall) : 30.00
Damage (Hull) : 27.00
Damage (Shields) : 30.00
Energy Used : 1.00
Rate of Fire : 0.35
Velocity (Speed) : 750.00
Max. Range : 1500.00
Type : Standard
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The Maxim Cannon (AKA Maxim Gun) is an ideal choice for Bombers as it
can shred a capital ship's subsystems and hull to pieces, very quickly.
It has an incredible rate of fire (as fast as the Mekhu HL-7), which
allows large amounts of damage to be dealt, very quickly (watch your
weapon energy gauge closely, as it will go down very fast.) In terms of
D/fighting, this weapon is practically useless (due to the shields on
fighters), unless coupled with an anti-shield weapon (but due to the
massive power consumptions of both these weapons, this is highly
impractical.)
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GTW-66 Maxim Cannon
Damage (Overall) : 20.00
Damage (Hull) : 26.00
Damage (Shields) : 4.00
Energy Used : 1.00
Rate of Fire : 0.15
Velocity (Speed) : 1800.00
Max. Range : 3600.00
Type
: High Velocity
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The Kayser it the single most powerful fighter/bomber mounted weapon
system. A dual bank of Kaysers can take out almost any fighter or bomber
in just 1-shot! And the rest in 2 or 3. Not only does it have such
incredible firepower, it can fire at a very quick rate, making this the
first choice of any D/fighting pilot.
(Note: Keep a close eye on the weapon energy gauge, as this weapon will
drain it very quickly, especially if you have 2 banks of them.)
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GTW UD-8 Kayser
Damage (Overall) : 28.00
Damage (Hull) : 28.80
Damage (Shields) : 25.20
Energy Used : 1.20
Rate of Fire : 0.25
Velocity (Speed) : 650.00
Max. Range : 975.00
Type : Special
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The Circe's only role is to destroy enemy fighters and bombers shields
so that a powerful 'hull-busting' weapon (like the Maxim) can be used to
finish it off. In terms of a D/fight, this weapon is practically useless as
it does no damage to the enemy hull, and therefore cannot destroy any ship
without another type of weapon.
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GTW-19 Circe
Damage (Overall) : 45.00
Damage (Hull) : 0.00
Damage (Shields) : 45.00
Energy Used : 1.00
Rate of Fire : 0.40
Velocity (Speed) : 450.00
Max. Range : 1350.00
Type : Anti-Shield
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The Lamspany drains the power from an enemy fighter or bombers systems
which leaves them without power, and therefore, vulnerable. Due to the
heavy power usage of this weapon, and the slow rate of fire, it is useless
in a D/fight, unless you can evade all enemy fire, and single out 1
fighter at a time, otherwise, it is useless.
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GTW-83 Lamspany
Damage (Overall) : 14.00
Damage (Hull) : 1.40
Damage (Shields) : 14.60
Energy Used : 1.20
Rate of Fire : 0.30
Velocity (Speed) : 450.00
Max. Range : 900.00
Type
: Energy
Draining Weapon
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Same as the Subach HL-7, but tweaked for D/Fighting purposes.
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Subach HL-7 (D) (Dogfighting version)
Damage (Overall) : 15.00
Damage (Hull) : 15.00
Damage (Shields) : 15.00
Energy Used : 0.20
Rate of Fire : 0.20
Velocity (Speed) : 450.00
Max. Range : 900.00
Type : Standard
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Same as the Mekhu HL-7, but tweaked for D/Fighting purposes.
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Mekhu HL-7 (D)
Damage (Overall) : 12.00
Damage (Hull) : 16.80
Damage (Shields) : 18.00
Energy Used : 0.20
Rate of Fire : 0.15
Velocity (Speed) : 485.00
Max. Range : 970.00
Type : Standard
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Same as the GTW ML-70 Morning Star, but tweaked for D/Fighting purposes.
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Morning Star (D)
Damage (Overall) : 7.00
Damage (Hull) : 3.50
Damage (Shields) : 7.00
Energy Used : 0.80
Rate of Fire : 0.17
Velocity (Speed) : 1000.00
Max. Range : 2000.00
Type : Kinetic
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Same as the GTW-5 Prometheus S, but tweaked for D/Fighting purposes.
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Prometheus (D)
Damage (Overall) : 20.00
Damage (Hull) : 16.00
Damage (Shields) : 20.00
Energy Used : 0.40
Rate of Fire : 0.30
Velocity (Speed) : 450.00
Max. Range : 900.00
Type : Standard
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Same as the GTW-66 Maxim
Cannon, but tweaked for D/Fighting purposes. |
Maxim (D)
Damage (Overall) : 20.00
Damage (Hull) : 16.00
Damage (Shields) : 4.00
Energy Used : 1.00
Rate of Fire : 0.15
Velocity (Speed) : 1800.00
Max. Range : 2700.00
Type : High Velocity
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Same as the GTW UD-8 Kayser, but tweaked for D/Fighting purposes.
(Note: The Mekhu HL-7 D is more powerful than the Kayser D, due to it's
higher rate of fire, and it's higher shield damage rating.)
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Kayser (D)
Damage (Overall) : 28.00
Damage (Hull) : 16.80
Damage (Shields) : 16.80
Energy Used : 3.00
Rate of Fire : 0.30
Velocity (Speed) : 650.00
Max. Range : 975.00
Type : Special
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