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Description
The Arquebus is a variant of the Varunastra-A mass driver for mounting specifically on the Custos-X cruiser. It is one of the few capital-scale weapons that can be directly controlled by the player.
Blue Planet Tech Room Description
Varanustra Mass Driver for the Custos-X variant.
Performance
Arquebus
| Range | 3000 m | |
| Rate of Fire | 0.5 shots per second | |
| Velocity | 1500 ms-1 | |
| Base Damage | 1200 | |
| Armor Damage | 1.0x | 1200 |
| Shield Damage | 0.25x | 300 |
| Subsystem Damage | 1.0x | 1200 |
Notes
- Weapon is capable of easily damaging large vessels (Huge)
- Weapon has high recoil (Shudder)
- Weapon projectile generates particles (Particle Spew)
- The weapons room description lists this as a gauss cannon, but the tech room description lists it as a mass driver. To make it more confusing, it has the weapons effect of a gauss cannon with the damage characteristics of both. For now, this article follows the tech room description.
