Mass Driver
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Description
Blue Planet Tech Room Description
The mass driver variant of the Varunastra gun is the short-range, brute-force element of the UEF's direct-fire warship weapons systems. Firing explosive-tipped ceramic rounds, the Varunastra-A can inflict punishing damage to corvettes and destroyers alike. Although Karuna frigates can snipe at range with their gauss cannons, they must close in to the 4-kilometer range of the mass driver to decisively conclude the engagement. Jovian engineers at Stormrider Systems built this weapon in concert with Earth-based Consolidated Material Dynamics more than fifteen years ago.
Performance
Mass Driver#Sanctus
| Range | 3600 m | |
| Rate of Fire | 0.1 shots per second | |
| Velocity | 3000 ms-1 | |
| Base Damage | 600 | |
| Armor Damage | 1.0x | 600 |
| Shield Damage | 0.25x | 150 |
| Subsystem Damage | 0.25x | 150 |
Mass Driver#Karuna
| Range | 4200 m | |
| Rate of Fire | 0.1 shots per second | |
| Velocity | 3000 ms-1 | |
| Base Damage | 1200 | |
| Armor Damage | 1.0x | 1200 |
| Shield Damage | 0.25x | 300 |
| Subsystem Damage | 0.25x | 300 |
Mass Driver#Narayana
| Range | 14400 m | |
| Rate of Fire | 0.1 shots per second | |
| Velocity | 4200 ms-1 | |
| Base Damage | 2400 | |
| Armor Damage | 1.0x | 2400 |
| Shield Damage | 0.25x | 600 |
| Subsystem Damage | 0.25x | 600 |
- Weapon does the final 75% damage to a ship with the supercap flag.
Notes
- Weapon is capable of easily damaging large vessels (Huge)
- Weapon cannot be mounted on small ships (Big Ship)
- Weapon projectile generates particles (Particle Spew)
- Weapon fires on the designated rate of fire on all difficulty levels and all AI levels (Same Turret Cooldown)
Veteran Comments
These are actually fairly powerful weapons that are not to be underestimated. A pair of Karuna-scale mass drivers do damage equivalent to a TerSlash, with slightly more range and better accuracy. The Narayana-scale mass drivers are awesome weapons that have no true equal in the GTVA: very long range, damage output almost on par with a TerSlash, mounted in pairs on Narayana-class frigates. The UED Toutatis also mounts two of these as a unique modification.
