Railgun replacement: Ion cannon
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The Lighter Side of Pessimism Join Date: 2002-03-02 Member: 263Members, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
Replace the current railgun with an ion cannon.
The Orbital Ion Cannon from Command & Conquer
The weapon would have 2 main components:
- A limited-range, low-damage beam that collides with geometry but passes through aliens & structures.
- A high-damage burst that appears at the end of the beam.
Because the beam passes through aliens and its the burst that does most of the damage, the ion cannon would be suited to attacking things beyond the alien front line - going through the bone shield & the clog wall to damage the gorge tunnel.
As the weapon is charged, the damage would stay the same, but the range of the beam would gradually increase (This would work best if there was some sort of range finder involved). So you could either rapidly fire a lot of short range beams, or you could fire a couple of long range beams.
The Orbital Ion Cannon from Command & Conquer
The weapon would have 2 main components:
- A limited-range, low-damage beam that collides with geometry but passes through aliens & structures.
- A high-damage burst that appears at the end of the beam.
Because the beam passes through aliens and its the burst that does most of the damage, the ion cannon would be suited to attacking things beyond the alien front line - going through the bone shield & the clog wall to damage the gorge tunnel.
As the weapon is charged, the damage would stay the same, but the range of the beam would gradually increase (This would work best if there was some sort of range finder involved). So you could either rapidly fire a lot of short range beams, or you could fire a couple of long range beams.
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