CS Aurora:Mesons

Mesons are a beam weapon specialized in penetrating shields and armor.

Description

Mesons are a type of beam weapon. They only deal one damage over their entire range, but compensate by bypassing enemy shields and (depending on your Meson Armour Retardation technology) armor. They have a maximum range of

 Base Range * Range Modifier * 10000km

Their rate of fire is

 Base Range / Capacitor Recharge Rate * 1s

While the theoretical maximum range far exceeds 1.5m km, no Beam Fire Control is able to handle ranges beyond this limit. Higher ranges offer no advantage for meson cannons.

Mesons can be mounted in turrets.

Damage Profile

Mesons ignore shields. When a meson hits armor, it has a chance to completely ignore each layer of armor, dependent on technology. If a layer of armor does stop the meson, it scores 1 point of damage on the armor. If the meson hits a damaged armor location, it only has to penetrate the remaining armor in that location.

Components

Meson Focal Size

Focal Size	10cm	12cm	15cm	20cm	25cm	30cm	35cm	40cm	50cm	60cm	70cm	80cm
Size (HS)	3	4	4	6	8	9	11	12	16	19	22	25
Base Range (kkm)	15	20	30	50	80	120	160	200	320	480	640	840
RP cost	1,000	2,000	4,000	8,000	15,000	30,000	60,000	125,000	250,000	500,000	1,000,000	2,000,000

Meson Focusing

Range Modifier	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
RP cost	1,000	2,000	4,000	8,000	15,000	30,000	60,000	125,000	250,000	500,000	1,000,000	2,000,000

Capacitor Recharge Rate

Recharge Rate	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	10	12	16	20	25
RP cost	1,000	2,000	4,000	8,000	15,000	30,000	60,000	125,000	250,000	500,000	1,000,000	2,000,000

Meson Armor Retardation

Retardation Chance	50%	40%	32%	28%	24%	20%	16%	14%	12%	10%	8.5%	7%
RP cost	500	1,000	2,000	4,000	8,000	16,000	32,000	64,000	125,000	250,000	500,000	1,000,000