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'''Lightning Cannon'''<br />'''Dominant Faction''': Vorlon Empire<br />'''Description''': The unleashed fury of electromagnetic mastery, the lightning cannon is a huge focused beam of energy capable of shattering small moons. Like firing a million harnessed lightning bolts at tremendous ranges, the lightning cannon is nearly unmatched as an offensive weapon. Nothing can stand in the path of the lightning cannon.
'''Lightning Cannon'''<br />
'''Dominant Faction''': Vorlon Empire<br />
'''Description''': The unleashed fury of electromagnetic mastery, the lightning cannon is a huge focused beam of energy capable of shattering small moons. Like firing a million harnessed lightning bolts at tremendous ranges, the lightning cannon is nearly unmatched as an offensive weapon. Nothing can stand in the path of the lightning cannon.


A lightning cannon’s statistics are dependent on the size of the vessel it is attached to.
A lightning cannon’s statistics are dependent on the size of the vessel it is attached to.
 
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| style="text-align: center;"|<u>'''Scale'''</u>
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| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|301 - 900 meters
| style="text-align: center;"|Lightning Cannon
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|Capital
| style="text-align: center;"|Vorlon Empire
| class="xl67" style="text-align: center;"|5,450 mt
| style="text-align: center;"|Focused Energy Beam
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|1-15/35/75
| style="text-align: center;"|Death Star
| class="xl66" style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|1-30/75/150
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|20D
| style="text-align: center;"|2-60/150/300km
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| style="text-align: center;"|300 meters
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| style="text-align: center;"|Bypass Interceptors 1D
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|901 - 1,800 meters
| style="text-align: center;"|3D
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|Capital
|-
| class="xl67" style="text-align: center;"|10,450 mt
| style="text-align: center;"|Lightning Cannon
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|1-15/35/75
| style="text-align: center;"|Vorlon Empire
| class="xl66" style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|Focused Energy Beam
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|40D
| style="text-align: center;"|Death Star
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| style="text-align: center;"|1-60/150/300
| class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;"|Lightning Cannon
| style="text-align: center;"|2-120/300/600km
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|1,801+ meters
| style="text-align: center;"|900 meters
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|Capital
| style="text-align: center;"|Bypass Interceptors 1D+1
| class="xl67" style="text-align: center;"|15,450 mt
| style="text-align: center;"|6D+1
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|1-15/35/75
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| class="xl66" style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|Lightning Cannon
| class="xl65" style="text-align: center;"|60D
| style="text-align: center;"|Vorlon Empire
| style="text-align: center;"|Focused Energy Beam
| style="text-align: center;"|Death Star
| style="text-align: center;"|1-90/225/450
| style="text-align: center;"|2-180/450/900km
| style="text-align: center;"|1,800 meters
| style="text-align: center;"|Bypass Interceptors 1D+2
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*'''Bypass Interceptors''': Whether they are based on relatively basic laser technologies or more advanced neutron or bioelectric principles, beam weapons rank as the most devastating form of weaponry. These weapons ignore/bypass the target's Interceptors and/or Shields by the listed amount.
'''Source'''
*Babylon 5: Ship Builder's Manual (page 80)
*thedemonapostle

Latest revision as of 19:29, 18 April 2020

Lightning Cannon
Dominant Faction: Vorlon Empire
Description: The unleashed fury of electromagnetic mastery, the lightning cannon is a huge focused beam of energy capable of shattering small moons. Like firing a million harnessed lightning bolts at tremendous ranges, the lightning cannon is nearly unmatched as an offensive weapon. Nothing can stand in the path of the lightning cannon.

A lightning cannon’s statistics are dependent on the size of the vessel it is attached to.

Name Origin Type Scale Space Range Atmosphere Range Minimum Ship Size Qualities Damage
Lightning Cannon Vorlon Empire Focused Energy Beam Death Star 1-30/75/150 2-60/150/300km 300 meters Bypass Interceptors 1D 3D
Lightning Cannon Vorlon Empire Focused Energy Beam Death Star 1-60/150/300 2-120/300/600km 900 meters Bypass Interceptors 1D+1 6D+1
Lightning Cannon Vorlon Empire Focused Energy Beam Death Star 1-90/225/450 2-180/450/900km 1,800 meters Bypass Interceptors 1D+2 9D+2
  • Bypass Interceptors: Whether they are based on relatively basic laser technologies or more advanced neutron or bioelectric principles, beam weapons rank as the most devastating form of weaponry. These weapons ignore/bypass the target's Interceptors and/or Shields by the listed amount.

Source

  • Babylon 5: Ship Builder's Manual (page 80)
  • thedemonapostle