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Imperial Meson Guns

design by Pete Grey

I got tired of having to generate a new spinal mount for every different ship design, so I fell back on the old MT/CT method of creating standard gun mounts.

The Imperial, and now Regency, bureaucracy created a letter classification based upon the mounts discharge energy, modified by tech level, and with N-PAWs the type of focal array used. For example a TL-13 1250 Mj medium array N-PAW is a PAC-13M, indicating a particle accelerator (pa) 1250 mj (C-class) gun of that tech level with a medium array (m). These classifications only cover TLs 10-16, BTW, as the Last Imperium had little use for spinal mounts of less than 10, and no capability for more than 16.

Gun classes: DE is discharge energy, IE is input energy, and the numbers under TL headings are the HPG volumes required at that TL. All figures are in MJ or cubic meters. HPG Mass is volume times 2

Type	DE	IE	TL-10	TL-11	TL-12	TL-13	TL-114	TL-15	TL-16
A	750	3750	300	225	187.5	169.75	150	131.25	112.5
B	1000	5000	400	300	250	225	200	175	150
C	1250	6250	500	375	312.5	281.25	250	217.25	187.5
D	1500	7500	600	450	375	337.5	300	262.5	225
E	1750	8750	700	525	437.5	392.25	350	306.25	262.5
F	2000	10000	800	600	500	450	400	350	300
G	2250	11250	900	675	562.5	481.25	450	392.25	337.5
H	2500	12500	1000	750	625	562.5	500	437.5	375
I*	2750	13750	1100	825	687.5	617.25	550	481.25	412.5
J	3000	15000	1200	900	750	675	600	525	450
K	3500	17500	1400	1050	875	787.5	700	612.5	525
L	4000	20000	1600	1200	1000	900	800	700	600
M	4500	22500	1800	1350	1125	1037.5	900	787.5	675
N	5000	25000	2000	1500	1250	1125	1000	875	750
O*	6000	30000	2400	1800	1500	1350	1200	1050	900
P	7000	35000	2800	2100	1750	1575	1400	1225	1050
Q	8000	40000	3200	2400	2000	1800	1600	1400	1200
R	9000	45000	3600	2700	2250	2025	1800	1575	1350
S	10000	50000	4000	3000	2500	2250	2000	1750	1500
T	12500	62500	5000	3750	3125	2812.5	2500	2187.5	1875
U	15000	75000	6000	4500	3750	3375	3000	2625	2250
V	17500	87500	7000	5250	4375	3937.5	3500	3062.5	2625
W	20000	100000	8000	6000	5000	4500	4000	3500	3000
X	25000	125000	10000	7500	6250	5625	5000	4375	3750
Y	30000	150000	12000	9000	7500	6750	6000	5250	4500
Z	50000+	250000+	20000	15000	12500	11250	10000	8750	7500

*(Since hex classification isn't used for TNE design rating, I and O classifications can exist without creating confusion.)

N-PAW Focal Arrays

Type	Diameter	Area
Light(L)	2.4m	4.52m2
Medium(M)	3.2m	8.24m2
Heavy(H)	4.0m	12.56m2

N-PAW Range (Km per meter of PAW)

FA type:	TL-10	TL-11	TL-12	TL-13	TL-14	TL-15	TL-16
Light	723.2	1808	3390	4068	10240	18080	28250
Medium	1318.4	3296	6180	7416	16480	32960	51700
Heavy	2011.2	5028	9420	11324	25120	50240	78500

N-PAW Mass/Meter

FA type:	TL-10	TL-11	TL-12	TL-13	TL-14	TL-15	TL-16
Light	4.52	3.39	3.39	3.39	3.39	3.39	2.732
Medium	8.24	6.18	6.18	6.18	6.18	6.18	4.944
Heavy	12.56	9.42	9.42	9.42	9.42	9.42	7.536