The Farad system is based on the Robotech Reflex System (Which you basically copied, but who cares, I almost did too lol), however, my Farad system doubles as the Omni-Directional barrier from Robotech, through means explained below
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Capsule's Farad Project
The Farad System, named after the measuring unit of capacity, turns a specially-designed twin-hulled ship into basically a large capacitor. It draws energy from the reactors, or whatever happens to be the main energy source of the ship, storing energy in between the hulls, taking about 15-30 seconds to charge, and then the energy can be expelled in one of 2 ways:
1. A powerful energy wave shooting forward that, depending on setting and ship size, can fire a beam strong enough to rip the flesh (hull) off a starship of equal size, vaporize a smaller ship, or burrow a hole through a large ship.
or 2. A powerful shield, Green in color, which can take a serious pounding for up to 15 seconds, from almost any weapon, even a LASER (due to it's heavy Green tint) or a Collision (Internal systems could be severely damaged, but not as much as full impact). However, a strong blast, such as a high-speed collision, or something like a superlaser, or a larger farad system, will cripple the Farad system after use, taking a while to repair, if not destroying it.
After normal use, the Farad system will will take a good 5-10 minutes to cool (depending on size), any less, and the gun will burn-out/overload.
More info coming soon... The project will be tested in 3 years, a corvette will be ready in 7, and a Flagship with this weapon will be completed in 12-15 years. (1 year=1 Day)
----CCNN Reporter: Today, Capsule Corporation completed testing of the Farad system. They expect to have the corvette-mounted version ready in a few years.
Test ship FARAD:
We apologize that we can't show you the actual test video... but we have created these crude images:
Charging:
Firing:
Shielding:
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Since this experiment, a year go RL time, I have developed all sorts of weaponry based on this design, from Whole-ship systems, to rapid-fire turretted weapons, to handheld rifles!
Just thought I'd point it out
