MASS_DRIVER

> ANALYSIS fitting design.

The mass driver is a large weapon for a warship's hardpoints, built in an Armory. It throws slugs at long range only. A slug takes time to arrive: a fast target that sees it coming evades part of the damage, and a target that leaves, is disabled or pulls back out of range before it lands is missed entirely.

It cannot aim at anything smaller than a corvette, and its weight lowers the speed of the ship that carries it.

> BUILD

COST: 1 heavy_frame · 1 field_coil · 2 motor
BUILD: 12 ticks
NATIVES: 88 iron · 15.5 carbon · 22 exotics · 31.5 ice · 24 copper
GRADE: 6
OTHER ROUTES: iron_plate · steel_plate · counted here by the first recipe for each

> SPECS

MINUTES: 12
SIZE: large
HARDPOINT: True
WEAPON: {'band': <Band.LONG: 'long'>, 'damage': 150, 'volley_ticks': 1, 'flight_ticks': 1, 'run_minutes': 0, 'ammo': 'slugs', 'ammo_per_volley': 2, 'min_target_size': 'corvette', 'max_target_size': None, 'intercepts': False, 'interceptable': False, 'signature': 5}
BUILT AT: armory
FIT MINUTES: 6
FIT TICKS: 6
EFFECTS: {'cargo_capacity': -20, 'speed': -1}