Service Date: 2658

Penetration: 43

Energy: 22 nJ

Range: 4200 k

Refire Delay: .40 sec

Information:

The particle cannon is perhaps the most significant energy technology we possess. Prototypes were first developed three years into the war, when a similar cannon was extracted from a captured Kilrathi fighter. Engineers built a comparable version capable of hurling minute nuclear particles at high speeds. Any impact results in a small nuclear explosion that gives off blast, heat and radiation damage. This gun is useless, however, in atmospheric conditions.

Particle cannons have almost completely replaced neutron guns in the Confederation Navy. They combine the extended range of lasers with the strong punch of neutron guns.

Velocity: 3600

Damage: 42

Range: 4200

Refire Delay: .40

Charge: 22

Information:

More powerful than the Mass Driver but less powerful than the Tachyon, this weapon fires excited atomic particles at its target that create small nuclear explosions on impact.