FTL cannon

FTL Cannon

Faster than Light weapon – Anti Ship Weapon -

Fighting ship to ship in space is an activity Civilizations with Tech Level up to 5 deem impossible. Space ships travel at incredible speeds and distances. Weapons even operating at light speed (such as laser beam weapons) are too slow to hit and damage a target traveling and maneuvering at near light speed. Civilizations of Tech Level 6 generally utilize missiles and torpedoes for long range engagements; weapons that are in essence small space ships able to accelerate to similar speeds as the target and energy and matter transferring devices for close range combat. Some Cultures developed space fighter craft, small fast ships that close the range to the target and use sub light speed weapons on the target.

Many advanced civilizations from Tech Level 8 and up utilize Faster than light weapons, such as the Quasi Space Envelope Shard Cannon (QES weapon systems of the Shiss and Nul) or theSuper symmetry Matter Decomposer of the Galactic Council (SMD).

The Union has a wide range of Faster than light weapons, chief among them of course the Translocator weapon system. But before the TL weapons became available, Terrans developed a High energy Plasma beam weapon that utilizes a “Black Light” tunnel ( ISAH Short Cut) and allowing the weapon beam inside the tunnel to travel faster than light. These are what Union military personnel often refers to as FTL Cannons.

Standard Ship weaponry is usually sub light / light speed such as FDE (Forced Directional Energy Weapons)