Railguns

Military service

Odin's railguns batter Echo during the ambush at Jupiter. Echo recalls destroying a Martian destroyer with its own slugs. Though most weapons are removed during conversion to exploration, Eastcott requests new railgun ammunition from contemporary United Earth in exchange for military assistance.[1][2][3]

Supply and refit

United Earth manufactured additional slugs for Echo. Its original guns failed to damage Brookes's hawk. Cylli's refit increased their firing velocity fivefold; Sarah assessed the resulting impact energy as twenty-five times the previous value, and concentrated fire damaged the hawks during the later battle.[4][5]

Uses and destruction

Echo used rail guns against Brookes' most powerful-appearing hawk before the remaining attackers destroyed his outer weapons. Later, under Vidar, Brookes ordered rail-gun strikes at ten percent power across the African front. He expected all within half a mile of each impact to be vaporized.[7][8]

Related records

Sources

Simon Evans, The Flaxen Tyranny, first edition (2023). Page numbers refer to the printed pagination of the source edition.

1. Chapter 6 · pp. 36
2. Chapter 9 · pp. 63
3. Chapter 12 · pp. 92
4. Chapter 18 · pp. 146,155
5. Chapter 25 · pp. 209,211–212
6. Chapter 28 · pp. 233
7. Chapter 33 · pp. 272–273
8. Chapter 34 · pp. 281