Modification Blaster Cannon Upgrade

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BLASTER CANNON UPGRADE

AFFILIATION
Free use.

MANUFACTURER
Various.

TYPE
Vehicle weapons upgrade.
POWER SUPPLY
Vehicle power-plant.

SENSORS
N/A.

SIZE
Varies.

COMPOSITION
Various metals, polymers and circuit components.

DESCRIPTION
Some vehicles, in the eyes of their owners, just don't have enough firepower. While the majority of civilian vehicles used inside a planet's atmosphere are not armed, the conditions on some worlds require that a pilot be armed with something a little stronger than a blaster pistol fired over the handlebars or windscreen of their landspeeder, jumpspeeder, airspeeder or swoop, and thus certain upgrade paths exist to enable such weapons to be carried.

The most common weapon fitted to ground and air vehicles is a blaster cannon, either light or medium, depending on the resources and preferences of the driver. These are most commonly fitted to fixed mounts, although it is possible to rig up a turret with 1 or more cannons. Though fixed cannons can be operated by the driver, a turret must be operated by a dedicated gunner, taking up 1 passenger space on the vehicle. Vehicles which cannot carry passengers likewise cannot be fitted with turrets.

Fitting blaster cannons to a ground or air vehicle is not without consequences. Typically, the weight and power requirements of such weapons exact a cost to the vehicle's top speed; light blaster cannons will reduce performance by -50 kph each, for example, while medium cannons will cost -100 kph each. Turreted versions of these weapons will cost double, -100 kph and -200 kph, respectively. Vehicles with a slower top speed than 100 kph cannot be fitted with blaster cannons.

Notably, this upgrade path can be used to upgrade existing weaponry. If a vehicle is already fitted with 1 or more light blaster cannons, these can be upgraded to medium blaster cannons, with the same restrictions detailed above. Medium cannons or above cannot be upgraded.

LEGALITY
Restricted. Upgrading a vehicle with blaster cannons is considered unlawful in much of the Galaxy, or is at least subject to permits and special licensing.

INTENT
To create a weapons upgrade for vehicles.

 
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