From the memory crystal of Khalai Amukasier:
The Phase Transit Cannon fires a high-energy pulse that can deal an enormous amount of damage in a short amount of time. Combining this fact with the quick refire rate, the Phase Transit Cannon stands to be the most powerful weapon known in the Koprulu Sector, but such a weapon is not without its price.
Kuwadora theorized this new weapon on the principle combination of light and dark energy; perhaps he was inspired by Tassadar. Since he was raised a High Templar Kuwadora had no problems introducing a light energy factor, but the other two factors would have to come from elsewhere.
The Terrans of the Terran Dominion recently developed a strong new engine for their Yamato Cannons--one that allowed a consecutive firing of their super weapon. This new engine functions on a rotating basis--that is, while one engine is firing, the remaining engines are preparing themselves for their own blast. Enough engines can be built for a continuous firing effect--similar to a gatling cannon, but it is far from inexpensive. The Dominion's prototype, Iron Raptor, utilized only three such rotating engines, as it appeared to be the maximum the Battlecruiser could house without removing other vital systems. In time they will be able to make such an engine smaller; Kuwadora himself looked over the designs at great length, and devised some shortcuts in order to generate a constant, rotating engine design without compromising ship systems.
Of course, the difference here is Kuwadora was being far more reckless in harnessing energies; he was counting on having a dark energy source, where the Terrans were not. Their Yamato Cannon operates on a different principle.
This dark energy is supplied by Xaax the Defiler, who also looked over Kuwadora's design of the engine. Kuwadora informed me that Xaax recognized immediately each and every flaw in the new design, as well as recognized that each required one of his own patches. In order to make up for the the enormous radiation and power output Xaax integrated biological elements into the ship's hull, inside and out, in order to siphon off this excess of light energy and absorb it with dark energy--generating a waste product. It was this waste product which Kuwadora hoped to use as the Black Dream's main weapon, in fact.
This light and dark energy intermix stores a great deal of potential energy as well as kinetic energy; some of this potential energy is converted into kinetic energy upon impact, allowing the blast to travel across multiple targets up to three times before expending all potential energy. However, the more the energy burst bounces, the less damage it does due to the loss in kinetic energy.
The Black Dream is literally a mismatch of technologies hastily put together; it is a wonder how Kuwadora managed to make it spaceworthy. I contantly attempt to devise a way to install a Recall device on board the ship, but any such effort is met in failure despite Chaladar's knowledge of operating that Judicator mechanism. I looked over the designs time and again, and it appears the intermix engine is somehow interfering with time and space. Perhaps it is not just the cannon that is operating in phase transition.
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