Electromagnetic Accelerator Weaponry

Electromagnetic Accelerators or EMAs are the primary weapon type of The Syca Empire. They utilize electromagnets to accelerate a metal projectile to extreme velocities against the enemy.

The Syca Empire make use of 3 different categories of EMA weaponry, Personnel EMA weapons, Vehicle EMA weapons, and Starship EMA Weapons. See Infantry Weapons(Syca) and Vehicle Weapons(Syca).

Grades of starship-grade EMA weapons
The Imperial Navy makes use of EMA weaponry as their primary ship-to-ship and point defense weaponry on their ships. While the point defese weapons are the same on all ships, the ship-to-ship weapons vary in caliber depending on the ship mounting them. The bigger the ship, the bigger the gun.

The projectile itself is a semi self propelled armor piercing explosive projectile designed to punch through enemy armor to then detonate its fusion drive inside the enemy ship causing massive damage. These projectiles are referred to as SPHEAP ammunition.

500mm x 2500mm.
Mounted almost exclusively on corvette class vessels, the 500mm guns are the lightest caliber of anti-ship EMA weapons in service in the Imperial Navy. mounted in armored turrets in either dual or single mounts. They Fire a 500mm SPHEAP projectile at high velocities. Due to the relatively small caliber, the guns are capable of firing aproximately 70 rounds per minute.

1500mm x 3500mm.
The 1500mm guns are carried exclusively by frigate class vessels and mounted as duals or singles in armored turrets mounted across the hull of the ships. These turrets have the capacity of firing approximately 50 rounds per minute in single mounts.

2500mm x 6200mm.
Mounted on imperial destroyers and light cruisers, the 2500mm guns represent the main firepower of any Imperial fleet. Mounted in single or dual formations and housed in heavily armored turrets, the 2500mm guns deliver lethal firepower to any fleet engagement. In single mounts, they are capable of firing approximately 42 rounds every minute.

3100mm x 7400mm.
The 3100mm guns are mounted exclusively on heavy cruiser class vessels in single and dual mounts housed in armored turrets position in banks of 3 around the hull of the ships. Firing approximately 34 rounds per minute, they are a death sentence to any lighter enemy ships.

5200mm x 11200mm.
The fearsome 5200mm Devastator guns are main weaponry on all imperial dreadnoughts and the supercarrier Rann. They fire enormous projectile capable of ripping through enemy ships with surprising speed. Mounted in single and dual mounts and housed in heavily armored turrets, these guns can fire approximately 20 rounds per minute.

7350mm x 17000mm "Annihilators".
The 7350mm guns, nicknamed "Annihilators" by the navy, are the single most powerful EMA weapon ever mounted on an imperial warship. They make up the main batteries on the Annihilator-Class Super-heavy Dreadnought and the Rann-Class Supercarrier. Mounted exclusively in single mounts in armored turrets, these guns fire 10 rounds per minute.