Wilson's Notes Vol. 2

A GUIDE TO AIRSHIP ARTILLERY

This book contains information on Heavy guns. It is a haphazard conglomeration of paper scraps glued and sewn together to more or less form pages. The writing is coarse and sprawling, wild at times, amongst meticulously sketched Heavy gun diagrams, measurements, and firing angles. Many of the pages are singed and smeared with oil stains or black dust that smells of gunpowder. Hastily written notes can be read on the back margins of the cover page. Most are illegible. However, two stand out, the second being written much larger than the first.

Very Long Range. A medium/long-range cannon that fires explosive projectiles dealing substantial damage with a wide area of effect. Arming time of 2/3s, no secondary AoE under 200m.

Medium Range. Fires a blinding barrage of 20 rockets for a powerful area-of-denial effect in close to mid range engagements. While devastating up close, this gun quickly loses effectiveness due to a high missile spread and jaw rattling gun recoil. Missiles will start detonating at 750 meters due to crude and inaccurate timer fuses. Detonations will continue for approximately 1 more second with a few missiles reaching targets 1060 meters away. Don't let this range fool you, as this beast can't barely hit the broad side of a Galleon at those ranges. Best to hold your shots and wait for the buggers to get closer. -Wilson

Short Range. A larger, slower, more powerful Carronade that fires a piercing short-range shotgun burst. Effective against balloons and components.

Very Long Range. High arcing weapon with balloon damaging Flechette AoE. Arming time of 0.727s, Guns with arming time do not inflict the second listed damage before arming. No AoE damage under 200m. High parabolic arc, narrow range of motion, and slow projectile velocity make this a difficult gun to master, requiring high skill and experience.

Very Long Range. A specialized support weapon that knocks back enemy ships. The farther you shoot from a ship's center of mass, the more spin it will add to push a ship off its gun arcs.

Long Range. Launches a volley of slow-moving projectiles that will detonate 4 times when Secondary Fire is pressed. Otherwise, projectile will hit enemy and detonate once.

Very Long Range. Fires magnetically charged, ultra-high-velocity shells capable of piercing through ships. Damages and pulls in its wake any enemy unit it passes near. Charge to increase damage and radius.

Medium Range. Multiple mines per shot that detonate once, Secondary Fire to detonate. Arming distance 100m.

Very Long Range. Short charging high velocity rounds that pierces through and pulls enemy ships trapped in the weapon's wake towards your ship. Modified rounds to deal more killing damage.

Very Long Range. Same DPS but packed into 2 shots instead of 4. A medium/long-range cannon that fires explosive projectiles dealing substantial damage with a wide area of effect. Arming time of 2/3s, no secondary AoE under 200m.

Very Long Range. Harkening to the olden days of naval warfare, this powerful carronade fires iron cannonballs instead of buckshot. High damage to guns and engines. Moderate damage to Armor and Hull integrity.

Short Range. Launches a volley of 5 slow-moving projectiles that will detonate twice when Secondary Fire is pressed. Direct hits will only do flechette damage and then explode once. Practice detonating just after the projectiles start lighting up the target.