Guide to Gunnery

Overview

Welcome, Horizon crewmember! You have chosen, or been chosen, to have a part in using the SCCV Horizon's armaments, consisting of a 406mm Longbow howitzer, a Grauwolf Flak Battery, and the deadly (and experimental!) Leviathan Zero-Point Cannon. Operation of the weapons requires a great deal of crew cooperation, between Operations personnel, the bridge crew, and for the Leviathan, the engineering staff.

About the Guns

Firstly, let's get what the guns actually are out of the way.

The Longbow

The Longbow is a howitzer, which in simple terms can be thought of as a big cannon. Its shells require assembly and are modular, allowing custom mixing of three components: the primer (the thing that starts the reaction that launches the shell out of the barrel), a casing (self explanatory and only one version is available at the moment), and the warhead (the part of the shell that actually does the work, be it exploding or piercing armor). Generally, the Longbow is your most flexible armament given the customizable nature of its shells.

The Longbow can be found on Deck Three, just to the east of the bridge control room, past the staircase down to the kitchen.

The Grauwolf

Wow, what a mean sounding name - but for a Flak Cannon, totally deserved. A flak cannon is a gun that shoots out rounds that explode when close to their target, sending huge chunks of jagged metal towards them. Usually best for lightly-armored targets.

The Grauwolf can be found just south of Tech Storage on deck two, past the Operations front desk in the starboard side of the ship.

The Leviathan

If you're familiar with the idea of a "wave motion gun", you can get the gist of the Leviathan from that. An incredible energy hog, it drains three gigawatts every time it fires. This experimental piece of technology will absolutely obliterate anything it fires at with a warp-powered energy beam. Notably, it requires two steps before it can be brought online: first, two heads of staff must swipe on the keycard authenticator before the Leviathan will come online. Next, a key found in the Captain's office must be inserted in to a slot next to the targeting systems console on the bridge and then turned in order to unlock its firing capabilities.

The Leviathan can be found in maintenance on the port wing in deck two. The entrance is guarded by turrets and requires head of staff access to enter.

The Crew Required

Here is a slightly more in-depth explanation of what each crewmember involved in the firing and reloading process is responsible for.

Bridge Crew

The job of the bridge crew is the simplest. They aim and fire the guns using the targeting control console in the bridge.