Talk:United Aerospace Command/@comment-10905876-20150123155341

-Ceres Orbit, near Spire Emplacement Delta-

A small fleet of target drones gather into an attack formation, with their simulated target being Ceres. The fighter targets are old Daggers under remote AI control, and the larger vessels are represented by disposable target drones. Each disposable drone is composed of debris from battles with Prometheus, and contain both UAC and Prometheus ship components. From the nearby Excalibur, James Zahn surveys the fleet arrayed before him, and gives the order to fire. The Spire Emplacement below fires off a twelve round burst with varying deflection on each, giving a slight dispersal to each round from the next. The rounds exit at a lower velocity than normal, and they separate into 36 tungsten balls upon exiting the muzzle, creating a shotgun blast effect. At impact, three wings of Daggers and twenty warship analogs are wiped out, and two stray balls impact the forward hull of the Excalibur, causing multiple hull breaches as alarms screech on the bridge. Another stray round continues on, and is projected to impact somewhere on Mars, or one of its moons. The Excalibur limps back to base for repairs, luckily the compartments hit were all storage areas, and no casualties were sustained.

OOC: So, this is to make the Spire of David weapons more effective, as they can now fire shotgun like rounds, which are called grapevines by the men stationed at the emplacements. They can hit multiple lighter vessels, or be used against fighters if needed. It takes about five minuets to change from grapevines to standard ammo or vice versa. Cumulative damage will still be the same as a standard burst.