The Repeating Launcher System is a Lorath innovation designed to increase the volume of fire which can be delivered from a railgun, missile, or torpedo system. The Repeating Launcher System has been designed to be able to be incorporated into starship designs, and as a separate stand-alone unit applicable to large scale standing mechanical units, or on ground vehicles.
Firing assembly, barrel assembly, magazine rotation motor, magazine, magazine EM and grav shielding, gravity regulator, magazine receiver and ejector, bacterial power cells, capacitor system.
The repeating launcher system's magazine is in fact a revolver-like system which utilizes a revolving chamber which rotates within a protective housing. This revolver-like system allows for rounds to be held in a stable manner, while at the same time optimizing the reloading and reuse of the magazine. All magazines include a mechanical numeric display which indicates the amount of ammunition remaining within the magazine.
It is often a recommended practice to leave one chamber of the magazine empty, and to leave the empty chamber in the proper position to have it as the chamber which will be available when the magazine is loaded into the launch system. This practice has been established as a safety measure to prevent accidental discharges. Originally, the practice was established in the handling of Hand Cannon revolvers.
The vehicle grade Repeating Launcher System has been designed to function and look similar to a grenade launcher system.
The appearance of the unit consists of a six meter long barrel, ten meter long stock assembly, and a L-Size missile compatible magazine.
The magazine of the launcher system is capable of holding and storing up to nine 'L' sized missiles, or similarly sized solid slugs (90mm – 200mm payload capabilities).
The launcher system which is to be applied to fighters, shuttles, and starships is a far more 'bare bone' system which can be configured depending on the dimensions of the ship it is to be installed upon. The primary function of the unit when applied to ships is to aid in rapid reloading.
In starship applications, the ammunition supply is directly reliant on the capacity of the ship in question . However, in smaller ship applications such as shuttles and fighters, the weapon system is reliant on an included magazine, and may utilize different warhead sizes.
In starship applications, the unit is capable of having ammunition directly loaded into the magazine system. Thus ammunition details are directly reliant on the starship which the system has been applied to.
Additionally, the system can be chambered for L and XL sized missile ordinance in starship applications.
Due to the constraints of shuttles and fighters, the ammunition supply for these units is limited to 12 S sized missiles, or 6 M sized missiles to be stored in each magazine.
Safety: Computer Control, Control Switch
Fire mode selector: Computer Control
Weapon Sight: Computer controlled sensor package. (Starship grade)
Gravitational Control Device: Built into the weapon are gravitational control devices designed to aid in reducing unit weight.