"I don't recommend mounting a Giant Plasma Cannon on a ship."
The Iron Skull Archmagos spoke.
"The fuel used to fire a Giant Plasma Cannon is extremely dangerous. If it explodes, the consequences will be catastrophic.
And during rapid fire, a Giant Plasma Cannon also runs the risk of overloading and exploding.
An explosion like that on the ground would be manageable. At worst, it would kill a few thousand gun crew members.
But if it explodes aboard a warship, it could cripple the entire vessel, or even destroy it outright!"
Li Qinwu rubbed his chin.
"So technically speaking, this thing can be mounted on a ship, right?"
The Iron Skull Archmagos nodded.
"Yes. If there's room aboard the warship, all we need to do is design a gun mount.
We already have a functional Giant Plasma Cannon here. So are you sure you want it mounted aboard your ship?
If you do, I can finish the mount within half a month."
Giant Plasma Cannons were rarely mounted aboard the Imperium's warships, precisely because they were so dangerous.
If a Giant Plasma Cannon's machine spirit grew displeased and made it self-destruct, it could blow away half a warship!
But the payoff was enormous, too. Each plasma blast carried a tremendous amount of energy, and a single shot could strip away half the strength of an enemy's Void Shield.
An idea suddenly occurred to Li Qinwu.
"How about this? Mount a Giant Plasma Cannon beneath the forward end of my warship, the Knight Legion.
Keep the barrel and fuel tanks entirely outside the ship.
If something goes wrong and the Giant Plasma Cannon is about to self-destruct, the mechanisms connecting the cannon and its energy tanks to the warship immediately release, dumping the entire assembly like garbage and separating it from