Meson Cannon

- Leasath's Air Defense Laser Network -

Weapon Information
Purpose: Anti-air and anti-ground Defense System

Manufacturer(s): The Aurelian Bureau of National Defense

Date Started: 2007

Date Completed: 2016

Date Destroyed: 2020

Armaments
Eight plasma particle beam turrets

Combat Range:5 miles

Energy Source: *Atmos Ring powered, Belkan laser cooling chemical mixtures

''(NOTE):The Atmos Ring is Griswall's entire power source. The endless sea of solar and lunar panels on the Atmos Ring give''

''Griswall its electrical strength. No substations in Griswall are present. Griswall in the Ace Combat Earth, is considered the most ''

Eco-Friendly metropoitan center on the planet, due to its massive alternative energy source of the Atmos Ring Solar Complex.

History
The Meson Cannon on the particle charged Atmos Ring is inspired by the impenetrable beam turret system defending the Osean city of Wesson, a city related to real-life Detroit, Michigan. Wesson's beam defense, however was destroyed by a lone Belkan Ace in 1995. The Meson Beam comprises of the same heated chemicals used to charge the power supply in the 'Excalibur' superweapon. These special chemicals bought from the South Belkan Munitions Factory's export bureau, were applied to the Meson Cannon's laser beam. This focused the direction of fire, plus the damage rate and power. The Meson Cannon was an array of Gatling guns. Because of the unstable firing rate and delayed speed, the Gatling barrel's were added to each turret to greatly enhance the killing rate and increase the Meson Beam's firing speed. Its range extends beyond only the outer wall of Uptown Griswall.

The Aurelian government authorized laser weaponry research in early 1996, after laser's have shown their potential in most combat war scenarios. Construction began immediately somewhere around the event of Planetfall Ulysses. Erusean engineers, architects, technicians, and scientists arrived at Griswall in March, 2007. They gave the Aurelian community a backdrop of 'Stonehenge', the master rail gun weapon that pulverized the 1994XF04 Ulysses asteroid, as it approched the Roche Limit in 1997. They offered to build a complex of 8 turrets around the Gauss Tower on the Atmos Ring. Construction completed around 2016. The beams, howvever, were unstable when rapid firing occurred. The Eruseans proposed a regulator prototype for the Meson Cannon, a simple device closely related to the MBSRs', but the Aurelian government turned them down and returned them to the Federal Republic of Erusea. The Meson Cannon, built to defend the Aurelian capital, Griswall, consists of a battery of 8 turrets mounted on high towers. Depending on the players actions beforehand, the cannons may be fitted with MBSR (Meson Beam Stabilizing Regulator), changing the firing pattern to a concentrated beam that does major damage. If the player prevents delivery of the MBSR, the Meson Cannon will fire rapid bursts of energy. The Meson Cannon is protected by several SAM sites, fighters and tanks. The Atmos Ring, upon which the Meson Cannon is built, completely isolates Downtown Griswall from the rest of the city, preventing ground forces from entering. This is also to protect Gaiuss Tower, which is located in Downtown and is the central command of Leasath. Diego Gaspar Navarro, commanding officer of Leasath forces in Aurelia, fled from here when the Gryphus Squadron, led by the Aurelian ace &amp; national hero Gryphus 1, destroyed the Meson Cannon complex, Leasath ground forces and the protective screen of enemy fighters. The Meson Cannon also bears a mark similarity to the Erusian Superweapon Stonehenge in its positioning and cannon design, although Stonehenge is more powerful and has a much greater range.