Rotary Blaster Cannon

About the Rotary Blaster Cannon

The rotary blaster cannon is raw suppression given form: a cluster of spinning barrels fed from a heavy powerpack, spitting bolts at a rate no single-barrel weapon can sustain without melting. The multiple barrels share the thermal load, letting the gunner pour fire into an area until the very air seems to hum. Heavy troopers, defense turrets, and the burliest of mercenaries wield the man-portable versions, though "portable" is generous; the thing is a monster of mass and power draw, best fired braced or from the hip in a fixed stance. What it buys is dominance. A rotary cannon does not aim so much as saturate, walking a wall of fire across an advance until the assault falters. Reloading and repositioning are its weaknesses, and a gunner who lets one run dry at the wrong moment is suddenly holding a very heavy, very useless piece of metal.