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Technology Name MiniBalls II
Short Description A superior form of railgun.
Technology Type Mass Driver
Research Cost 100
Prerequisites MiniBalls
Tech Leads to Mass Drivers
Tech Provides Railgun MK II
Long Description It was thought that mass-drivers would not be a weapon in interstellar warfare. A bullet, after all, travels at speeds measured by the speed of sound which, in space, is far too slow. What wasn't considered by many planners is that even though our opponents' ships travel fast, so do ours. In battle, our ships can close in enough to make use of their railguns with devastating consequences.

MiniBalls II, as they are so delicately called, is essentially identical to the first generation railgun except that the electric motor used to accelerate the projectile is significantly smaller, allowing us to fit more onto our ships.

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