The massive ZMax cannon, core to the Windscorpion 18A monitor ship, has been test fired for the first time at a purpose built rig on an asteroid just outside the Solaris system. The cannon successfully ignited though full beam was aborted on the first attempt due to anomalies in the targeting array.
The second shot was fully successful and utterly destroyed a small target. The beam was only 5% of the full potential, at 100% the weapon could destroy a small asteroid. A series of test firings will take place over the next 6 months.
