Mortar Emplacement
The actual "mortar" part of the defense emplacement, this device is a weapon crafted by Mex from what she thinks might have been a starship cannon at some point. The cannon and accompanying machinery sit on a round plate of synth and metal. This plate itself sits on a specially crafted platform that allows a user to rotate the cannon. This is half of the aiming process, as the angle of the cannon is controled elsewhere. The plate easily turns on top of the platform, and contains a number of pegs that need to be secured before the cannon is fired. Failure to secure the mortar plate can cause injury due to the cannon rotating freely upon being fired. The danger isn't so much from the beam the cannon emits, but more from the random bits of wire and pipe that stick out from the cannon and become whips and cudgels when the plate spins fast enough.
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