SHERMAN Cannon

The SHERMAN (Super Heavy Exotic-shielded Relativistic MAss driving Nucleus) Cannon is the primary gun of the human battlecruisers. Named after a renowned general of the 19th century, it is the largest payload weapon of the human Navy, with a kinetic energy force equal to 9.6 megatons of TNT. It's use as the main gun of the human battlecruisers is due to it's unique ability. When fired, the projectile's exotic matter core produces anomalous gravitational fields that disrupt both FTL and sub-light speed propulsion, fields which can be adjusted by the weapon operator before firing.

References

To the Stars Chapter 13

To the Stars Chapter 25