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The '''''Aurora Wake'' Beam System''', also known as the '''MBlue''', is a medium beam cannon used by the [[GTVA]] in the [[Portal:FreeSpace 2|FreeSpace 2]] mod [[Blue Planet]]. The ''Aurora Wake'' is a high-performance medium beam cannon, and has the distinction of being the first beam weapon developed by the Threat Exigency Initiative that allowed the GTVA to replicate the shock jump tactics employed by the [[Shivans]] during the [[Second Shivan Incursion]]. The ''Aurora Wake'' suffers from a 35-second recharge time and tendency to overheat. However, it makes up for this with its effective range of 6750 metres. The [[GTCv Chimera|GTCv ''Chimera'']] mounts three of these beams as its forward armament. 

==Description==
===Blue Planet Tech Room Description===
A powerful mid-range direct-fire beam system, the 'Aurora Wake' was one of the first products of the Threat Exigency Initiative's drive to produce more powerful beam cannons. Mounted on most next-generation Alliance warships as a battery weapon, the 'Aurora Wake' supplements its own dedicated reactors with feeds from the ship's drives. Prone to overheating, this system is perhaps the most cantankerous of the next-generation beams. Mass issues encountered while mounting the beam on the Chimera corvette led to that vessel's relatively thin armor plating. Nonetheless, the 'Aurora Wake' was the first beam weapon that enabled the GTVA to emulate Shivan-style shock jump tactics.

==Performance==
===Statistics===
{{Beam|6 750|35|4|Direct|1|4 950|566|19 800}}

==Notes==
*Weapon is a beam cannon [[Weapons.tbl#.22beam.22|(beam)]]
*Weapon is capable of easily damaging  even larger vessels [[Weapons.tbl#.22Huge.22|(Huge)]]
*Weapon cannot be mounted on small ships [[Weapons.tbl#.22Big_Ship.22|(Big Ship)]]
*Weapon refire rate is the same on all difficulty levels [[Weapons.tbl#.22same_turret_cooldown.22|(same turret cooldown)]]

===Veteran Comments===
{{Comment| ''It only does 60% of the damage of the [[BBlue]] on the first pass, and half of the sustained damage, but in the 14th battle group, there are twelve of these mounted on the [[GTCv Chimera]], [[GTCv Bellerophon]], and [[GTD Raynor]]. Thus, at a possible 237,600 points of damage on the first pass, they make up the bulk of the battle group's shock jump capability, at least theoretically.''}}

[[Category:Blue Planet weapons]]