Fragment Cannon

Overview

Damage Type	Weapon Type
Kinetic	Projectile Spread

Good	Not Good
Obliterating things right in front of you.	Hitting things more than a kilometer away.
Distributor draw is low.	Ammo runs out fairly quickly.
All frag builds are tried and true.	Long reload unless you take a particular experimental.
It’s a space shotgun.	Getting full damage is unlikely unless you’re at point blank range.

Size Notes

Different sizes have different firing rates.

Powerplay

Pacifier

A “sniper frag”. More versatile than regular frags.

Slightly less damage, but tighter spread and much longer range.

Faster shot speed, longer falloff range, less jitter.

Easier to aim and hit modules.

Engineering

Double Shot	Lets you pour damage into a target. You’ll run out of ammo very quickly.
Efficient	They’re already a fairly efficient weapon, so not a good choice.
High Capacity	More ammo with a bigger clip. Good for sustained damage as well as applying experimentals.
Lightweight	For mass constrained ships.
Overcharged	The ammo efficient choice for doing big damage.
Rapid Fire	Fire faster with less reload time…but your damage isn’t as good as it appears.
Sturdy	No.

Experimental Effects

Corrosive Shell	Only works against hulls. Increases damage and improves the armor piercing of ANY weapon striking the hull. Pairs well with High Capacity on a small frag.
Dazzle Shell	Decreases target sensor acuity making you harder to detect…but it’s not clear if this works on NPCs.
Double Braced	Use a module reinforcement instead.
Drag Munitions	Slows your target to “zero ENG pips” speed. Doesn’t prevent boosting, though.
Flow Control	Save a little bit of power, but there are usually better ways to do that.
Incendiary Rounds	Changes the damage to 90% thermal. Can strip shields really well.
Multi-Servos	There are much better ways to make a frag fire faster.
Oversized	There are much better ways to make a frag do more damage.
Screening Shell	Reduces reload time. Not much downside unless you specifically want another experimental.
Stripped Down	Drops a tiny bit of mass, but there are better ways to do that.