Chain Vulcan

"This laser weapon takes a long time to warm up. Each time it fires it decreases the cooldown, eventually able to take down any amount of shields."

Costs 95
Cooldown profile: 11.1s/9.1s/7.1s/5.1s/3.1s/1.1s, -2s per step, 5 steps total
Fires 1 shot with 11.1s..1.1s cooldown
Damage: 1 per shot
Low chance of fire
Requires 4 power
Charge time resets to 11.1 seconds if the weapon goes offline
This is the only non-missile weapon capable of single-handedly destroying any enemy ship
It takes 35.5 seconds before the Vulcan gets up to full speed, and until then it does very little.
This weapon is largely countered by Mark II Defense Drones
"A good shield breaker" is the most noted use for this weapon according to comments.