Railgun accelerator

The Railgun Accelerator was a support power in use by the Steel Talons armored division. When their Titan Mk. II walkers or Mammoth 27s had been upgraded with railguns, this power could be used to temporarily increase their rate of fire, adn therefore, their damage output. However, due to the tremendous heat generated by the railgun; a unit using the accelerators would begin to overheat; causing great damage to the tank or walker. The damage due to heat could be compensated with by using Adaptive armour, or offset with a Repair APC, making this power useful to increase the damage dealt, while hopefully preventing the destruction of a Titan or Mammoth due to overheating.

Despite it's potential, GDI leadership viewed the idea of damaging or possibly destroying a war machine for a temporary boost in firepower skeptically. Therefore, the accelerators never found use outside of the Steel Talons.