Sender: SSO Diego Balenciaga Recipient: Adelantado Augusto Escudero Subject: Experimental Cannons
Señor Adelantado,
I am ready to report on the progress on your personal request. Experimental automatic ionic cannons for "Valladolid" have been completed. The engineers worked hard to re-align the acceleration rails to allow their durability when propelling ions. With proper positioning calibrated in a computer model and reinforced durable alloys, the rails can withstand more heat without melting, thus allowing more rapid rate of fire at the expense of the punch (as the generated ionic blast is short-timed) and a small reduction in distance of effective fire.
By no means I am engineer, I am a chemist, so in case of questions ask the engineers behind the work at Galicia stations, engineering bay 6. Los hombres wanted me to deliver the news to you as we frequently talk. I bet, if you contact them, señor Escudero, they will be pleased.
Here I attach the blueprints of the weapon should you decide to study them yourself.