Light Carronade

The Light Carronade is a light weapon and the smallest variant of Carronade.

Overview
Compared to other light weapons, Light Carronades deal huge damage per second, and have a very high chance of causing strong fires. Their drawback being their severe lack of range and velocity. Therefore, the best way to use them is quite predictably, getting very close and brawling, making use of the greater damage to overpower your enemies. Against faster ships, they combine well with harpoons, energy nets or grav charges to make sure they don't create distance. They are one of the most damaging direct fire weapons against hulls in the game.

Pros

 * Free.
 * Massive damage per second.
 * Good at starting fires.
 * Fast reload.
 * Decent burst damage.

Cons

 * Very short range.
 * Low velocity.
 * Likely to ricochet.