Orbital Railgun

Railgun — Single-Use Rods & Stasis Strikes
Turn a fishing rod into a single-use weapon that unleashes a devastating barrage of arrows. Strike where you aim, lock a rod onto exact coordinates, or prepare a stasis strike for manual or timed activation.

Features
Aim-based targeting — ray tracing up to 30 blocks, checking block collision shapes and living-entity hitboxes.
Custom strike areas — choose presets such as 3×3, 9×9, 20×20 and 30×30, or any square size up to 1000×1000.
Per-rod arrow counts — select between 1 and 1000 arrows when creating a rod.
High-speed arrow barrages — arrows spawn 20 blocks above the target with randomized horizontal positions and an initial downward velocity of 5 blocks per tick.
Coordinate targeting — create rods that strike a fixed location regardless of where the player looks.
Named targets — save locations and reuse them when issuing rods or preparing strikes.
Stasis strikes — arm a strike, trigger it manually, or schedule it with a timer.
Persistent storage — saved targets and prepared strikes survive server restarts.
No firing cooldown — fire your next rod immediately.
Single-use weapons — each successful shot consumes its rod.
Main-hand and off-hand support.
English messages, permission controls and tab completion.
Command Examples
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/railgun give 9x9 250
/railgun give 30x30 1000 Steve
/railgun coords 20x20 500 100 64 -200 world

/railgun target set base 100 64 -200 world
/railgun stasis give base 9x9 250

/railgun stasis arm strike1 base 30x30 1000
/railgun stasis fire strike1

/railgun stasis arm strike2 base 20x20 500 60
The arrow count follows the area size. For example, 9x9 250 creates a rod that fires 250 arrows across a 9×9-block square.

Permissions
Permission Description Default
railgun.admin Issue rods, manage targets and strikes, reload configuration OP
railgun.use Fire Railgun rods OP
Requirements
Paper 26.3
Java 25
Important Notes
Strike areas are squares, not circular radii. All selected arrow spawn chunks must already be loaded; the plugin does not mass-load or generate chunks. Arrows respect physical obstacles and do not pass through roofs.

Large arrow counts and rapid firing can affect server performance. Region-protection integration is not included, so test compatibility with your protection plugins before using Railgun on a production server.