Xeno and Theotech

Xenotech

Plasma Guns

Essentially a collimated fusion-pulse drive, plasma guns are commonly found on Velan drones not as a weapon but as a tool. The blast of millions-degree plasma can melt almost any substance and is typically paired with a set of magnetic field guides to siphon the resulting ionized matter into holding tanks for atomic sorting and later use. Essentially, plasma guns are how drones 'eat', though they can make fearsome (if short-ranged) weapons. The League was the first to copy and mass-produced them, commonly fitting them to Magnate War-era attack boats and space fighters.

Required Feral Xenotech index: 35

Guided Plasma Shells

It has long been known that chemical rockets, while powerful, have very poor delta-V. As a result, significant course correction by shells (which have much less internal volume than missiles) has proven effectively impossible. Eventually however, drone-derived plasma technology allowed for fitting a compact plasma chamber inside a standard naval smoothbore shell. Injected with plasma immediately prior to firing a 'guided plasma shell' can essentially act like a tiny plasma rocket - plus, any unused maneuvering plasma makes an unpleasant present for the target.

Required Feral Xenotech index: 45

Subsidiary Indices: Electronics 16, Electrochemical Weapons 30

Magnetohydrodynamic Lance

As the intense magnetic fields and relatively small calibers of railcannons made adapting guided plasma technology technically difficult, Magnate engineers returned to the drawing board and studied battle reports against Velan feral 'warriors'. These used a more advanced form of plasma gun, one with substantially greater effective range. Armed with the knowledge that it could be done, the nameless True Slave engineers substantially increased the barrel length and magnetic field strength of conventional plasma guns. However, these gave only marginal improvements until the accidental loss of a wrench inside the test cannon. The resulting titanium plasma jet was decidedly impressive, almost impressive enough to spare the life of the unfortunate 3rd rank aide who's wrench was caught in the fusion explosion.

Required Feral Xenotech index: 40

Subsidiary Indices: Railgun Technology 30

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