Photon Thruster

A Photon Thruster Weapon is a class of directed energy weapons employed by the Myrmidon Destructors and the Thallax cohorts of the Mechanicum. The secrets of their construction and operation were closely guarded by the Tech-priests of Mars. The Iron Revenants legion was also in possession of many photon thrusters, as gifts from the Mechanicum when Araphel was first discovered and the Treaty of Mars was signed.

When fired, a Photon Thruster Weapon unleashes a howling, needle-thin beam of pure blackness that is able to pierce the densest forms of matter and destroy the most heavily armoured warriors and vehicles. The power source for these weapons are considered extremely unstable and are little understood even by their operators.

At times, the weapon's power source can fail catastrophically, resulting in the wielder being consumed by raging black flames.

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