Tech Flavor Page: The Triton

[deontologician]

Migrated from original Mech wiki:

In the 22nd century Spaceshipanized warfare was seeing a new blossoming of growth and development due to recent advancements in power generation. Previously impossible designs became possible, and more than ever before the bridge between man and machine became smaller. At the forefront of these pioneering technologies was the test pilot Brad "Triton" Quinn. Though not an engineer himself, Quinn was held in high regard by most authorities in the field for his ability to link up with the new technologies and 'get the most' from it. His almost biological link to the new technology made his opinions and suggestions very valuable, one in particular for which he is named after. The Triton.

The Triton is a 50ft long lance, that weighed approximately three tons. The lance was not a solid piece but rather segmented into thousands of tiny bands of metal. The metal bands float within a Maybach 'cone' which is made by possible by the shaping of a Dyson-3 generator in the 'hilt' of the weapon. On impact the weapons 'bands' constrict into a solid state by contraction of the Maybach cone, allowing a high level of armor penetration. Once the weapon has been lodged into an enemy the Dyson-3 field is released and the Maybach frequency is reversed propelling the bands of the lance outward and causing more massive internal damage to an enemies components.

The ability to separate the weapon from it's hilt allowed the Operator to escape quickly from it's target. The weapon itself was replaced by projecting more bands onto a new Maybach cone. The material for the bands were stored in a specialized ammo container within the hilt of the weapon. The raw material for the bands were held in place by an auxiliary Dyson-Maybach field and by 'shuttering' this field the new bands could be ejected from the hilt and shaped onto the cone. The design of the Triton fell out of use roughly 50 years after Quinn's death since very few Operators could use the Triton effectively. Rumors abound that a modular system is being developed by a company called TriTech allowing for more specialization of Tritons and a resurgence of their use in the field. Tritons have devastating power but their slow reload times and 'one chance' impacts make them unfavorable choices for all but the most daring of Operators.

[deontologician]

This still might be a cool weapon on a spaceship. Also "spaceshipanized warfare": pretty damn cool.

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See #28