Ignis Scorpionem

<ATC L-23> Lima Alpha Echo this is control, maintain attack formation and engage tango at will.
<LAE 1> Wilco control, over.
<LAE 1> Ok boys time to show these bitches we mean buisness
<LAE 2> Echo leader this is Echo 2 Roger, engaging ennemy, over
<LAE 3> Echo leader this is Echo 3 Roger.
<LAE 4> Echo leader this is Echo 4 Roger.
<LAE 2 protonic armement set to live>
<LAE 1 protonic armement set to live>
<LAE 4 Kinetic canon set to live>
<LAE 4> Echo Leader, this is Echo 4, do you see the gi$--static--$
<LAE 1> Say again Echo 4, over
<LAE 4> There is s$--static--$ girl standing to your le//END OF TRANSMITION
<LAE 4 disconnected>
<LAE 1> THE HELL ? what was that Echo 4
<LAE 3> Echo Leader this is Echo 3, Echo 4 as been pulverized, im pretty sure is protonic torpille just spontaneously exploded
<LAE 1> Damn that's bad luck, anyway boys ready for attack run in 3, 2//END OF TRANSMITION
<LAE 1 disconnected>
<LAE 3> Control this is Lima Alpha Echo 3 WE ARE UNDER ATTACK, I REPEAT WE ARE UNDER ATT//END OF TRANSMITION
<LAE 3 disconnected>
<LAE 2 disconnected>
<invalid authentification> Control this is Sierra Alpha Golf 5, Be advised this is your only a warning, surrender now !
<ATC L-23> This is a lunar federal navy frequency, citizen you must vacate this frequency.
<invalid authentification> Wrong answer control...
<ATC L-23> What ?
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EMERGENCY PROTOCOL U-10 ENGAGED
HULL BREACH IN SECTOR Q4,J4,E4,A4
MAJOR ATMSOPHERIC LOSS, SEALING ALL CELL NOW!!!
DAMAGE ASSESMENT IN PROGRESS...
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<ATC L-23> MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
<ATC L-23> This is Lunar Navy Destroyer Musachi callsign Lima Alpha 1, Lima Alpha 1, Lima Alpha 1
<ATC L-23> MAYDAY this is LND-Musachi
<ATC L-23> my position is [12795463-63,14857-52,6247847-03]
<ATC L-23> i am currently loosing atmosphere at an alarming rate from massive hull breach
<ATC L-23> i require immediate assistance
<ATC L-23> i have 3256 on board, dead and wounded crew included.
<ATC L-23> over
<ATC L-23> MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

  Ignis Scorpionems are insanely powerful kinetic canon uses by Sagittarius Battlesisters.
The weapon is mounted on both shoulder pads of the Sagittarius's armor, a weapon pod traversed by a flattened tube almost 3 meters long.

The gun is often wrongly associated with an electromagnetic railgun, while the general design is very close and the Ignis Scorpionem is actually a QFTM weapon.
It creates a wave on the Quantum Field Theta , creating an insanely high local gravity differential, akin to the one in close proximity of a black hole.
The exact way the weapon and its bearer is protected against this gravity field is currently unknown.
While it's theoretically possible to do both of these feats with Quantum Field Theta Manipulation, this will require a massive infrastructure. How The Sisterhood of Edda has managed to create a QTF Reactor compact enough to be carried on the armament pod, is unknown.
It would prove invaluable to be able to recreate this but every tentative of opening the weapon pod invariably resulted in an earth-shattering explosion.

Justicar sisters are known to kill everyone even mentioning the idea of using or dismantling an Ignis Scorpionem.

Mechanics & Inner Workings

The exact inner working of the Ignis Scorpionem is a closely guarded secret and The Sisterhood of Edda have gone as far as mounting built-in self-destruct explosive in the weapon to ensure no one can disassemble it.
Most working copies of the weapon out of the sisterhood are unexploded relique taken on the body of a fallen Battlesister. making them way to valuable to disassemble.
None the less many scientists from the three inner-planets tried and failed to replicate the weapon. Studies on target hit by Ignis Scorpionems have shown that the weapon is a type of extreme kinetic canon. A relatively small munition is accelerated to a sensible fraction of the speed of light toward the target. The impact of the initial impactor creates a stream of high energy plasma tearing through anything that has the bad luck to be behind.
The exact type of the impactor or the exact way the projectile is accelerated is currently unknown but many speculate that it's in some way linked to Quantum Field Theta Manipulation

Significance

The Ignis Scorpionem is the main weapon of the Sagittarius Battlesisters, making it one of the most feared weapons in the galaxy.
Item type
Weapon, Ranged
Manufacturer
Related Technologies
Owning Organization
Rarity
Inside The Sisterhood of Edda : Semi-Rare
Outside : Very, very rare and highly illegal
Weight
250kg
Dimensions
Length : 1250 mm, Calibre : 88mm

Cover image: by ESA/CAESAR

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