Alliance Military Technology - Revision history

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	::* Fleet itself has always issued its command officers swords.<ref name="lais-08" />		::* Fleet itself has always issued its command officers swords.<ref name="lais-08" />
	::* "You're issued a pommel based on which service you're in, and your specialty. So I would have a Fleet Intelligence design, with the dark stars and our motto, but someone from Fleet Naval would have the hawk and stars, and theirs."<ref name="lais-08" />		::* "You're issued a pommel based on which service you're in, and your specialty. So I would have a Fleet Intelligence design, with the dark stars and our motto, but someone from Fleet Naval would have the hawk and stars, and theirs."<ref name="lais-08" />
	::* "Consumer models are far prettier to look at. But the Fleet model can recharge by kinetic energy, when you're swinging it, through induction in a gem grid, via solar power, or by batteries, and the solidigraphic generator is so efficient I've never heard of one running out of power. That's not a weapon that will fail you."<ref name="lais-08" /> Aria demonstrates some of the features of the typical rifle used by special forces, ground forces, and snipers on Escutcheon: ''Aria calmly finished swapping out the power pack on her rifle. She doublechecked the phasing chamber and flipped it from maintenance to live mode.''<ref>''[[To the Court of Love (Fiction)\|To the Court of Love]]'', "From Poisoned Tree"</ref>		::* "Consumer models are far prettier to look at. But the Fleet model can recharge by kinetic energy, when you're swinging it, through induction in a gem grid, via solar power, or by batteries, and the solidigraphic generator is so efficient I've never heard of one running out of power. That's not a weapon that will fail you."<ref name="lais-08" /> Aria demonstrates some of the features of the typical rifle used by special forces, ground forces, and snipers on Escutcheon: ''Aria calmly finished swapping out the power pack on her rifle. She doublechecked the phasing chamber and flipped it from maintenance to live mode.''<ref>''[[To the Court of Love (Fiction)\|To the Court of Love]]'', "From Poisoned Tree"</ref>
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	==Ship Weapons==		==Ship Weapons==

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	::* Fleet itself has always issued its command officers swords.<ref name="lais-08" />		::* Fleet itself has always issued its command officers swords.<ref name="lais-08" />
	::* "You're issued a pommel based on which service you're in, and your specialty. So I would have a Fleet Intelligence design, with the dark stars and our motto, but someone from Fleet Naval would have the hawk and stars, and theirs."<ref name="lais-08" />		::* "You're issued a pommel based on which service you're in, and your specialty. So I would have a Fleet Intelligence design, with the dark stars and our motto, but someone from Fleet Naval would have the hawk and stars, and theirs."<ref name="lais-08" />
	::* "Consumer models are far prettier to look at. But the Fleet model can recharge by kinetic energy, when you're swinging it, through induction in a gem grid, via solar power, or by batteries, and the solidigraphic generator is so efficient I've never heard of one running out of power. That's not a weapon that will fail you."<ref name="lais-08" />		::* "Consumer models are far prettier to look at. But the Fleet model can recharge by kinetic energy, when you're swinging it, through induction in a gem grid, via solar power, or by batteries, and the solidigraphic generator is so efficient I've never heard of one running out of power. That's not a weapon that will fail you."<ref name="lais-08" /> Aria demonstrates some of the features of the typical rifle used by special forces, ground forces, and snipers on Escutcheon: ''Aria calmly finished swapping out the power pack on her rifle. She doublechecked the phasing chamber and flipped it from maintenance to live mode.''<ref>''[[To the Court of Love (Fiction)\|To the Court of Love]]'', "From Poisoned Tree"</ref>
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	==Ship Weapons==		==Ship Weapons==

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	===Palmers===		===Palmers===
			[[File:Palmer.jpg\|thumb\|200x200px\|typical base model palmer]]
	A small, personal ranged weapon. They have multiple settings: they can stun or cause pain; they can burn on a high enough setting; and, set to max, they can kill, though setting palmers to max is unusual in [[Fleet]].<ref name="sota-12">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 12</ref> Legal ones squeak; illegal ones are (or can be) silent, so you may not know that you're being shot at until you're down<ref name="wiw-ch07">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) \|Who is Willing]]'', Chapter 7</ref>. Consumer-grade palmers have warning labels.<ref name="sota-p">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Prologue</ref> When they hit solid matter, they make a hissing sound, "like heavy rain on stone." They are visible as a filament-thin beam of blue light.<ref name="sota-12" />		A small, personal ranged weapon. They have multiple settings: they can stun or cause pain; they can burn on a high enough setting; and, set to max, they can kill, though setting palmers to max is unusual in [[Fleet]].<ref name="sota-12">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 12</ref> Legal ones squeak; illegal ones are (or can be) silent, so you may not know that you're being shot at until you're down<ref name="wiw-ch07">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) \|Who is Willing]]'', Chapter 7</ref>. Consumer-grade palmers have warning labels.<ref name="sota-p">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Prologue</ref> When they hit solid matter, they make a hissing sound, "like heavy rain on stone." They are visible as a filament-thin beam of blue light.<ref name="sota-12" />

Jaguar: I put the holoblade stuff back in because it was useful (and probably should be rolled under holoblade section, since this is the Fleet tech page.)

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I put the holoblade stuff back in because it was useful (and probably should be rolled under holoblade section, since this is the Fleet tech page.)

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	===Fleet-issue===		===Fleet-issue===
	::''He followed her, and stopped there at the threshold, startled at the racks of weaponry: not just the small hand-sized palmers in military-grade editions, but larger rifles, stun and snare weapons, grenades, body armor and shields.''<ref name="lais-08">''[[Laisrathera (Fiction) \| Laisrathera]]'', Chapter 8</ref>		::''He followed her, and stopped there at the threshold, startled at the racks of weaponry: not just the small hand-sized palmers in military-grade editions, but larger rifles, stun and snare weapons, grenades, body armor and shields.''<ref name="lais-08">''[[Laisrathera (Fiction) \| Laisrathera]]'', Chapter 8</ref>
	*Fleet itself has always issued its command officers swords.<ref name="lais-08" />		::
	*"You're issued a pommel based on which service you're in, and your specialty. So I would have a Fleet Intelligence design, with the dark stars and our motto, but someone from Fleet Naval would have the hawk and stars, and theirs."<ref name="lais-08" />		::* Fleet itself has always issued its command officers swords.<ref name="lais-08" />
	*"Consumer models are far prettier to look at. But the Fleet model can recharge by kinetic energy, when you're swinging it, through induction in a gem grid, via solar power, or by batteries, and the solidigraphic generator is so efficient I've never heard of one running out of power. That's not a weapon that will fail you."<ref name="lais-08" />		::* "You're issued a pommel based on which service you're in, and your specialty. So I would have a Fleet Intelligence design, with the dark stars and our motto, but someone from Fleet Naval would have the hawk and stars, and theirs."<ref name="lais-08" />
			::* "Consumer models are far prettier to look at. But the Fleet model can recharge by kinetic energy, when you're swinging it, through induction in a gem grid, via solar power, or by batteries, and the solidigraphic generator is so efficient I've never heard of one running out of power. That's not a weapon that will fail you."<ref name="lais-08" />
	==Ship Weapons==		==Ship Weapons==

Jaguar: /* Holoblades */

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	===Fleet-issue===		===Fleet-issue===
	~~We had that long talk~~ in Laisrathera with ~~Soly about~~ the ~~holoblades issued~~ to Fleet ~~personnel~~ and ~~how they change out~~ the ~~pommels~~ so I ~~should copy~~ that ~~in here somewhere~~.		::''He followed her, and stopped there at the threshold, startled at the racks of weaponry: not just the small hand-sized palmers in military-grade editions, but larger rifles, stun and snare weapons, grenades, body armor and shields.''<ref name="lais-08">''[[Laisrathera (Fiction) \| Laisrathera]]'', Chapter 8</ref>
			*Fleet itself has always issued its command officers swords.<ref name="lais-08" />
			*"You're issued a pommel based on which service you're in, and your specialty. So I would have a Fleet Intelligence design, with the dark stars and our motto, but someone from Fleet Naval would have the hawk and stars, and theirs."<ref name="lais-08" />
			*"Consumer models are far prettier to look at. But the Fleet model can recharge by kinetic energy, when you're swinging it, through induction in a gem grid, via solar power, or by batteries, and the solidigraphic generator is so efficient I've never heard of one running out of power. That's not a weapon that will fail you."<ref name="lais-08" />
	==Ship Weapons==		==Ship Weapons==

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	Why not, we've seen at least a handful.		Why not, we've seen at least a handful.

	~~===~~Lances/Staves (what did I name these)~~===~~		*Lances/Staves (what did I name these)
	*Shock staff: is intended to knock out one's opponent without killing them, though its effect on alien biology may be unpredictable. Shock staves can have their shock-fields turned off, at which point they are simply staves.<ref name="esots-07">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 7</ref> ~~A barrier cap can be unlocked~~ and ~~slid down~~ to ~~expose a spear tip that can be used~~ to ~~cut~~.<ref name="~~esots~~-10">''[[~~Either Side of~~ the ~~Strand~~ (Fiction) \|~~Either Side of~~ the ~~Strand~~]]'', ~~Chapter 10~~</ref>		**Shock staff: is intended to knock out one's opponent without killing them, though its effect on alien biology may be unpredictable. Shock staves can have their shock-fields turned off, at which point they are simply staves.<ref name="esots-07">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 7</ref>
			*Claw-knives: widely regarded as street weapons, and outlawed across most of the [[Alliance]]; "a law dating back to the Pelted escape from Earth and their bitterness toward their creators. They had not wanted humans to have facsimiles of their own natural weaponry, and so every form of finger-mounted knife had been outlawed."<ref name="bloodmoney">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) \|Alysha's Fall]]'', "Blood Money"</ref><ref name="etw-01">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part One</ref>
			** [[Lisinthir Nase Galare]] has a set, sent to him in the [[Jackal Chest]] provided by [[Jahir]]. It came as part of a glovelike structure, with the gloves mounted above each finger but concealed beneath a layer of black fabric. Splaying his fingers with enough force made the claws extend to their full two-inch length. The glove was made of something resembling leather but probably made of something synthetic.<ref name="etw-01" />

	~~[[File:Illo-Clawknives1.jpg\|150px\|thumb\|right\|Clawknives]] [[File:Illo-Clawknives2.jpg\|150px\|thumb\|right\|Clawknives]]~~
	~~===Claw-Knives===~~

	Widely regarded as street weapons, and outlawed across most of the [[Alliance]]; "a law dating back to the Pelted escape from Earth and their bitterness toward their creators. They had not wanted humans to have facsimiles of their own natural weaponry, and so every form of finger-mounted knife had been outlawed." <ref name="bloodmoney">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) \|Alysha's Fall]]'', "Blood Money"</ref><ref name="etw-01">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part One</ref> Many [[Chatcaava]] also disdain the use of claw-knives, considering them an assassin's weapon.<ref name="oto-07">''[[Only the Open (Fiction) \|Only the Open]]'', Chapter 7</ref>

	[[Lisinthir Nase Galare]] has a set, sent to him in the [[Jackal Chest (Item)\|Jackal Chest]] provided by [[Jahir]]. It came as part of a glovelike structure, with the knives mounted above each finger and contained in a thin metal sheath at each joint, but concealed beneath a layer of black fabric. They were jointed so that they could bend with his hand. Splaying his fingers with enough force made the claws extend to their full two-inch length with the joints snapping rigid. The glove was made of something resembling leather but probably made of something synthetic.<ref name="etw-01" /><ref name="etw-02">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part Two</ref>
	===Holoblades===		===Holoblades===
			[[File:Illo-VariableHoloblade.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Taylitha's Holoblade]]
	See also [[Martial Arts#Fencing \|Fencing]].		See also [[Martial Arts#Fencing \|Fencing]].

	Holoblades are manufactured with a safety that needs to be turned off for the sword to slice flesh.		Holoblades are manufactured with a safety that needs to be turned off for the sword to slice flesh.
	~~[[File:Illo-VariableHoloblade.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Taylitha's Holoblade]]~~
	* Can simulate a variety of different types of blade.<ref name="dl" />		* Can simulate a variety of different types of blade.<ref name="dl" />
	* Produce a visual representation of a size and shape, colored to provide an additional visual indicator for the wielder's benefit. What the colors represent, however, varies. For example, in one case, purple was a filament-thin blade; in another it was the bluntest setting. Other possible colors are gold, scarlet, orange, and yellow.<ref name="dl">''[[Dark Lighthouse (Fiction) \|Dark Lighthouse]]''</ref><ref name="esots-05">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 5</ref>		* Produce a visual representation of a size and shape, colored to provide an additional visual indicator for the wielder's benefit. What the colors represent, however, varies. For example, in one case, purple was a filament-thin blade; in another it was the bluntest setting. Other possible colors are gold, scarlet, orange, and yellow.<ref name="dl">''[[Dark Lighthouse (Fiction) \|Dark Lighthouse]]''</ref><ref name="esots-05">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 5</ref>
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	===Palmers===		===Palmers===
	~~[[File:Tech-Palmers.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Original Design, Palmers]]~~
	A small, personal ranged weapon. They have multiple settings: they can stun or cause pain; they can burn on a high enough setting; and, set to max, they can kill, though setting palmers to max is unusual in [[Fleet]].<ref name="sota-12">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 12</ref> Legal ones squeak; illegal ones are (or can be) silent, so you may not know that you're being shot at until you're down<ref name="wiw-ch07">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) \|Who is Willing]]'', Chapter 7</ref>. Consumer-grade palmers have warning labels.<ref name="sota-p">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Prologue</ref> When they hit solid matter, they make a hissing sound, "like heavy rain on stone." They are visible as a filament-thin beam of blue light.<ref name="sota-12" />		A small, personal ranged weapon. They have multiple settings: they can stun or cause pain; they can burn on a high enough setting; and, set to max, they can kill, though setting palmers to max is unusual in [[Fleet]].<ref name="sota-12">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 12</ref> Legal ones squeak; illegal ones are (or can be) silent, so you may not know that you're being shot at until you're down<ref name="wiw-ch07">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) \|Who is Willing]]'', Chapter 7</ref>. Consumer-grade palmers have warning labels.<ref name="sota-p">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Prologue</ref> When they hit solid matter, they make a hissing sound, "like heavy rain on stone." They are visible as a filament-thin beam of blue light.<ref name="sota-12" />

	==Fleet-issue==		===Fleet-issue===
	~~:: ''He followed her, and stopped there at the threshold, startled at the racks of weaponry: not just the small hand-sized palmers~~ in ~~military-grade editions, but larger rifles, stun and snare weapons, grenades, body armor and shields.''<ref name="lais-08">''[[Laisrathera (Fiction) \|~~ Laisrathera~~]]'', Chapter 8</ref>~~		We had that long talk in Laisrathera with Soly about the holoblades issued to Fleet personnel and how they change out the pommels so I should copy that in here somewhere.

	~~===Holoblades===~~
	* Fleet itself has always issued its command officers swords.<ref name="lais-08" />
	* "You're issued a pommel based on which service you're in, and your specialty. So I would have a Fleet Intelligence design, with the ~~dark stars and our motto, but someone from Fleet Naval would have the hawk and stars, and theirs."<ref name="lais-08" />~~
	* "Consumer models are far prettier to ~~look at. But the~~ Fleet ~~model can recharge by kinetic energy, when you're swinging it, through induction in a gem grid, via solar power, or by batteries,~~ and the ~~solidigraphic generator is~~ so ~~efficient~~ I~~'ve never heard of one running out of power. That's not a weapon~~ that ~~will fail you~~.~~"<ref name="lais-08" />~~

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	* Lasers: Generated by energy converters; when they fail, they simply stop working, and are not capable of blowing up their own ship like physical ordnance.<ref name="sota-15">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 15</ref>		* Lasers: Generated by energy converters; when they fail, they simply stop working, and are not capable of blowing up their own ship like physical ordnance.<ref name="sota-15">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 15</ref>
	* Entropy packets: React with halo shields, but are inert against anything else (though throwing them hard enough can do some physical damage)<ref name="sota-15" />		* Entropy packets: React with halo shields, but are inert against anything else (though throwing them hard enough can do some physical damage)<ref name="sota-15" />
	* Grazers, mentioned in Stormfront, in To Discover and Preserve's discussion page. These are Gamma Lasers. Heavy duty energy weapon. The term is shared with Other SF universes. Honorverse? Bujold has these as well.		* Grazers.

	===Defense===		===Defense===

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	Widely regarded as street weapons, and outlawed across most of the [[Alliance]]; "a law dating back to the Pelted escape from Earth and their bitterness toward their creators. They had not wanted humans to have facsimiles of their own natural weaponry, and so every form of finger-mounted knife had been outlawed." <ref name="bloodmoney">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) \|Alysha's Fall]]'', "Blood Money"</ref><ref name="etw-01">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part One</ref> Many [[Chatcaava]] also disdain the use of claw-knives, considering them an assassin's weapon.<ref name="oto-07">''[[Only the Open (Fiction) \|Only the Open]]'', Chapter 7</ref>		Widely regarded as street weapons, and outlawed across most of the [[Alliance]]; "a law dating back to the Pelted escape from Earth and their bitterness toward their creators. They had not wanted humans to have facsimiles of their own natural weaponry, and so every form of finger-mounted knife had been outlawed." <ref name="bloodmoney">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) \|Alysha's Fall]]'', "Blood Money"</ref><ref name="etw-01">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part One</ref> Many [[Chatcaava]] also disdain the use of claw-knives, considering them an assassin's weapon.<ref name="oto-07">''[[Only the Open (Fiction) \|Only the Open]]'', Chapter 7</ref>

	[[Lisinthir Nase Galare]] has a set, sent to him in the [[Jackal Chest]] provided by [[Jahir]]. It came as part of a glovelike structure, with the knives mounted above each finger and contained in a thin metal sheath at each joint, but concealed beneath a layer of black fabric. They were jointed so that they could bend with his hand. Splaying his fingers with enough force made the claws extend to their full two-inch length with the joints snapping rigid. The glove was made of something resembling leather but probably made of something synthetic.<ref name="etw-01" /><ref name="etw-02">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part Two</ref>		[[Lisinthir Nase Galare]] has a set, sent to him in the [[Jackal Chest (Item)\|Jackal Chest]] provided by [[Jahir]]. It came as part of a glovelike structure, with the knives mounted above each finger and contained in a thin metal sheath at each joint, but concealed beneath a layer of black fabric. They were jointed so that they could bend with his hand. Splaying his fingers with enough force made the claws extend to their full two-inch length with the joints snapping rigid. The glove was made of something resembling leather but probably made of something synthetic.<ref name="etw-01" /><ref name="etw-02">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part Two</ref>
	===Holoblades===		===Holoblades===

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	[[Lisinthir Nase Galare]] has a set, sent to him in the [[Jackal Chest]] provided by [[Jahir]]. It came as part of a glovelike structure, with the knives mounted above each finger and contained in a thin metal sheath at each joint, but concealed beneath a layer of black fabric. They were jointed so that they could bend with his hand. Splaying his fingers with enough force made the claws extend to their full two-inch length with the joints snapping rigid. The glove was made of something resembling leather but probably made of something synthetic.<ref name="etw-01" /><ref name="etw-02">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part Two</ref>		[[Lisinthir Nase Galare]] has a set, sent to him in the [[Jackal Chest]] provided by [[Jahir]]. It came as part of a glovelike structure, with the knives mounted above each finger and contained in a thin metal sheath at each joint, but concealed beneath a layer of black fabric. They were jointed so that they could bend with his hand. Splaying his fingers with enough force made the claws extend to their full two-inch length with the joints snapping rigid. The glove was made of something resembling leather but probably made of something synthetic.<ref name="etw-01" /><ref name="etw-02">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part Two</ref>
			===Holoblades===

	~~[[File:Illo-VariableHoloblade.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Taylitha's Holoblade]]~~
	~~===Holoblades===~~
	See also [[Martial Arts#Fencing \|Fencing]].		See also [[Martial Arts#Fencing \|Fencing]].

	Holoblades are manufactured with a safety that needs to be turned off for the sword to slice flesh.		Holoblades are manufactured with a safety that needs to be turned off for the sword to slice flesh.
			[[File:Illo-VariableHoloblade.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Taylitha's Holoblade]]
	* Can simulate a variety of different types of blade.<ref name="dl" />		* Can simulate a variety of different types of blade.<ref name="dl" />
	* Produce a visual representation of a size and shape, colored to provide an additional visual indicator for the wielder's benefit. What the colors represent, however, varies. For example, in one case, purple was a filament-thin blade; in another it was the bluntest setting. Other possible colors are gold, scarlet, orange, and yellow.<ref name="dl">''[[Dark Lighthouse (Fiction) \|Dark Lighthouse]]''</ref><ref name="esots-05">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 5</ref>		* Produce a visual representation of a size and shape, colored to provide an additional visual indicator for the wielder's benefit. What the colors represent, however, varies. For example, in one case, purple was a filament-thin blade; in another it was the bluntest setting. Other possible colors are gold, scarlet, orange, and yellow.<ref name="dl">''[[Dark Lighthouse (Fiction) \|Dark Lighthouse]]''</ref><ref name="esots-05">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 5</ref>

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	===Lances/Staves (what did I name these)===		===Lances/Staves (what did I name these)===
	*Shock staff: is intended to knock out one's opponent without killing them, though its effect on alien biology may be unpredictable. Shock staves can have their shock-fields turned off, at which point they are simply staves.<ref name="esots-07">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 7</ref> A barrier cap can be unlocked and slid down to expose a spear tip that can be used to cut.<ref name="esots-10">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 10</ref>		*Shock staff: is intended to knock out one's opponent without killing them, though its effect on alien biology may be unpredictable. Shock staves can have their shock-fields turned off, at which point they are simply staves.<ref name="esots-07">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 7</ref> A barrier cap can be unlocked and slid down to expose a spear tip that can be used to cut.<ref name="esots-10">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) \|Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 10</ref>

			[[File:Illo-Clawknives1.jpg\|150px\|thumb\|right\|Clawknives]] [[File:Illo-Clawknives2.jpg\|150px\|thumb\|right\|Clawknives]]
	===Claw-Knives===		===Claw-Knives===
	~~[[File:Illo-Clawknives1.jpg\|150px\|thumb\|right\|Clawknives]] [[File:Illo-Clawknives2.jpg\|150px\|thumb\|right\|Clawknives]]~~
	Widely regarded as street weapons, and outlawed across most of the [[Alliance]]; "a law dating back to the Pelted escape from Earth and their bitterness toward their creators. They had not wanted humans to have facsimiles of their own natural weaponry, and so every form of finger-mounted knife had been outlawed." <ref name="bloodmoney">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) \|Alysha's Fall]]'', "Blood Money"</ref><ref name="etw-01">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part One</ref> Many [[Chatcaava]] also disdain the use of claw-knives, considering them an assassin's weapon.<ref name="oto-07">''[[Only the Open (Fiction) \|Only the Open]]'', Chapter 7</ref>		Widely regarded as street weapons, and outlawed across most of the [[Alliance]]; "a law dating back to the Pelted escape from Earth and their bitterness toward their creators. They had not wanted humans to have facsimiles of their own natural weaponry, and so every form of finger-mounted knife had been outlawed." <ref name="bloodmoney">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) \|Alysha's Fall]]'', "Blood Money"</ref><ref name="etw-01">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part One</ref> Many [[Chatcaava]] also disdain the use of claw-knives, considering them an assassin's weapon.<ref name="oto-07">''[[Only the Open (Fiction) \|Only the Open]]'', Chapter 7</ref>

	[[Lisinthir Nase Galare]] has a set, sent to him in the [[Jackal Chest]] provided by [[Jahir]]. It came as part of a glovelike structure, with the knives mounted above each finger and contained in a thin metal sheath at each joint, but concealed beneath a layer of black fabric. They were jointed so that they could bend with his hand. Splaying his fingers with enough force made the claws extend to their full two-inch length with the joints snapping rigid. The glove was made of something resembling leather but probably made of something synthetic.<ref name="etw-01" /><ref name="etw-02">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part Two</ref>		[[Lisinthir Nase Galare]] has a set, sent to him in the [[Jackal Chest]] provided by [[Jahir]]. It came as part of a glovelike structure, with the knives mounted above each finger and contained in a thin metal sheath at each joint, but concealed beneath a layer of black fabric. They were jointed so that they could bend with his hand. Splaying his fingers with enough force made the claws extend to their full two-inch length with the joints snapping rigid. The glove was made of something resembling leather but probably made of something synthetic.<ref name="etw-01" /><ref name="etw-02">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part Two</ref>

			[[File:Illo-VariableHoloblade.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Taylitha's Holoblade]]
	===Holoblades===		===Holoblades===
	See also [[Martial Arts#Fencing \|Fencing]].~~[[File:Illo-VariableHoloblade.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Taylitha's Holoblade]]~~		See also [[Martial Arts#Fencing \|Fencing]].

	Holoblades are manufactured with a safety that needs to be turned off for the sword to slice flesh.		Holoblades are manufactured with a safety that needs to be turned off for the sword to slice flesh.

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	===Holoblades===		===Holoblades===
	See also [[Martial Arts#Fencing \|Fencing]].[[File:Illo-VariableHoloblade.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|~~right~~\|Taylitha's Holoblade]]		See also [[Martial Arts#Fencing \|Fencing]].[[File:Illo-VariableHoloblade.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Taylitha's Holoblade]]

	Holoblades are manufactured with a safety that needs to be turned off for the sword to slice flesh.		Holoblades are manufactured with a safety that needs to be turned off for the sword to slice flesh.