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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]]'', | 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=== | ||
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===Offense=== | ===Offense=== | ||
* Entropy packets | * Entropy packets: React with halo shields, but are inert against anything else (though throwing them hard enough can do some physical damage) | ||
===Defense=== | ===Defense=== | ||
* Halo shields: Produce a barely noticeable gold glitter.<ref name="sota-14">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 14</ref> Not designed to deflect large physical objects such as missiles.<ref name="sota-07">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', | * Halo shields: Produce a barely noticeable gold glitter.<ref name="sota-14">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 14</ref> Not designed to deflect large physical objects such as missiles.<ref name="sota-07">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 7</ref> | ||
* Dusters: Capable of cloaking people, locations, or ships. A Duster small enough to hide a door "isn't all that expensive"<ref name="sota-02">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 2</ref>, but for a pirate to have a Duster capable of hiding their entire ship would be considered unusual.<ref name="sota-14">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 14</ref> | * Dusters: Capable of cloaking people, locations, or ships. A Duster small enough to hide a door "isn't all that expensive"<ref name="sota-02">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 2</ref>, but for a pirate to have a Duster capable of hiding their entire ship would be considered unusual.<ref name="sota-14">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', Chapter 14</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:33, 6 July 2020
Personal Weapons
Why not, we've seen at least a handful.
- Lances/Staves (what did I name these)
- Shock-staff is at least one of them
- Holoblades
- Claw-knives: widely regarded as street weapons, and outlawed in may places, including Terracentrus[3]
Armor:
- Chest plates (seem to be similar to bulletproof vests, sort of thing?)[4]
- Dampeners; Dylan Brushnie was given a dampening armband to protect him during the bombing of the governor's mansion.[1] Produces a 'scintillating mist.'[5]
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.[5] 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[4]. Consumer-grade palmers have warning labels.[6] 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.[5]
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.
Ship Weapons
Offense
- Entropy packets: React with halo shields, but are inert against anything else (though throwing them hard enough can do some physical damage)
Defense
- Halo shields: Produce a barely noticeable gold glitter.[7] Not designed to deflect large physical objects such as missiles.[8]
- Dusters: Capable of cloaking people, locations, or ships. A Duster small enough to hide a door "isn't all that expensive"[9], but for a pirate to have a Duster capable of hiding their entire ship would be considered unusual.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sword of the Alliance, Chapter 6
- ↑ Alysha's Fall, "A Cold and Gentle Dark"
- ↑ Alysha's Fall, "Blood Money"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Who is Willing, Chapter 7
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sword of the Alliance, Chapter 12
- ↑ Sword of the Alliance, Prologue
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sword of the Alliance, Chapter 14
- ↑ Sword of the Alliance, Chapter 7
- ↑ Sword of the Alliance, Chapter 2