Alkor Centaris
Son of Liberty
Intent: An anti-electronic gel for use by Confederates.
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Manufacturer: Confederacy of Independent Systems
Affiliation: Confederacy of Independent Systems
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Modularity: No.
Production: Limited
Material: Positive/Negative charge, Silicates
Classification: Electronic Disruption Gel.
Size: Varies by amount.
Weight: Varies by amount.
Ammunition Type: Gel.
Ammunition Capacity: None.
Reload Speed: None.
Effective Range: Point Blank.
Rate of Fire: None.
Stopping Power: None, on its own.
Recoil: None.
• Alternative to EMP/Ion
• Fast working
• Shorts most electronics
• Can overload electronics
+ Circuit Breaker: A traditional circuit operates by running electrons from a positive charge to a negative charge, allowing it to flow through and power a given electronic device. When applied in proximity to a circuit, the gel- which has an extreme charge (negative or positive, arbitrary)- takes the place of one end of the circuit and draws the electrons into itself. This steals the charge of the electronic device and causes it to halt function. (Shorts it out essentially.)
+ Burns off: Once it has taken in electrons, the gel automatically begins to lyse, causing it to break down and desubtantiate. The stolen electrons are freed to return to the circuit.
+ Rapid return of electrons causes overload to electronics, and if secondary power is active or a charge had been previously returned, the feedback could potentially cause catastrophic damage to those electronics.
- Little to no effect on organics: While humans do carry a small electronic current, it is not significant enough to have a lasting effect. The gel will still absorb electrons and burn off, causing mild irritation and acute, searing pain, as well as short term, local numbness.
- Don't miss: it will rapidly cool and solidify when not contained in a specialized environment. Thus, if it does not manage to connect, it quickly becomes useless and cannot be salvaged.
- Handle with Care: It's going to do the same thing to you that it would to the next guy. Be smart.
- Insulation: if a circuit is protected by dedicated insulation, this gel cannot make a connection to it and therefore will not take
While Research and Development was looking into Electronic Warfare, the Confederacy found that Electromagnetic Hardening was becoming increasingly common. In order to keep up with the new defenses and precautions, they went into testing another means to the same end- circuit disruption via an outside force.
This method had some inherent weaknesses, including requisite connection to the circuit and close proximity, but the result was undeniably more profound. While EM generally resulted in short term shutdowns of tech, the overload caused by shunting electrons from the circuit and then rapidly allowing their reentry had a much higher rate of return in terms of significant damage.
Utilizing Silicates to produce a gel that they could then charge at a staggeringly inexpensive rate, they were able to weaponize this revolutionary new anti-electronic and issue it as a tool to Confederates.
