Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Weapons of the Future: Reality and Solar Echoes (part 2)


The Air Force has the Pentagon working on designing micro-drones that can secretly squirt their targets with a signal-emitting powder or goo. This would be used to either track the target and keep tabs on his movements, or possibly even serve as coordinates for a hellfire missile. In Solar Echoes, the Archaeloids designed the Tracking Rifle to compensate for their slightly lower Reflexes than other races (and as a result, they have a chance to miss more often.) Another weapon designed by the Archaeloids has an entirely different function, however, and is somewhat similar to the target painting that is being researched by the Pentagon. The Ink Blaster is a small pistol that functions as a paint-ball pistol. Upon impact, the ink-ball explodes and covers the target with a bright purple ink stain. Not only is this visually obvious, but the ink contains nano-tracers that can be tracked at a range of up to 2 miles. Once again, the innovative and persistent Archaeloids have used technology to compensate for a weakness—this time, their slower running speed.

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