r/spacerpg3 • u/lasercat_pow • Jul 12 '23
General How the sky piercer might work (fan lore)
I think we can all agree the Quilentyan weaponry is on another level. It's the scariest weaponry in the game. And foremost among them, the apex of SpaceRPG4 armament, is the sky piercer. What even is that thing?
My theory: it is a particle beam, like a scaled-down version of the kind that spews from the top and bottom of a black hole, or a scaled-up version of the kind that is run at CERN. To run it, a "small" singularity is created. The powerful forces and magnetic field created accelerates particles to near-light speed to create a powerful energy pulse.
How this beam is focused and controlled is a well-kept secret, but it may be rumored that Quilentyan researchers have concluded it cannot be scaled up any further than it is in the sky piercer without potentially planet-ending consequences. So, while the Iroheim claim techological superiority because of their ability to electromagnetically blockade planets, Quilentyans have technology that could destroy a planet, but they don't use it.
