Photon Thruster Weapon

A Photon Thruster Weapon is a class of directed energy weapons employed by the Myrmidon Destructors and the Thallax cohorts of the ancient Mechanicum. The secrets of their construction and operation were closely guarded by the Tech-priests of Mars.

When fired, a Photon Thruster Weapon unleashes a howling, needle-thin beam of pure blackness that is able to pierce the densest forms of matter and destroy the most heavily armoured warriors and vehicles. The power source for these weapons are considered extremely unstable and are little understood even by their operators.

At times, the weapon's power source can fail catastrophically, leading the wielder rather than the foe to be consumed by raging black flames.

Photon Gauntlet
The Photon Gauntlet is the smallest and shortest-ranged variant of the Photin Thruster Weapon. Its mechanism is embedded withina gauntlet that can be fired by the wielder.

Photon Thruster
The Photon Thruster is the standard, rifle-sized configuration of the weapon deployed with Myrmidon and Thallax troops.

Darkfire Cannon
Believed to be of alien origin, though this remains unproven, the Darkfire Cannon is a long, lance-like Photon Thruster Weapon that fires needle-thin beams of dark energy that can pierce even the thickest armour with ease.

Unleashing screaming beams of pure darkness, armour, flesh and stone boil away with their touch, and even the most heavily armoured vehicles can be torn apart by their hellish un-light. It was often deployed on the Battle-Automata of the Mechanicum's Legio Cybernetica.