
The man-portable Ion Blaster of the Leagues of Votann
An Ion Blaster is a man-portable, long-range, directed energy Ion Weapon used by the military forces of the Leagues of Votann. Ion Weapons typically are capable of engaging enemies at long range with high-energy streams of ionised subatomic particles, vaporising flesh and metal with equal ease. These high-energy ions containing an electric charge are accelerated by an electromagnetic field and react explosively with the target as a result of the direct transfer of energy at an atomic level.
The Ion Blaster has a medium range compared to the other Ion Weapons utilised by the Leagues of Votann and is sometimes used as an alternative standard weapon by Hearthkyn Warriors infantry.
However, Kin weapons like the Ion Blaster are superior in almost every respect to those patterns of Ion Weapons wielded by the agents and military of the T'au Empire, since the Kin employ superlative materials and methods in their construction. As a result, Leagues of Votann Ion Weapons often have longer ranges and more stopping power than any of their T'au equivalents. This is largely because the T'au originally received Ion Weapons technology through a fruitful commercial alliance between the SrrykTok Brotherhood of the Demiurg Prospect of the Leagues of Votann and the Water Caste of the Dal'yth Sept.
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- Codex: Leagues of Votann (9th Edition), pp. 16, 19, 93, 101