Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Proton Collider

The Proton Collider is the Alliance of Hawke's main offensive superweapon.

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The concept of the collider, a particle accelerator that would collide particles with other particles at extremely high velocities, already existed by 1960 V.C. By the early sixties, the first colliders had been constructed, and the Alliance had drawn up plans for the construction of what was to be the world's largest collider at the CHRN (Hawke Organisation for Nuclear Research) laboratory, situated in Vinland.

Work had barely begun on the proposed Proton Collider when the project was abruptly interrupted in late 1970 V.C., when the Voshkod and Alliance was still involving on their Proxy conflicts, which resulted in budget cuts to the Proton Collider project. By 1989 V.C. with the Voshkod having progress from Pro-Lunafreyan revolts, the project continued and it was decided that the Proton Collider would be constructed in an Island not far from Antivan.

As the name would indicate, the original purpose of the Proton Collider was to collide protons and ions at relativistic velocities, around 99.995% of the speed of light. The Alliance military took an interest in the Proton Collider project. Construction of the underground facility went unimpeded, with construction finished in record time thanks to additional support from the Alliance Corps of Engineers, which lent their expertise and technology. The scientists were allowed to use the facility for their own research purposes, but at the same time an additional structure was constructed on top of the underground collider.

This structure would be called into action when the Voshkod attacked (insert) in the 2004 V.C. conflict, with the intent of capturing the research of the parallel Orlais Project, which was also located on the same island. Though the Orlais Project's research was lost, the success of the Proton Collider in the destruction of the Voshkod base further enthused the Alliance military, which began to deploy additional Proton Colliders around the globe.

In military operation, the Proton Collider basically works by firing off multiple bursts of hydrogen at relativistic speeds up into the atmosphere, where the protons are then redirected towards their target by ground-based gravametric lensing projectors.

Though part of the energy of the protons is lost before they even reach their target due to air resistance, the effect is still devastating, powerful enough to level entire city blocks. Upon colliding with their targets, the resultant deceleration of the protons releases an immeasurable amount of heat. The resultant transferral of energy to nearby material results in a massive thermalization and vaporization of any nearby material, creating a chain of heat and pressure-based shock waves, making the Proton Collider especially devastating to densely packed areas.

Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Proton Collider

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