Template:Tech-Gun The Gun of Command was developed by the Royal Armaments Guild of Charubah during the Second Antiquity Era for use by the special forces of the Royal Hapan Army, such as the Cyborg Warriors of Charubah. The gun would disable the target's voluntary thought process, making them subject to every command the shooter would make.
Following the Hapan Civil War, production of the weapons stopped and they were outlawed in most regions of the Hapes Consortium. Today they are highly sought after collectors items and only a handful remain in the possession of private owners. Most of the private guns lack the necessary power cell required to make it function.
Profile
Development & Function
Development of the gun began in 2168, but the Royal Armaments Guild of Charubah was unable to produce a functioning prototype until 2171. Initial testing of the prototypes on prisoners would sometimes have deadly results when initial versions fried the brain of the target, rendered them mentally handicapped for life and numerous other tragedies. House Olanji was initially very skeptical towards the development of the gun, especially with the prototype failures and were preparing to put and end to the project when a successful prototype was developed in 2172.
The gun entered limited production from 2173 and on, being handed produced for the Royal Family and Cyborg Warriors of Charubah who were programmed not to give the gun to superiors without express permission from the Royal Hapan Palace. At a cost of 95,000 Hapan credits, it was considered too expensive for mass production, not to mention dangerous.
The weapon released an electromagnetic wave field that neutralised the enemy's voluntary thought processes. This left the target unable to defy any order they were given, no matter how strange or deadly. Length of the weapon's effect varied from species to species, with humans being influenced by the gun's blast from 45 to 60 minutes.
The guns took approximately 60 seconds to recharge, while each power cell could only fire ten shots before it had to be replaced.
Useage
The guns were usually silver or gold plated, giving it an elegant look as many were personally owned by the Royal Family.
The Gun of Command was utilised in several coups, such as the ousting of Queen-Mother Cazin'turin VII. Executions with the weapon very frequent, especially when the nobility was making examples of captured pirates. The captives would be shot with the Gun of Command before being ordered to kill themselves, often in some creative fashion.
Some nobility and royalty with questionable sense of humour would also use the guns on their friends and servants and ask questions of personal nature, before being provided with an embarrassing but entertaining answer.
The Gun of Command was also used in some sections of the Hapan judicial system, forcing individuals on trial to tell the truth.
Famous Executions
Lyric Shaa
During the Hapan Civil War Countess Shaa of the Draconian Union used a Gun of Command on her younger sister, Lyric Shaa, who was the leader of the Tears of Dawnstar rebellion. Lyric Shaa was forced to thrust the vibrosword of Remiel Windcloud, her lover, through her own torso while he was watching.
