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Sonic Resonator
  • OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
  • Equip to quick-access toolbelt. Aim at target - such as a resource deposit or attacking predator - and depress trigger to charge a sonic pulse. Release to emit pulse. Against solid crystalline objects, release the pulse when the reticle closes to shatter.
  • Valid targets trigger an icon in your HUD, prompting you to equip and use the resonator. Common targets include large resource deposits and viral crystals.
  • This is not an approved Alterra product. This PDA cannot offer guarantees of performance or safety. Replace battery when depleted.
  • BACKGROUND
  • The Sonic Resonator is a modified propulsion/repulsion cannon chassis carrying a phased-array sonar. The sonar's electronic and mechanical principles are simple and easily fabricated, but distinct from any known design pattern. Either the sonar was invented from first principles by a particularly brilliant colonist, or it was derived from nonhuman technology.
  • The resonator is generally nonlethal. Its pulse may deter attackers, but will not cause long term harm unless the attacker is a solid crystalline object. The exception is biomass infected by bloom virus, which the resonator is tuned to destroy.
  • Speculative development suggests several possible improvements to this device, perhaps culminating in a saser (an acoustic laser). Do not discharge towards other colonists. Hearing protection recommended for prolonged use.

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