It was the thentythird century... Humanity split apart by a war that saw no end nor beginning... In a last ditch effort to survive, the Alliance launched 5 sleeper ships to a distant galaxy. They managed to break through the blockade, but few would have guessed the nightmare that would follow. The Bretonia, the Rheinland, the Hispania, the Kusary and the Liberty... each chrisend after its parton nation, each carrying the hearts and hopes of many... They broke through, but mere seconds after their hyperdrives kicked in... they came... For a single moment, mankind was united again, paralyzed at its beauty. Time didnt pass during that moment, untill, finally... it fired.... in a bright flash, the alien ship's projectile impacted onto the sun, the shockwave emerging powerfull enough to vaporize everything in its wake. few would have known, the Alien ship's appearence did not combine flawlesly with the residual hyperspace trail, for the 5 ships duplicated themselfsbut not their content,...
This Photon based weapon forms the template for
all photonic weapons thorughout the colonies.
Its low damage output and moderate rate of fire
combine effecticvly with a low energy drain,
therefore making it a preferred weapon for
corperations, pirates and house pilots seeking to
fill their arsenal with a support weapon.