The CH3390 DeMagnatron Asteroid Destabilizer

The Evolution of the CH3390 DeMagnatron Asteroid Destabilizer

In 3479 SD, the CH3389 Mining drone was developed to tap into the invaluable resources buried deep beneath the surface of Damatis, the fourth moon of Gaeregon. The CH3389s performed perfectly and remained in production for many years. In 3482 SD, several of the deep-mining models began exhibiting unusual properties.



The CH3389 drones are housed in vast warehouses when inactive. On several occasions entire warehouses exploded without warning. In each instance, a single drone survived the destruction. In other cases, CH3389s would be violently repelled from a deep-mining CH3389 when in close proximity. The repelled CH3389s were always destroyed.



A team of company engineers and scientist were tasked with fixing the problem as it was costing the company trillions in lost revenue. It was discovered that the deep-mine drones had come in contact with an extremely volatile substance. The substance caused violent shifts in magnetic relativity. Seeing an immense opportunity, the company harvested this material. The Company scientists discovered how to control the shifts in relativity and applied the technology to military and civilian applications.



The company initially outfitted deep-mine CH3389s with minimal weapons systems and Magnetic Relativity Pulse Generators (MRPGs). The newly outfitted CH3389s were renamed, DeMagnatrons, or DeMags, and were heavily used in all forms of warfare. By 3399 SD, MRP shields were being developed and sold at low costs. The DeMag's usefulness was waning.



In 3392, an aspiring young engineer deciphered a new use for the DeMag. If sent into planetary asteroid fields, intense and precision MRP bursts could greatly destabilize the delicate meteoric gravitational glue. In short, thousands of immense asteroids could be "bounced" into a planet's atmosphere. The devastation was not precise but, so far-ranging that accuracy was not important.



To further the killing power of the DeMag's, engineers proposed that disrupted asteroids be pre-coated in an ablative material before being "bounced" at a planet. This material, composed of inexpensive phenolic plastic resin, reduced the surface heat upon entry to a given planet's atmosphere, maximizing the quantity of impacting material.



The DeMags were equipped with hose cannons that extruded clouds of atomized ablative plastic into the asteroid field. By manipulating the frequency of the MRPg, the ablative particles and the asteroids were electrostatically charged, thus plating the asteroids thoroughly with the ablative material.