Keraran Technology
This is a list of the technologies used by the Keraran race.
Starships
The Kerarans have quite a few different types of ships.
Battlecruiser
These enormous ships are on the front lines of every battle. The ships can reach lengths of seven miles long, and can hold almost a million soldiers. They normally lead invasion fleets.
Cargoship
These ships are significantly smaller than battlecruisers, only being about forty feet long. They carry resources to and from war zones.
Fighter
These small ships are similar to Terran jetfighters in shape and design. During battle, they will circle around an enemy ship and repeatedly bombard it until it becomes too damaged to operate any longer.
Weapons
These are the weapons used by Kerarans.
Proton-Beam
These are laser weapons used on battlecruisers. They are very powerful, and can slice through titanium alloys with ease.
Forcegun
These are handheld kinetic weapons used by Keraran infantry (or dreadtroopers). They propel projectiles at enormous speeds, breaking the sound barrier and penetrating just about anything struck. These projectiles can punch right through brick walls.
The Kerarans have to use powerful shock absorbers in order to safely use these weapons, or else the recoil could break their arms.
Ion Rifle
This weapon fires a jolt of electricity, stunning the target. It is used when live capture is desired.
Might Laucher
These are massive artillery units. They operate mostly like a forcegun, except on a larger scale.
Supremacy Cannon
The Supremacy Cannon launches a large projectile, shaped like a six-pointed star. It is accelerated to 30% of light speed, and shoots towards the target.
Some distance away from its destination, several shaped antimatter charges at the projectile's centre detonate. They send a beam of charged pions and gamma rays at the target, destroying shields or unprotected targets.
The solid then hits the enemy, with the kinetic energy of a hundred H-bombs.
Paramount Bomb
When this projectile impacts its target, it detonates a compressed iron core, resulting in a huge fusion explosion. It causes a pressure wave which rips it open, launching the pieces out while simultaneously vapourising their surfaces. This means that shards of white-hot material spread out from the impact, causing damage to nearby structures.
Shriver Bomb
This explosive is x-ray guided to a target.
On impact, it releases a set of tiny shavings, each at an enormous velocity. They drill through the interior of the ship, leaving the walls relatively intact but causing major damage to personnel and equipment.
Repulsor Fields
Every Keraran Battleship carries an on-board repulsor field generator, which reduces the effect of kinetic weapons.
Armor
The Kerarans use poweful armor to protect them in battle. This armor is black and jointed, and said by some to make them resemble huge insects.
This armor is composed of titanium alloys which allow flexibility, yet strength. The armor is so tough, it is capable of taking several projectile rounds.
Other
Strip Mining Machine
When the Kerarans conquer a world, they almost always proceed to strip mine it, in order to sustain the resources required for their many wars. This machine uses some form of magnetism to draw all useful metals out of the ground.
Slave Augmentation
When the Kerarans enslave individuals of other species, they will often use extensive vocal cord surgery in order to allow the slave to speak their language. This surgery is often done without pain-killers, and leaves a long scar on the slaves throat.
Most subjects do not survive the process.