Ghyll:Lightning Gun

Ah, the joy of invention.... Thought I'd forgotten, eh? --Doctor Phineas Crank 07:08, 3 Dec 2004 (EST)

A favorite weapon of the Tarkherk Corps, the Lightning Gun was allegedly invented by the incomprable Harv Gretborn. Though more well known for his Snotgun, Gretborn's contributions to military technology are well known.

Lightning Guns vary in size, shape and design, but all are roughly 5 nanits long, including both stock and "barrel". The "barrel" is a solid piece of metal running almost the entire length of the stock and most closely resembles a lightning rod in actual construction. It is attached to theoalchemical batteries concealed in the butt of the stock via fine, platinum wires. A similar set of platinum wires attach to the trigger mechanism. The trigger itself is covered in a fine tracery of runes which, allegedly, activate the rechargable batteries. The stock of most Lightning Guns is made from Yren Vud harvested in the wild Sarfelogian Mountains, though many other substances are used. It is rumored that King Harandraff the Great had a Lightning Gun crafted from obsidian and the purest silver, though that rumor has never been confirmed either way.

Some have claimed that a Lightning Gun is the only real defense a single soldier has against an ectomechanaut kitted out for war. Certainly, B. T. Gidgewell, late Supreme Commandant of the Tarkherk Corps believed this so strongly, and was so terrified of the damage a war ectomechanaut had done to his grandfather, that he insisted the entire Corps be armed with Lightning Guns.