Note From Reseach Assistant Winkler

Research assistant Ernst Ziegler was burned to death today when performing an experiment on object #12-1 from the Wulfburg dig. A small explosion occurred when Herr Ziegler tried to operate the object. His torso caught fire and the fire spread to his head. We tried to put the fire out, but eventually he succumbed to the flames. I am now forced to write a letter to his wife. Need to come up with a good explanation.
#12-1 was a very crude-looking device which holds a series of optical lenses, an incinerator with traces of magnesium, and other as of yet unidentified components. We have dated the device to circa 964 AD. It's likely to have been intended as a stationary weapon for larger battles. uncertain if it ever was deployed in battle or if a version was ever developed which functioned without engulfing its user in flames. I wonder, could this device be what Albert Einstein proposed as a "laser" in his paper "On the Quantum Theory of Radiation"? If so, we might be on the verge of the greatest scientific discovery of the decade!
Once safety procedures have been improved, the experiments will continue.
Gottfried Winkler
Category:Wolfenstein: The Old Blood