Dust Cannon (Eldar Weapon)

Inquisitorial records refer to this xenos anti-personnel weapon as a “pixy duster” because, when fired, it causes the target to glitter. This is because this heavy weapon fires trillions of tiny mono-molecular slivers of plasti-crystal. A single shot can powder-coat a rhino in a single burst but has the penetrative capacity of a typical shuriken cannon. These mono-molecular flechettes appear two-dimensional when fired, almost like a stiff hair about an inch long but they are comprised of material harder than diamond. If caught unaware this can pepper an entire infantry platoon with tiny needles that will blow through them like a chill wind, aspirating their body in a thousand places.
Dust Cannons are to large to be loaded even onto the grav platforms they use for heavy weapon or the light vehicles eldar prefer so they only utilized as installation weapons or on superheavy vehicles (Engine of Vaul). They can also be found on Vampires ships, the nimble titans, and Lynx grav-tanks though their most fearsome application is on the Adder super heavy grav tank.
== Adder Super Heavy Grav Tank ==
Built on the same frame as a cobra or scorpion, the Adder is a Engine of Vaul (superheavy grav tank) with twin-linked dust cannons rather than the distortion cannons or pulsar weapons. These dust cannons are mounted in a hemispherical array atop the weapon and can fire in a 360, variable size, selective area fashion. This means they can be focus fired, a glittering stream of cystalin hell that can rip apart a marine just as soon as paper on in an area around it, dexterously avoiding shots that would hit an ally of themselves. This last function is due to an unfathomable targeting system base on the very wraithbone it is constructed of. Adders also have a Titan-grade Holo-field and one of the following weapons: a Bright Lance, Eldar Missile Launcher, Scatter Cannon, Shuriken Cannon or Starcannon.
A famous Adder, Isha’s Tears, is in use by Craftworld Nova'cor and claimed the lives of the aforementioned Imperial Guard infantry platoon. It is said that the hull of Isha’s Tears gets a new tiger strip with each kill and it started out pure orange.
== Authorship ==
Much of the information recorded here was contributed by Inquisitor Grace Parmenion during her study of the Eldar and observations made of the Adder known as “Isha’s Tears” during the battle of Blue Hope River.
Category:Eldar
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