Immaterial rounds (Ammunition)

An immaterial round is a type of ammunition whose particularity is to be intangible until it reaches its target. 
== History ==
One of the most terrifying aspects of immaterium is the development of its application to bullet technology. The bullet is a simple immaterial case containing a battery and a positioning device capable of situating a target in a 3d environment. Once fired, the battery activates and the intangible projectile will go in a straight line, unhindered by obstacles. When the bullet reaches its target, the positioning device will reach zero, and deactivate the battery. This causes the bullet to materialize, and act as a regular bullet. This means that no amount of cover can save an immobile target from an immaterium bullet.
==Mechanics==
The round itself is a small electric generator, positioning device and power source, housed within an immaterium shell. When fired, the generator will activate, causing the bullet to become intangible, and the positioning device to calculate the bullets trajectory to its target. Once the bullet reaches its target, the positioning device will deactivate, rendering the round tangible, with the traditional consequences of a bullet impact.
=== Positioning device ===
Works by the shooter marking the distance the round has to travel before the power generator stops working. 
=== Heat seeking device ===
Works by the scope having a heat signature function, allowing the shooter to know where the target is and firing. 
=== Limitations ===
The saving grace for the target of an immaterial round is that once the target is locked and the bullet is fired, there is no way to course correct the bullet. As such it is only 100% effective against a non moving target. The fired bullet, if it misses its target, will continue unhindered until the battery runs out of power, and will then be affected by its environment like a regular round. There are, however, fully automatic weapons that use immaterium rounds.
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