Objectivist Weaponry

## Overview

The Objectivists field a wide variety of powerful weapons to even the odds against their physically and magically superior opponents.

## Infantry-Scale

OM-16: A portable collapsible centerfire bullpup long-barreled carbine chambered in 6.32mm light ARCs. Holy is of course standard. Tracers and incendiary are not standard for this barrel type. Usually used without magnified sights. This weapon returned into favour upon ingress to Earth Beta thanks to the average mamono being more vulnerable to bullets than the average demon. It is a common replacement for actual handguns. Exceptional ballistics allow for a 1300m effective range in ideal conditions, 600 RPM sustained, and 1250 m/s muzzle velocity.

OM-47: A bulky centerfire monster of a primary assault rifle chambered in 12.5mm medium ARCs. Holy rounds fired from this weapon are considered the benchmark for anti-monster firepower, capable of shredding through even the carapace of soldier beetles without great difficulty. Magnified sights, a large stock, laser sight, foregrip and even a bipod come standard to control the recoil. It manages an incredible 2200m effective range and a terrifying 1476 m/s muzzle velocity with 750 RPM sustained (although only a Red-Clad could manage the recoil at full-auto). Heavy drum magazines come standard and help to balance the gun.

OM-50: A large barely concealable handcannon, an Objectivist favourite. It is chambered in a downsized 16mm large ARC. It only holds four shots and manages a 1800m effective range and 1271 m/s muzzle velocity. This weapon is primarily intended for Knights but is usable by baseline humans with an attachable stock grip and sights (effectively rifle conversion). The primary damage from this weapon comes from the large ARC that can pump a considerable quantity of magic into a target.

OM-51: A modest anti-material rifle chambered in the full sized 16mm large ARC cartridge. It holds up to 15 shots in a magazine. It has a monstrous 3200m effective range and 1620 m/s muzzle velocity. Designed for practical use by regular humans, it is a very capable weapon and despite the label "anti-material" is more just standard anti-personnel for monsters.

OM-55: The largest man portable gun fielded by the Objectivists. It is a super anti-material rifle chambered in the 25mm huge ARC oft used by autocannons, it usually holds 10 rounds. Even with a bipod this weapon is difficult to carry, let alone use for normal humans and is designed for Knights. It has an extremely high effective range of 4000m allowing it to snipe outside of visual range in standard weather conditions. It of course has a beastly muzzle velocity of 1721 m/s giving it an insane amount of propellant and therefore blowback for each shot. Even high threat monsters live in fear of the thunderous cracks this gun produces.

## Explosives

N2: A prismane chemical and a considerable improvement over Cubane. It is the most effective chemical explosive known and is also storage safe (although not as stable as TNT). It is used in most high-explosives and in large quantities can have effects comparable to small nuclear explosives.

O-36: A highly 'dirty' atomic weapon also described as a salted bomb and used as a radiological weapon. It has a yield ranging from 20-100 kilotons depending on the quantity of material used and releases large quantities of Gold-198 on detonation. This saturates a large area with a highly radioactive but relatively short lived isotope that emits gamma rays. Most lifeforms will not survive and the affected area will be become relatively safe within a few months.

O-764: A theoretical radiological device designed purely as a strong deterrent. It is a thermonuclear weapon with a yield ranging from 50-90 megatons making it one of the most powerful weapons ever devised. It would emit large quantities of Cobalt-60 and Beryllium-7 (mostly as a side effect, since the Be is required to produce the explosion). Such a weapon detonated in a jetstream is calculated to be able to contaminate a considerable percentage of the planetary surface in a shroud of gamma ray emitting Cobalt and Beryllium isotopes that would surely lead to a mass extinction. In addition the large quantities of Be themselves are highly toxic to most lifeforms and are impossible to detoxify, causing lung cancers and fibrosis. It is unknown if such a nasty weapon has ever been created. If such doomsday plans were to be enacted, several of these devices would be required as Earth Beta has three times the diameter of Earth Alpha.

O-105: A cheap thermonuclear explosive with a yield range of 5-20 megatons. This is the most common and most practical WMD used by the Objectivists which produces minimal fallout when airbursted and has a yield capable of killing high-threat and severely harming very-high threat monsters on direct impact. It is commonly used as a warhead in ground-penetrating weapons.

O-201: A highly-efficient Teller–Ulam non-hydrogen based thermonuclear bomb with a fissionable uranium tamper. It has a yield of 250 megatons and is considered the most powerful weapon ever devised by mankind. Apparently two of these bombs were created. They are not clean by nature but relative to the immense destruction they can cause, the radiation is a fairly minor problem. It is likely the Objectivists are saving such weapons for the Mamono Lord herself.

O-616: A colossal missile comparable in size to a Saturn V rocket that acts as an intercontinental delivery system for up to 90 O-36 HGVs or 40 O-105 HGVs. MARV capability is also available but HGVs are considered sufficient to bypass 99% of all rudimentary defense systems on Earth Beta. Such a delivery mechanism is an extremely efficient use of radioactive material, allowing for saturation of a continental sized surface area. However the energy density of such a detonation may be insufficient to lethally wound the strongest of monsters and casters, hence the existence of singular larger warheads is still warranted.