Object
UNIT Fission Guns
Two compact, olive-drab rocket launchers with angular grips and recoil pads, mounted on lightweight tripods in the armoury. Their casings gleam dully under the station’s harsh fluorescent lighting, their barrels etched with safety markings and serial numbers for UNIT standardization. The weapons hum with barely contained energy, their payloads described as 'fission' rounds—capable of devastating effect against armored targets but forbidden from use without the Brigadier’s direct order. Rogin and Harry move with practiced urgency to retrieve them from their storage case, their heavy bipods clanging against the metal floor as they shoulder the weapons toward the Tranquiller Room’s breach.
6 appearances
Purpose
Portable ballistic weapons designed to deliver high-yield explosive payloads for armored threat neutralization, equipped with tripodal stabilization for precision targeting in zero-gravity or hostile environments.
Significance
The fission guns represent the crew’s last sanctioned resort to violence against the Wirrn, underscoring Vira’s reluctant embrace of lethality amid crisis leadership. The Doctor’s insistence on their futility against adult Wirrn larvae highlights the weapons’ limited tactical utility, elevating the urgency of his electrical deterrent discovery.
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