Ion Cannon

→ binexan_destroyer
Binexan-class Destroyer
Selkath legend says that when a Binexan shark is beaten by an adversary, it retreats to Manaan's murky depths, only to resurface as an even deadlier creature than before. The Binexan-class Destroyer, named for this fabled vicious predator, was designed to do something similar.

But instead of waiting to be overpowered before disappearing and re-emerging as a stronger opponent, this Republic military vessel attacks first, striking hard and fast, before diving below the surface and effectively shielding itself from enemy scanners and tracking systems. With the ability to move immensely powerful ordnance quickly and almost completely undetected, the Binexan-class Destroyer is a formidable weapon in a battle for control of an aquatic world.
Category: Lore
Planet: 16141148416747135524
XP Level: 1
FQN: cdx.lore.lots.manaan.binexan_destroyer
→ ion_cannon
Ion Cannon
A large, platform-based weapon designed to disrupt onboard computers, secondary electronic systems, and protective shields, resulting in critical failures, internal damage, and immediate loss of power. Though powerful, ion cannons quickly incapacitate ships while sparing both the structural integrity of the vessel and inflicting minimal crew casualties.

Due to their size and advanced logistical and technological requirements, ion cannons are a rare sight on the battlefield only associated with groups with considerable resources. Their simple but devastating effect of the can be directed into a beam, akin to long-range artillery, or a single-use explosive for a greater diameter of effectiveness.
Category: Lore
Planet: 16141148416747135524
XP Level: 1
FQN: cdx.lore.lots.manaan.ion_cannon
→ nautical_mining_system
Nautical Mining System
Developed by Colonel Seeral Korrd and various engineers under his command, the Empire's Nautical Mining System is a network of platforms that can be deployed with minimal to no casualties or resistance.

Despite the lack of natural cover, defenses, or roads on worlds entirely covered by oceans, the platforms can be dropped from orbit, constructed, moved, and withdrawn faster than mining stations established on terrestrial planets.

The floating platforms serve as stations in the mining system's network, and each can be adapted to handle different crucial steps in the kolto mining process, including harvesting, refining, and shipping. Unique shielding technology is used below the surface to drain sections of the ocean floor, providing easy access to underwater deposits of kolto, while the surface levels are equipped with state-of-the-art defenses that prevent raiders--or unhappy locals--from interfering with moving the kolto offworld.

Although Manaan is the first planet to have its resources harvested through the Nautical Mining System, its success could mean a wider application of Colonel Korrd's invention on aquatic worlds across the galaxy.
Category: Lore
Planet: 16141148416747135524
XP Level: 1
FQN: cdx.lore.lots.manaan.nautical_mining_system
→ progenitor
Progenitor
The title of a massive firaxan shark reported to live in the Hrakert Rift on the planet Manaan, infamously involved in an unfortunate incident at an undersea outpost. The original Progenitor and indeed all firaxan sharks are still considered a sacred animal to the Selkath, so efforts to protect and preserve the species have given rise to additional technology to both shield critical kolto mining facilities, while ensuring the sharks are not inadvertently harmed by the machinery. Over the centuries, the term has been applied to any firaxan shark displaying unusual size.
Category: Lore
Planet: 16141148416747135524
XP Level: 1
FQN: cdx.lore.lots.manaan.progenitor

manaan

ion_cannon

Category:	Lore
Related planet:	Manaan Few planets have been as important to both sides of the war as Manaan. But with its surface covered completely by water, and with its native Selkath population having adopted an isolationist stance, access to the planet can be difficult to come by. The Selkath economy's reliance on the export of kolto to the Republic and the Empire does provide opportunities to visit, but guests are typically limited to the world's few trading platforms--the only surface structures not affected by the Empire's bombardment of the planet during the Great Galactic War. Millennia of Rakatan dominion over the planet and a predominantly unexplored ocean floor evoke strong temptations to probe Manaan's crushing depths. However, due to the strategic importance of its kolto reserves, Manaan will have to largely remain a mystery for now. Category: Planets XP Level: 1 FQN: cdx.planets.manaan Manaan
Unlockable by:	all classes
Faction:	Both
XP level:	1

Added with:	Patch 7.0.0
Global ID:	16141111722101554887
Codex ID:	3938
FQN:	cdx.lore.lots.manaan.ion_cannon
Star Wars name:	Ion Cannon
Other languages:	Ionenkanone Canon ionique
Other sites:	TORCommunity

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