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+ | As the technology of the Forsaken | ||
+ | has advanced through the years, | ||
+ | rediscovering lost secrets of science, | ||
+ | the ability to use one of the foundations | ||
+ | of civilization as a weapon has once again | ||
+ | been revived. Fire, a cornerstone of cultural | ||
+ | advancement, has always been a tempting weapon for | ||
+ | humanity. The Forsaken were unable to harness the power | ||
+ | of pure fire as a weapon for many years, until scientists researching | ||
+ | possible fuel sources inadvertently rediscovered a gelatinous flammable very | ||
+ | similar to napalm. The implications of a fuel solvent that would cover an | ||
+ | object, stick to it, and burn continuously were immediately apparent. The | ||
+ | scientists reported the discovery to the Army of the Forsaken. | ||
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+ | The military engineers immediately set about devising a practical use for the | ||
+ | new discovery, but were daunted by the size of the equipment needed in order | ||
+ | to properly use it. Pressurized tanks were already in use for fuel storage and | ||
+ | injection systems, and smaller versions were developed in order to transport | ||
+ | this new weapon’s ammunition. A rudimentary hose system | ||
+ | led from the tanks to the sprayer of the weapon, a pistol shaped | ||
+ | device that controlled the output of the fuel through | ||
+ | a narrow nozzle. Triggering the burst of fluid sets a geyser | ||
+ | spraying out from the nozzle, capable of covering targets | ||
+ | over five meters away in a broad splash. The igniter | ||
+ | burning at the tip of the nozzle turns the gooey, stinging | ||
+ | solvent into clinging sheets of flame. The engineers, | ||
+ | thrilled with the success of their development, | ||
+ | presented their new weapon technology to the | ||
+ | Saints and Templars, who for once were | ||
+ | in complete agreement. | ||
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+ | Flamethrower technology is | ||
+ | improving in leaps and bounds | ||
+ | for the Forsaken, but it is | ||
+ | still temperamental at best | ||
+ | and outright lethal at | ||
+ | its worst. The leaders | ||
+ | knew that no truly | ||
+ | sane soldier would | ||
+ | ever agree to carry | ||
+ | the flamethrower | ||
+ | into battle. The | ||
+ | response of the | ||
+ | Prevailers was | ||
+ | simple: regardless | ||
+ | of sanity, find someone to use them. Thus the Firestorms were born. Culled | ||
+ | from the least stable of all the Forsaken troops, the Firestorms are often those | ||
+ | with an unhealthy obsession for fire, all too eager to distribute their particular | ||
+ | brand of flaming justice to those who oppose the might of the Forsaken. |