New Exodii weapon, the Khuunäöfaai

[Daved27hundred]

Summary

Content "Another new Exodii Gun: the Khuunäöfaai ordnance cannon, a long range incendiary and chemical weapon."

Purpose of change

Idea I had for a while that I decided to put to code after #78932. I feel the Exodii lack long-range ordinance (ignoring the Ree 3.3 Naval rifle) and want to give them more spectacular, destructive weaponry similar to the Caotel Sr2.2.

Describe the solution

The Khuunäöfaai hails from an Earth blanketed by a heavily industrial and militaristic society which had a knack of displaying its might and influence through spectacle. Parades of enormous war machines would tour around the globe, firing hundreds of these cannons into the air in celebration of their victory over the world. When the Exodii arrived in the midst of that Earth's cataclysm they managed to steal a couple of the machines for their own uses. Now the only part of those tanks that remain are their weapons, a couple of which they're willing to pawn off to the natives.

The gun is fed with pressurized tanks which can't be unloaded or reloaded. It can fire a variety of ammo with different effects, I have in mind a couple that I will add as I work on this but I have a couple ideas already.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Throwing out the more unique ammo types and keeping just the incendiary ammo as a long range flamethrower, but I'm against this.

Testing

Very, very early in progress, testing still ongoing, Will update this as I iron it out.

• make the gun
• make the gun WORK
• add more ammo types and their effects and fields
• have the gun and ammo be sold by Nine

Additional context

Ever see the opening seen of Robot Carnival? I got the war machine parade float idea from that.

[Daved27hundred]

any clue on how to make an ammo effect that applies an effect to everything in a radius around where it hits?

[GuardianDll]

As field, ammo_effects do not support applying effects in radius natively; or via EoC, tho it would be somewhat terrible

[Daved27hundred]

Would using a spell work?

[GuardianDll]

actually yes

[Daved27hundred]

much better.

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• A pressurized tank containing one of the special payloads the Exodii made for the Khuunäöfaai, a mixture of several acids and peroxides capable of rapidly breaking down the organic tissues of zombies and mutants alike. Apparently developed for cases where the incendiary payload would fail, like low to zero oxygen environments and targets capable of self-extinguishing - It's somewhat alarming the Exodii run into those scenarios frequently enough to justify producing this.
• A pressurized tank containing one of the special payloads the Exodii made for the Khuunäöfaai, an industrial grade chemical that adheres to anything it touches and hardens into a concrete-like resin. Invented on some alternate Earth for quickly fixing holes in zeppelin and high-altitude craft, the Exodii found the substance useful for sticking nasty things in place when they otherwise couldn't be destroyed, or they didn't want to waste the ammunition to.
• A pressurized tank containing one of the special payloads the Exodii made for the Khuunäöfaai, something akin to white phosphorous on your Earth. Its simplicity and effectiveness against targets big and small makes it the cannon's most popular ammunition by far.
• A pressurized tank containing the original firework payload of the Khuunäöfaai. This chemical payload contains two different compounds of copper, so that the projectiles burn a sharp blue and green to represent the united Earth it came from. It isn't intended for combat, but getting hit by a massive firework is dangerous enough that it was brought along. The tank capacity is larger than the other loads the Exodii created for it.
• An oddball in the Exodii's oddball selection of armaments - This robust, shoulder mounted weapons platform started life not as a weapon, but as a ceremonial firework cannon, mounted in droves atop of parade tanks the size of buildings by some globe spanning military culture. Little of its original design remains under the retrofits and wear, with even its engravings worn down to nothing by time. The Khuunäöfaai finds its niche in disposing incoming hordes from large distances, helped by the variety of chemical payloads its been modified to fire.
• An oddball in the Exodii's oddball selection of armaments - This robust, shoulder mounted weapons platform started life not as a weapon, but as a ceremonial firework cannon, mounted in droves atop of parade tanks the size of buildings by some globe spanning military culture. Little of its original design remains under the retrofits and wear, with even its engravings worn down to nothing by time. The khuunäöfaai finds its niche in disposing incoming hordes from large distances, helped by the variety of chemical payloads its been modified to fire.
• Khuunäöfaai adhesive canister
• Khuunäöfaai adhesive canisters
• Khuunäöfaai adhesive payload
• Khuunäöfaai celebration canister
• Khuunäöfaai celebration canisters
• Khuunäöfaai corrosive canister
• Khuunäöfaai corrosive canisters
• Khuunäöfaai corrosive payload
• Khuunäöfaai corrosive payloads
• Khuunäöfaai firework payload
• Khuunäöfaai firework payloads
• Khuunäöfaai foaming payload
• Khuunäöfaai foaming payloads
• Khuunäöfaai incendiary canister
• Khuunäöfaai incendiary canisters
• Khuunäöfaai incendiary payload
• Khuunäöfaai incendiary payloads
• Khuunäöfaai ordnance cannon
• Khuunäöfaai ordnance cannons
• Pressurized chemical payload for the Khuunäöfaai. An incredibly powerful binding agent and sealant, removing it from the tank would be a bad idea.
• Pressurized chemical payload for the Khuunäöfaai. Essentially a juiced up version of pirahna solution, removing it from the tank would be a bad idea.
• Pressurized chemical payload for the Khuunäöfaai. Highly flammable and reactive to oxygen, removing it from the tank would be a bad idea.
• Pressurized chemical payload for the Khuunäöfaai. Highly reactive to oxygen, removing it from the tank would be a bad idea.

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[Daved27hundred]

not as proud of the adhesive payload so I'll be giving it its own effect entirely, but not right now.