Ribbon-Cutter

By far the most powerful weapon in the Hidden Sun’s arsenal. To use, the ship must fly into a star and absorb a massive amount of energy, which is stored in a large containment unit at the center of the Hidden Sun. The ship must be stopped to fire. When fired, the stored energy explodes out of hundreds of openings in the side of the ship, forming golden ribbons of light which cut through everything.  The ribbon-cutter fires in all directions and can not be aimed.

Author’s Note:

By far my favorite weapon. I wanted to create a weapon that was both powerful, and awesome visually. When i picture it in my mind, I see these slow moving, twisting snakes of light that can cut through anything. A symphony of obliteration. The US military has a weapon called the daisy cutter that is a huge 15000 lb conventional bomb they used to clear fields in Vietnam and more recently in Afghanistan where they would drop it into a valley as a weapon of intimidation. The word “ribbon” came from the vision in my mind that when fired, the energy emitted formed into ribbons, that resemble the ribbon used to wrap presents. It’s thin, flexible and has a triangular end.