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SANCTUARY Databanks Entry #259917: Rastor XV-1 Battleship Class Drone
Entity Designation: Drone/Vessel
Manufacturer: Viser Electronics
Availability: Extremely Rare
Desirability: Very High
Technical Level: Very High

In the years prior to the Collapse, when it came to high-end electronics, there were two names everyone knew, Solari-6 and Viser Electronics. Both companies produced a wide range of products that blended art with mind bending science, catering to civilians and nations alike. While Viser and Solari-6 had fairly different focuses (FTL technology and arms, respectively), the two corporations dealt in general electronic innovation and quickly saw each other as major competition. A corporate cold war ensued that approached the realms of insanity up to the final days before the Collapse, leaving a wake of extremely powerful and extremely rare technology in both of the corporations' ruins across the stars.

One of the most impressive and later of these technological marvels was Viser's wormhole generator. Keeping true to the corporation's slogan "We make a business of breaking the laws of physics," Viser's wormhole generator, unlike FRST drives, was able to provide a gateway between two points in space such that physical conditions were conserved on both sides of the gate. Not only did this mean that objects going into the wormhole would have their force and velocity conserved as they exited, but any significant physical forces present near either gateway would affect the other. Viser used this property to create a wide variety of new inventions, such as the mysterious Device-22 and the Void Cloak. The most devastating implementation, however, was the misleadingly named "Black Hole Generator," which did little more than create a wormhole linked to a point near a black hole. As the enormous gravitational pull was conserved through the gate, and the gate opening was directional, anything using the device could instantly devour anything while remaining safely behind the gate's generator. This device, created only months before the Collapse, was put on only one Viser drone platform model, the Rastor XV-1.

Named after its creator, Daniel F. Rastor, the XV-1 was note worthy as being one of the larger drones (after ISIC's much more gigantic 'Flood' and 'Colossus' Drones), coming in at almost 2.4 km from the tip of its "wing" to the end of its "tail." Viser produced the base model three years before the creation of the "black hole generator,"designated as XV-0, using them as automated battleships to protect their shipyards and FRST beacons from rouge factions. The Rastor was well known as being highly aggressive, attacking designated enemies with abandon as it tore through their shielding and armor plates with its extremely sharp and powerful "wings." The drone was also equipped with largely hidden laser turrets behind the armor plates on its body, which it used to decimate anything its "wings" could not.

The most peculiar aspect of the XV-0 was its lack of shielding. Rather, the drone relied on Viser's state-of-the-art Shudder FRST technology which did not use any hydromagnetic components and thus allowed the Rastor to teleport at mind boggling speeds around the battlefield. Its exceedingly fast processors, coupled with the Shudder FRST drive, allowed the drone to nearly anticipate attacks and teleport out of the way of fire. While many were impressed with this tactic, they were quoted as saying that it only added to the disturbing look and feel of the drone.

But all of this paled in comparison to the XV-1 with the addition of the black hole generator. Positioned at the end of the drone's "tail," the generator opened a fighter-sized hole that could eat an entire battleship from the inside out. The drone's AI was apt to use it almost like a stinger, latching onto the hull of an enemy ship before plunging the activated generator into victim, decimating its interior.

Given all of this, it is no surprise that Rastor drones are extremely difficult to capture and reprogram for SANCTUARY purposes. Most Viser drones, including the Rastor, are still set to protect any of the corporation's ruins, making them naturally hostile towards any SANCTUARY forces. Added that the production line of the Rastor was rather limited, the XV-1 even more so, it is nearly impossible to obtain them. To this day, SANCTUARY has only one complete drone in working order that has been used with much success against Comco forces. After nearly losing a Bulwark battleship, twice, to a Rastor drone in the Cerium system, all active hunts for them have been called off.

End remarks on the Rastor: Extremely aggressive, extremely powerful, extremely rare. If the drone is found in pieces or deactivated, obtain at all costs. Otherwise, it is advised to all SANCTUARY personnel to avoid it.

Description
SANCTUARY Databanks Entry #259917: Rastor XV-1 Battleship Class Drone
Entity Designation: Drone/Vessel
Manufacturer: Viser Electronics
Availability: Extremely Rare
Desirability: Very High
Technical Level: Very High

In the years prior to the Collapse, when it came to high-end electronics, there were two names everyone knew, Solari-6 and Viser Electronics. Both companies produced a wide range of products that blended art with mind bending science, catering to civilians and nations alike. While Viser and Solari-6 had fairly different focuses (FTL technology and arms, respectively), the two corporations dealt in general electronic innovation and quickly saw each other as major competition. A corporate cold war ensued that approached the realms of insanity up to the final days before the Collapse, leaving a wake of extremely powerful and extremely rare technology in both of the corporations' ruins across the stars.

One of the most impressive and later of these technological marvels was Viser's wormhole generator. Keeping true to the corporation's slogan "We make a business of breaking the laws of physics," Viser's wormhole generator, unlike FRST drives, was able to provide a gateway between two points in space such that physical conditions were conserved on both sides of the gate. Not only did this mean that objects going into the wormhole would have their force and velocity conserved as they exited, but any significant physical forces present near either gateway would affect the other. Viser used this property to create a wide variety of new inventions, such as the mysterious Device-22 and the Void Cloak. The most devastating implementation, however, was the misleadingly named "Black Hole Generator," which did little more than create a wormhole linked to a point near a black hole. As the enormous gravitational pull was conserved through the gate, and the gate opening was directional, anything using the device could instantly devour anything while remaining safely behind the gate's generator. This device, created only months before the Collapse, was put on only one Viser drone platform model, the Rastor XV-1.

Named after its creator, Daniel F. Rastor, the XV-1 was note worthy as being one of the larger drones (after ISIC's much more gigantic 'Flood' and 'Colossus' Drones), coming in at almost 2.4 km from the tip of its "wing" to the end of its "tail." Viser produced the base model three years before the creation of the "black hole generator,"designated as XV-0, using them as automated battleships to protect their shipyards and FRST beacons from rouge factions. The Rastor was well known as being highly aggressive, attacking designated enemies with abandon as it tore through their shielding and armor plates with its extremely sharp and powerful "wings." The drone was also equipped with largely hidden laser turrets behind the armor plates on its body, which it used to decimate anything its "wings" could not.

The most peculiar aspect of the XV-0 was its lack of shielding. Rather, the drone relied on Viser's state-of-the-art Shudder FRST technology which did not use any hydromagnetic components and thus allowed the Rastor to teleport at mind boggling speeds around the battlefield. Its exceedingly fast processors, coupled with the Shudder FRST drive, allowed the drone to nearly anticipate attacks and teleport out of the way of fire. While many were impressed with this tactic, they were quoted as saying that it only added to the disturbing look and feel of the drone.

But all of this paled in comparison to the XV-1 with the addition of the black hole generator. Positioned at the end of the drone's "tail," the generator opened a fighter-sized hole that could eat an entire battleship from the inside out. The drone's AI was apt to use it almost like a stinger, latching onto the hull of an enemy ship before plunging the activated generator into victim, decimating its interior.

Given all of this, it is no surprise that Rastor drones are extremely difficult to capture and reprogram for SANCTUARY purposes. Most Viser drones, including the Rastor, are still set to protect any of the corporation's ruins, making them naturally hostile towards any SANCTUARY forces. Added that the production line of the Rastor was rather limited, the XV-1 even more so, it is nearly impossible to obtain them. To this day, SANCTUARY has only one complete drone in working order that has been used with much success against Comco forces. After nearly losing a Bulwark battleship, twice, to a Rastor drone in the Cerium system, all active hunts for them have been called off.

End remarks on the Rastor: Extremely aggressive, extremely powerful, extremely rare. If the drone is found in pieces or deactivated, obtain at all costs. Otherwise, it is advised to all SANCTUARY personnel to avoid it.