Omni Answer Cannons

The Omni Answer Cannons of the Union Army - Planetary Defense Artillery

Concieved and built in 4000 as an effective means against a potential and potent defense against another Y'All invasion or an enemy of similar potentcy yet unknown.

It was also a technical experiment,just how big a  translocator cannon could be built. Richard Stahl strongly opposed the project[1]

Six proto type platforms were built in the Sol System and placed under the authority of the Union Army - Planetary Defense Artillery.

In 4023 the first platform was  completed and a test fire experiment was conducted.

The test was only margnal successful, as the transenergetic strss factors  (Techlevel 11 Knowledge) damaged the transplacement chamber, the Yotta load exploded not as planned at coordinates 3 light years away but just one light year.

and within the helio pause limits of the Sol System. The gravinmetric disturbance predicted by Stahl was only temporary.

The Army kept this result under the carpet and reported a successful test.

The rest of the cannons were reinforced (but not knowing what to reinforce and if that was even the right thing to do, no one knows if the cannons work as predicted (until 5040 as the Yotta load cannons of the USS Dominator could be studied and the Master Servant told Union Devellopers that the Domi Cannons are Seenian prototypes never been tested either)

McEllgott however knew about the results, he never informed Stahl or told the Assembly that the Army General in charge lied to the Assembly. He did not want to embarass the Army and give Stahl the oportunity to say "I told you so."

No other platforms have been authorized and the current Army General has a standing order that none of the platforms have Yotta load bombs on hand and only get Ammunition if the Sol System is in imminent danger and can not be defended by the fleet, or the thousands of smaller TL cannon plarforms all over the system.

[1] He argued that all the enemy needed  is a dedicated special forces commando or a platform commander turned into  a spy and the enemy could erradicate an entire solar system before anything could be done.

He also pointed out that the use of so much force could create new gravtion wells with unpredictable consequences. He said, if the Seenians didn't built Translocators this big, there is a reason. McElligott and the General of the Army

back then contered his arguments and the Assembly voted the Cannons to be built. However individual Reps  (Saran, Pan Saran and a dozen others agreed with Stahl and did not want these canons i  their systems)