"The Jaguars are a lot smarter than most of the people we fire them against!" Maj. "Panzer" Hanser, 21st Armoured Battalion. The Jaguar Missile is an air to surface and surface to surface missile. It can be rail or tube launched, dropped from an aircraft or fired from a vertical launch system […]
Uplifted dolphins have resulted in great advances in sonar technology. One product of this is the Sonojector. The Sonojector is a device used by medical orderlies, prison guards and some police. It is used to subdue violent patients or suspects. The Sonojector resembles a small flashlight in shape. When the muzzle end of the Sonojector […]
We are told very little about the police armgun in the original book (THS3e p.155) or “Changing Times” (p.62). We are told it holds four 15mm micro-missiles and an electrolaser. The electrolaser is described as a pistol but its profile suggests something between an electrolaser pistol and rifle. The “Assault Pod” containing a 4mm PDW […]
A military commander or political leader in 2100 has hitherto unheard of levels of surveillance at his disposal. Surveillance dust and fluff, spybirds, satellites, bumblebots, high-altitude UAVs and many other systems. High level AIs rapidly process vast amounts of raw data into usable information. Accordingly, the strategies of enemies have adapted to deal with such […]
I encountered the idea of cut-down M249s on a cyberpunk website. It is a fun idea for THS if you want to give criminals or the low-strata of society an unanticipated offensive capability! M249 Booster “Booster” is one of the street names for a weapon that has become increasingly available in certain urban areas. Initially […]
Structure Hit is a term used in Bruce Sterling’s book “Heavy Weather”. It is a concept and terminology that could readily lend itself to THS. “Structure Hit” was originally a military term for the policy of targeting an enemy’s constructions rather than their population. By the mid-21st century the term had entered civilian parlance and […]
Tecs Tecs (aka Tex, Teks etc) are simple submachineguns designed for very easy production. Not surprisingly, perhaps, they often resemble sten-guns with a vertical magazine. Tecs use the 9mm MAX cartridge, widely available on the black-market. Tecs vary considerably with respect to details such as stocks, barrel shrouds, sights and other fittings. The chief division […]
Manufacturing a working firearm is relatively easy in 2100. Suitable ammunition may prove to be more of an obstacle. Convicts and others isolated from the local gun store have reloaded fired or homemade casings with compositions such as shaved match heads. How practical is this in a world where most ammunition is caseless? Military caseless […]
In some areas firearms may be difficult to acquire legally. Not surprisingly, in many of these regions there is a thriving trade in illegally manufactured or smuggled firearms. Some crime syndicates are known to encourage and fund gun control lobbies, well aware that restrictive firearms laws increase their business. Even in areas where firearms can […]
The 50 x 330mm Supershot autocannon is a modern real world weapon that is very likely to be encountered on the worlds of THS. It has recently been proposed as the armament of several heavy infantry fighting vehicles or armoured personnel carriers, competing with the 30/40mm Super Forty. It is also suitable as the main […]