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King Tafkal sat in his throne, awaiting a science report from his top scientists discussing status of development of new magical weapons relying on the magic capacitors, last report was quite promising, indicating that the magical charge stored and released through the focusing lens was strong enough to incapacitate targets hit by it, with further refining it could prove quite lethal. He smiled thinking of the potential military uses of these new weapons they were developing, and the defense possibilities the magic capacitors opened up would be worth exploring. He was, however, slightly displeased that due to their treaty with Equestria they would have to share they weapons technology with them, he didn't like the idea of sharing technology that could be used against them. His thinking was finally broken when there was a knock on the tall door. "Enter."

A griffon wearing a white lab coat and glasses walked in, "Your highness, here is the report on the status of weapons development you requested, it is proving quite promising, the new improved lenses we have been testing appear to focus the magical energy enough to nearly penetrate standard body armor." said the scientist as he approached the king's throne.

"Good, I look forward to further progress on development of weapons our infantry can use." the king said as he reached out his paw to take the report. He looked it over, "I will have to further study this, thank you for this report, keep up the good work."

"Yes, your highness, anything else I can do for you?"

"Please send the next report as quickly as you can, dismissed." said the king.

"Of course." the scientist then turned and walked out of the door into the long dark hallway adorned with the red flag of the Griffon Empire, he past another Griffon walking hurriedly for the king's chamber. He didn't bother to greet him, he had work to do.

Back at the weapons development facility, the griffons were hard at work, developing advanced weaponry, their empire's greatest researcher, Yorvic, was leading development of enhanced lenses to further focus the magical energies for enhanced weaponry, while other great scientists were busy experimenting with capacitors and their storage and release of magical energies.

Yorvic needed to take a break from lens designing, it was painstakingly complex, making sure every angle was exact to the smallest measurable distance, and recording exactly how to build them for mass production. He decided to walk on over to the weapons design section, currently working on designing paw-held magic emitters for their infantry.

"Testing Magilance mark two in three... two... one..." and with that the griffon soldier helping with testing weapons fired the Magilance at the target, there was a flash of light, and a magic bolt flew towards the target, a lightly armored griffon dummy target. The bolt of magical energy impacted and penetrated the armor. "Clear"

Two scientists then walked over to the target to examine the damage. "Armor penetration... successful, body penetration... non-lethal, severe injury, armor appears to have significant effect on protecting from the magic projector..."

"Maybe we should try using multiple capacitors, could improve the energy release and allow for further penetration."

"No, you would need more enhanced lenses in order to handle the increased power, plus it would make the weapon more bulky." Yorvic replied to the question that wasn't entirely directed at him.

"That's... true, you make a good point, but at the current rate the weapons are not as lethal as they could be, what would you suggest Yorvic?"

"The weapons need better lenses, it's taking time to develop them, perhaps you could find a way to emit increased energy from the capacitor, however, it would reduce how long lasting the capacitor was, but if we can improve the capacitors that wouldn't be a problem." Yorvic replied, he thought for a moment, "Although, if we could mass produce the capacitors, and make them interchangeable in the weapons, it wouldn't be as much of a problem."

"Interesting concept... interchangeable capacitors would mean we could increase the effectiveness of our weapons without sacrificing too much longevity, that could work. Thanks for the idea, Yorvic, we'll have to think about that and discuss it."

"Of course, I am here to spearhead our research." Yorvic replied and then walked to the door and down the hallway.

Diplomatic envoy from Equestria to the Griffon Empire arrives in the Griffon Empire capital city, Princess Luna has been seen attending Griffon military parades with King Tafkal. In other news the Wonderbolts have increased recruiting and training...