Subversion

The amount of magical energy stored in the magic capacitor was limited, this much was known, there was a maximum charge they could hold, and any more added after that was simply wasted. Testing had shown this, thus one line of inquiry had been eliminated. The weapons being developed by the griffons and equestrians used small, short, controlled bursts of magical energy extracted from the capacitor, giving them stable, long lasting, effective weapons. The zebras had been working on developing these weapons for quite some time, but they hadn't had an effective means to power them, until now. But now, with an accident that had happened in an earlier experiment, they had discovered something quite useful. The magic capacitors could release all of their stored magical energy in an unfocused detonation. It took a lot of time to figure out how to trigger such a detonation, but they had finally figured it out.

"Room cleared, detonating in three, two, one." the zebra scientist pressed a button, and there was a large flash of light inside the containment room, a large purplish explosion had sent out a shockwave which was now reflecting back in on itself from the walls which were designed to reflect magic, as the waves of magic interacted sparks of magic lightning were released, at first they were white, but over time the increased chaos and increased rate of decay caused the lightning to change to blue. "A promising test, I must say, we should report these results to the Prime Minister at once."

"Perhaps we should preform another test, outside of a sealed room?" the zebra paused, "To see if it would be viable for close quarters combat, this weapon could give us a significant benefit on the battlefield if it is successful."

"You have a point, testing this outside of a sealed room would allow us to see the results of a normal detonation, I shall submit a request immediately."

"Clear the room!" a voice shouted over the intercom, the room was already emptied, but it was still done as a precaution.

"Room cleared, preparing for test detonation in a non-sealed room in three, two, one." the zebra pressed the button, there was a bright magic flash and a purplish shockwave was sent out, it began to fade rapidly as it spread out, by the time the wave had hit the wall it had practically disappeared.

"A very promising test, yet we have no data as to what the effects of being in proximity of the detonation are, I think it's time we contacted the Prime Minister and asked for some... test subjects."

"I agree, this holds great promise."

"Test detonation in three, two, one." the zebra pushed the button and the magic capacitor detonated, releasing it's signature wave of blue magical energy, the convicts in the room shielded their eyes from the flash of light, the convicts were stationed two, five, ten, and fifteen feet away from the weapon, which they had come to call a 'grenade'. The convict two feet away had been vaporized by the blast, the convict five feet away was laying on the floor a few feet from where he was originally at, he was dead. The convict ten feet away was pushed back some, and unconscious, quite probably paralyzed from the blast, the one at fifteen feet had been knocked to the wall, and was groaning.

"Gather what data from this test you can and send it to the Minister of Science, he should overview this data before reporting to Prime Minister."

"Yes sir."

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