The PPT Thrower

The PPT Thrower has been mentioned several times both here and in Rome's Revolution and The Ark Lords.

A PPT Thrower is the sharpest instrument in the universe. It creates a PPT tunnel one atom wide and separates atoms to the left and atoms to the right cutting whatever it touches into two pieces. It can literally cut through anything. It was originally designed for mining and construction but has been fashioned into an incredibly powerful weapon.

Just before Rei and Rome crash land on Deucado in Part 2 of Rome's Revolution, they knew they were going to be attacked by the Vuduri. The ships that were coming after them were armed with some pretty heavy duty weapons but only one that truly paralyzed them with fear was the PPT Thrower. Here is that scene:

     “They have scrambled eleven armed ships,” said MINIMCOM.
     “What kind of arms?” Rei asked.
     “The Vuduri do not use weapons,” Rome insisted.
     “These Vuduri do,” countered MINIMCOM. “They are armed with magnetic pulse cannons, electrostatic charge disrupters and PPT throwers.”
     Rome gasped. All the color left her face.
     “What? Say again.” Rei said.
     “PPT throwers.”
     “What are those?” Rei asked, panicked.
     MINIMCOM replied, “They are normally used in mining and salvage operations. They create a moving PPT tunnel, a very small one, even within a gravity well, which sweeps across an area and separates atoms that encounter it from their immediately adjacent atoms by sending them elsewhere. They can cut through any material known to man. However, in space, they can extend over a much greater distance.”
     “So you’re saying…” Rei sputtered.
     “What he is saying,” interjected Rome in a hushed tone, “is that they are for slicing up very large objects into very tiny pieces.”

Rome was correct to be very, very afraid of them.

In The Ark Lords, MINIMCOM develops what he calls his "roadgrader" cannons which are just millions of PPT Throwers aligned within a fan-like protrusion. With it, he can cut down forests, pave roads or slice a hundred people in half in the blink of an eye.

All in all, the PPT Thrower is a very effective device whether it is used for construction or as a weapon.