[Lore] Planetary Annihilation Tech and Stuff

Hey guys, this is a compilation of the various hints about the tech of the PA factions I found from the lore reveals. Enjoy!

Legonis Machina

Commanders are built around a self repairing frame of neurosteel:

I'd assume neurosteel is some sort of smart material.

Commanders consider "a few nanoseconds" to be a considerable amount of time:

Tells us something about the speed at which Commanders operate.

Commanders can analyse the chemical composition of air and soil:

Presumably done in the "few nanoseconds" it takes to repair the memory core.

More evidence of Commander speeds:

Self evident.

The Foundation

(Some) Commanders have thrusters that can apparently lift them rather high:

Either Commanders are light or those are some powerful thrusters!

More Material Information:

More neurosteel, as well as "permacrete", presumably some sort of enhanced concrete used by the Progenitors.

(Some) Commanders have accurate point-defence rockets:

That's some certainty there, Commander Ezek Nemicus!

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The Synchronous

(Some) Factions possess units able to burn and salt entire planets:

PA Factions have wiped out all life on many worlds:

Seems like this can happen both as a side effect of battle or because of deliberate destruction.

PA Factions cleanse entire systems of life:

Jeez, calm down, Metarch.

Revenants

Some artillery information:

PA Artillery units fire high explosive neutronium shells.

PA Aircraft can operate without atmosphere:

Commanders can survive nuclear detonations underneath them:

Units can be recycled and re-used:

Let us do this in-game plz.

Commanders can be converted to different factions; The "sentience" of Commanders comes from the memory core:

Possible explanation for Galactic War Subcommanders?

Uh, so that's all I've found so far. I'm sure there's a lot I've missed, particularly in the Galactic War system descriptions, so feel free to add any you've found below!

I love how dry scientific descriptions of intense events can be. From that wiki article: "A teaspoon of degenerate neutronium gas would have a mass of two billion tonnes, and if moved to standard temperature and pressure, would emit 57 billion joules of β− decay energy in the first half-life (average of 95 MW of power).[16] This energy may be absorbed as the neutronium gas expands."

Thats all lovely, but the only thing we'd notice is that rapid expansion XD

umm, we can. you can reclaim enemy units, i do it with orbital fabbers all the time.

Permacrete is not just for Progenitors, it's available from http://permacrete.com/.