Synchronized Orbit Light Artillery Radiator Satellite (S.O.L.A.R. Satellite)
Mageistrate Cuthbert approached the Command Canopy, where everything important in Oakhearth took place. He pressed his thumb to a small resin screen and expressed the most minor bit of magic into it. Once the device confirmed his magical signature there was a beep and the twisted mass of roots and vines that acted as the door to the Command Canopy unfurled and pulled into the walls. Cuthbert straightened his tie and stepped in.
Standing around a table were the Mageistrates representing the other megaflora cities, and atop said table was a viewing screen made of liquid resin behind a thin pane of glass. Cuthbert shook hands with everyone present before eventually taking control of the meeting.
"Today is a big day for our people. From Oakhearth to Cycad City, Valley of the Lilies to Chamomile Cove, our people have just managed to thrive amid the constant threat of sporestorms. As everyone is well aware, these sporestorms have prevented exploration of a large portion of our planet, and their origin had been unknown for millennia. Now, after a decade of seeding orbit with the most advanced scrying equipment and well-trained arbornauts possible, we have located the cavern which the accursed spores emit from."
Cuthbert waved his hand over the viewing screen and the resin within shifted and colorized until it provided a clear view of a massive barren land surrounding a gaping hole in the earth. As they watched, as if burping, a blast of sporecloud fired out to drift around and eventually be deposited by air currents near or over the megaflora cities.
"So we can see the source, but what help is that? We've been able to accurately predict the coming of sporestorms for decades now without issue," one of the Mageistrates interrupted as he lifted a stick of pressed tobacco to his lips, the tip lighting up as he inhaled and dying out once it was removed from his lips, "It's not like we can march or fly through the Sporewall without withering away. Fire has only been able to do so much."
"Which is why," Cuthbert responded, "Oakhearth has begun launching modified scrying satellites into orbit."
There was brief protest which Cuthbert silenced with a wave. It was amazing what a family's name did for power and influence.
"We have a number of satellites that the crew has locked into geosynchronous orbit over the spore wastes. In a few minutes you will all bear witness to the greatest societal shift in the history of our people: the eradication of the spore menace at its source."
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SOLAR Satellites are made of a hardened light wood covered in a potent alchemical mixture which prevents the wood from burning during launch as well as protect the crew from radiation. SOLAR Satellites resemble a flowering bulb, with the petals covered in light-absorbing materials. Pointing these at the sun charge the capacitor banks within the satellite to provide near-limitless power to the satellite and its weapon. Arbornauts manning SOLAR Satellites use a number of liquid-resin screens to adjust bearing and fine-tune aiming at targets on the planet below.
The weapon itself is a mass of artificial roots that spread out from beneath the SOLAR Satellite and all come together to a point. The pure light energy stored within the capacitors is channeled through photo-synthesizers which add artificial light to a growing "mass" of light bound within the roots. Once the roots reach maximum capacity the Arbornauts within can fire the weapon, unleashing a beam of extremely powerful focused light onto their targets below.
Shuttles can be used to cycle crewmen.
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