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	Four hundred and two [[TTR Missile]]s(actually torpedoes) were produced, with two detonated in test-firings. The other four hundred were lost in the [[Tekron Incident]].		Four hundred and two [[TTR Missile]]s(actually torpedoes) were produced, with two detonated in test-firings. The other four hundred were lost in the [[Tekron Incident]].

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	The Terra-Ton Range Weapons Project was a program undertaken by the [[Gudersnipe Foundation]] late in the [[Kamian Succession Wars]] to produce an explosive [[TTR Missile\|warhead]] capable of releasing energy in the range equivalent to one terra-ton of TNT. The weapon program goals also stated that the missile should be of a size capable of being fired from then-standard launchers and ~~mount~~-points. The goal was to make a weapon that was a "battle group killer", one that could be fired into a formation of ships and destroy all of them. The primary methodology was to use antimatter annihilation.		The Terra-Ton Range Weapons Project was a program undertaken by the [[Gudersnipe Foundation]] late in the [[Kamian Succession Wars]] to produce an explosive [[TTR Missile\|warhead]] capable of releasing energy in the range equivalent to one terra-ton of TNT. The weapon program goals also stated that the missile should be of a size capable of being fired from then-standard launchers and hard-points. The goal was to make a weapon that was a "battle group killer", one that could be fired into a formation of ships and destroy all of them. The primary methodology was to use antimatter annihilation.

	==Project Technology==		==Project Technology==
	The Foundation developed a still-classified method to instantly transform between 30 and 50 percent of a mass of matter in to antimatter. Since the transformation was incomplete, this would result in an instant reaction annihilation. It is believed that the underlying tech was not intended as a weapon, but rather a fast, cheap method of anti-matter production. When that program failed, the technology was transferred to the care of the TTR project.		The Foundation developed a still-classified method to instantly transform between 30 and 50 percent of a mass of matter in to antimatter. Since the transformation was incomplete, this would result in an instant reaction annihilation. It is believed that the underlying tech was not intended as a weapon, but rather a fast, cheap method of anti-matter production that was never perfected. When that program failed, the technology was transferred to the care of the TTR project.

	==Project Failures==		==Project Failures==
	The program was technically a success in that it did build and detonate a weapon of the required scale. ~~The weapon, however~~, ~~was~~ the ~~size~~ of a ~~small starship and~~ could not be scaled down. ~~Assuming a perfect conversation~~, ~~the weapon would require a reactive mass~~ of ~~over six thousand pounds~~. The ~~supporting equipment~~ was ~~also heavy~~ and ~~complex, leading to a weapon that could not be scaled down enough to fit~~ a ~~conventional missile~~.		The program was technically a success in that it did build and detonate a weapon of the required scale. However, the program failed in it's major goal of producing a missile-sized weapon, the equipment needed simply could not be scaled down far enough. A torpedo was produced instead, which worked by converting five hundred pounds of matter into antimatter. The resulting payload was rated at about nine and a half terra-tons.

	~~Instead~~, a ~~less ambitous~~ weapon ~~was built into~~ a ~~torpedo~~, the [[TTR Missile]], ~~which had an explosive force of around nine gigatons~~.		A single torpedo, however, cost about as much to build as a destroyer, and could be destroyed by being shot down en-route to a target. Further, the weapon's damaging capabilities were very poor; it could only effectively destroy an entire battle group if they were tightly clustered together AND the weapon scored a direct hit on a capitol-class ship. On the whole, the weapon was deaped impractical.

			Four hundred and two [[TTR Missile]]s(actually torpedoes) were produced, with two detonated in test-firings. The other four hundred were lost in the [[Tekron Incident]].

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The Terra-Ton Range Weapons Project was a program undertaken by the [[Gudersnipe Foundation]] late in the [[Kamian Succession Wars]] to produce an explosive [[TTR Missile|warhead]] capable of releasing energy in the range equivalent to one terra-ton of TNT. The weapon program goals also stated that the missile should be of a size capable of being fired from then-standard launchers and mount-points. The goal was to make a weapon that was a "battle group killer", one that could be fired into a formation of ships and destroy all of them. The primary methodology was to use antimatter annihilation.

==Project Technology==
The Foundation developed a still-classified method to instantly transform between 30 and 50 percent of a mass of matter in to antimatter. Since the transformation was incomplete, this would result in an instant reaction annihilation. It is believed that the underlying tech was not intended as a weapon, but rather a fast, cheap method of anti-matter production. When that program failed, the technology was transferred to the care of the TTR project.

==Project Failures==
The program was technically a success in that it did build and detonate a weapon of the required scale. The weapon, however, was the size of a small starship and could not be scaled down. Assuming a perfect conversation, the weapon would require a reactive mass of over six thousand pounds. The supporting equipment was also heavy and complex, leading to a weapon that could not be scaled down enough to fit a conventional missile.

Instead, a less ambitous weapon was built into a torpedo, the [[TTR Missile]], which had an explosive force of around nine gigatons.