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You have decided to colonize Andoen I. Despite the danger from the defense network- a habitable planet is just too valuable to pass up. With your modern shield technology, the alien cities working as “safe zones”, and constant deturreting efforts you can establish a beachhead. While the entire planet is essentially defended, the lack of intelligence or power-generation beyond what the turrets can seemingly suck up from the environment, they can't punch through some basic shields. While the occasional Jaxtian explorer or drone might get fried by a wayward turret, they'll be made harmless in every important zone as your expand on the planet.
Colonists from Jaxt are highly attracted to this world, perhaps the ancient ruins give it a sort of romantic feeling, or a truly habitable planet, without the moral qualms or lack of technology of moving to Vetuck- not that citizens are allowed to request permission to move there. Your immigration request department is quickly swamped when Andoen is announced to be conquered by the Hegemony. Perhaps the age-old belief of danger exciting people is indeed true.
It takes a good <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">ten years</span></span> for your habitat on Andoen to get set up. Time well spent, you'd say.
It doesn't take long before your technicians have taken apart several turrets and, using their newfound appreciation of quantum entanglement technology, reverse engineered their technology. This type of weapon is called a <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">Photon Emission Weapon</span></span>, or PEW for short. They are similar to your old laser diodes, but instead focus the energy into a single point. The Andoen defenses were using almost no energy- just a shared network of nodes. However, a fusion powered PEW can do some serious damage. Essentially several seconds worth of laser contact focused to a single point, able to punch through shields and armor, more resistant to being reflected or conducted such as from Azurium plating... yes, these weapons are a welcome upgrade to your basic offensive systems.
