Everything Killers

Definition

According to The Dictionary (4th ed., A.R. 3000), an “Everything Killer” is a weapons system of unusual Praxic sophistication, widely believed—though not proven—to have been used to devastating effect during the Terrible Events. The same source records a prevalent but unverified view that the perceived complicity of theors in developing such praxis spurred the resolve to segregate theorical practice from wider society, a policy that when enacted became synonymous with the Reconstitution. The name functions as a cautionary label rather than a precise technical class.

Attestations and Usage

• In avout discourse the term is invoked when discussing catastrophic legacies from the Praxic Age. It emphasizes potential scale and danger, not specific mechanisms.
• Security‑minded speakers speculate that heavily protected Thousanders—especially the Three Inviolates—might shelter such devices. Present accounts treat this as conjecture, not established fact.
• In one suit‑linked local reticule, pronouncing “Everything Killers” was observed to trigger creation of a large encrypted recording item at the head of the transmit queue. Ad hoc testing associated other trigger words—such as “attack,” “neutron,” “mass murder,” “insane,” “dishonor,” “unconscionable,” “refuse,” and “mutiny.” This suggests heightened oversight sensitivity on the Reticulum, not a disclosed technical feature of the devices themselves.

Current Discourse and Reports

• A servitor describes being assigned to a new laboratorium tasked with scraping and studying very old praxic documents dated just before the Terrible Events. Participants in that work suspect the materials include original plans for the Everything Killers. This report is restricted, based on partial access, and remains unconfirmed in public sources.

Ethical Views

• Avout of the Ringing Vale are said to consider the Everything Killers dishonorable.

Reported Mechanism

A recent technical account describes an Everything Killer as a pinhead‑scale reactor with moving parts and several types of nuclear material. When it is off, it is effectively inert; when actuated, it emits a burst of neutrons that kills living things within a radius that can extend—depending on exposure time—up to roughly half a mile. The concept is to kill people while sparing most structures. Proposed triggers include body heat, respiration, human voices, a timer, specified genetic sequences, a radio transmission, or the absence of an expected transmission. Delivery platforms are unconstrained and can be adapted to circumstance. These details are presented as informed analysis, not as released specifications.

Contemporary Employment Concepts

Operational discussion outlines a low‑mass deployment approach: instead of launching crewed vehicles, large numbers of tiny devices could be placed in orbit—too small for most radar—and then directed toward Daban Urnud. In the same discussion, a team preparing for orbital activity believes its task may serve as a diversion while another method attempts delivery. This remains speculative; no directive to employ such devices has been acknowledged by the Sæcular Power.

A separate line of reasoning holds that an ingestible core‑temperature transponder—the Big Pill issued with certain suits—could conceal an Everything Killer component or trigger, turning the wearer into a delivery platform. In one account, two teammates had not retained or swallowed their units, a fact inferred from incorrect core‑temperature readings and suit behavior. This remains conjectural and is presented as in‑story suspicion, not confirmation.

Delegation carriage and control

• During formal ceremonies and meetings aboard the Daban Urnud, EKs are reported in the possession of multiple Arbran delegates. To reduce risk during proceedings, at least two devices were voluntarily surrendered by Cord and Yulassetar Crade.
• Emman Beldo acknowledges responsibility to operate a last‑resort trigger if ordered by a Panjandrum, describing it as a contingency should diplomacy fail or capture appear imminent. Others in the delegation question the wisdom and legitimacy of such orders.
• Observers express concern that additional units might have been distributed among attendees beyond those accounted for.

Reported activation aboard the Daban Urnud

During a covert entry into the Daban Urnud while attention centered on the World Burner, a companion explicitly avoided “introducing Everything Killers” to the ship. Later, during a confrontation near the Urnudan leadership sphere, an activation was described. After Fraa Jad was shot, “the Everything Killers were turned on,” and a nearby avout narrates becoming “a dark sun” that emitted fatal radiance over inhabited terraces. The account emphasizes lethality to persons rather than destruction of structures.

Status

An in‑situ activation has now been described during events aboard the Daban Urnud, producing lethal radiation without noted structural damage. Technical specifications, inventories, and command‑authority details remain unverified; many particulars in circulation continue to be attributions rather than confirmed facts.