The God-tooth
Preface
The God-tooth is a piece of player-created fiction written by Casiella Truza. Originally published on the blog Ecliptic Rift.
The God-tooth
Our most ancient legends from the remotest of time tell of an ancient sword forged from the tooth of a god that shone as fire and pierced any shield held against it. Constructed at great cost by skilled builders who served unwillingly, it became a curse upon those who possessed it even as it fulfilled its singular purpose as an instrument of war. Every time this weapon left its sheathe, a soul found its final destiny. And while men and women fought and schemed to grasp its power, few truly understood the terrible truth: the God-tooth knew only death and murder.
The development of the new fighter-bomber followed the pattern laid down by its namesake. A highly secret laboratory in the dark end of space housed a group of engineers and test pilots working for a shadowy corporation planning to sell the plans to the highest bidder. At the conclusion of negotiations with the Angel Cartel for the blueprints, test data, and personnel, the lab suffered a major hull integrity breach and an Einherji fighter launched towards distant deadspace just as the facility’s reactor exploded, destroying the entire test installation and datacenter.
The few surviving staff disappeared once more into the Molden Heath underworld, possibly to begin new projects or possibly to enjoy whatever gains they may have taken from the entire incident. But whispers in the officer lounges of the Republic Fleet units now flying the Tyrfing suggest that perhaps the Republic Security Services manipulated the whole project, allowing the Cartel or some other pirate faction to pay for the development while the Republic itself looked on carefully and ensured that it would keep the weapon for itself.
Whether or not this is true, the new Minmatar fighter-bomber has trailed death and fiery vengeance in its wake in the entire brief arc of its existence, including the fiery carnage brought down on its enemies on the battlefield.