Martinique is one of the most remote and well-hidden bases for Brigands and their Maquis and Corse partners, perfectly blending into the Clelles Asteroid Field, unrecognizable from the nearby massive rocks.
In order to exploit the immense destructive and bizarre powers at play in nearby Tau-23 left after the Jump Gate destruction a joint effort of all three factions has bared fruits of success - the Laboratory inside Martinique is complete.
Accessible to Brigands, Corse and Maquis alike, it is ready for members of each faction to use it to their advantage, be it weapons or explosives research and other avenues.
He looks at the data that were collected in Tau-23. So much destruction left over by the Kusarians. But they created something...wonderful. Something that made his pulse rise and attention sharpen. The Collapse of the Jump gate left behind energies not seen before by Touvier, Gallia has been largely spared major jump gate anomalies and disasters and this bizzare power has been unraveled for the first time.
It didn't cause a massive disaster, no, instead a localised destruction of the jump gate and anomalous readings on a limited scope started appearing.
Touvier uses the lab's particle accelerator, combines the data and samples and watches what happens. A high energy unstable stream appears and Jacques gets excited. Yes, he needs to attempt to harness this unstable power. A weapon, weapon that will emit this green tint, a weapon that will make people associate the mere sight of the colour with death.
Over a year. For over a year it was his obsession. Touvier almost destroyed Martinique at one point, it's hull integrity was compromised so much the surrounding asteroids appeared to tremble. it took him many months to contain the explosive power - it is a weapon unlike any in the maquisard arsenal - a very heavy, slow-firing, high-powered weapon. The Green it emits is the power of death. It is so powerful that no vessel that tested the power in Languedoc could maintain such power without quickly losing structural integrity.
No, Cruisers and even Battlecruisers won't do. He needs to make the casing larger, and bigger, and find something with a much more massive hull to mount the weapons onto.
