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Sunburst Bombardment

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The Sunburst Bombardment is essentially a naval-scale Photon Grenade launcher utilised by orbiting kor'vattra starships during Tau invasions. Its purpose is to give groundside Tau forces the initiative by bathing the target area (such as an enemy city or garrison) in sheer, blinding light, by means of launching artificial lumina flares. These flares cause scanners and targeting sensors on automatic tracking stations and weapon emplacements to overload and fuse out, thus disabling them and reducing the level of firepower the enemy can bring to bear as the Tau ground troops attack.[1]

Possibly the first recording of this device being deployed was during the Tau invasion of Pavonis, specifically the assaults on the cities of Praxedes [2a] and Olzetyn [2b], where it not only disabled the targeting auspices of the Hydra Flak Tanks but also damaged the unprotected retinas of all who directly looked up at it.[2a]

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