Displacement Device

The Displacement Device is a tool designed to move a heavy payload from place to place rapidly and with relative ease.

Function
Given the vast distances inside a starship, it proved too impractical to rely on mechanical means to shift and store cargo in the vast amount of space inside the hull of deep space vessels. Machines like rail cranes and even built in bullet trains, could simply not keep up with the vast amounts of cargo that needed to be constantly transported throughout the ship. A new method was needed to keep a ship running at operational capacity.

The breakthrough came when human scientists discovered that matter could be reassembled, to a degree, on a quantum entangled atom using a matter encoder to assemble shipments across the far distances inside a ships's cargo bay. While extremely large devices at first, over time the device became small enough to fit in a gun like device, allowing a single worker to move hundreds of tons of cargo with very minimal effort. It was dubbed the Displacement Device. The workers meanwhile, were nicknamed ants.

The device works by taking a 4D quantum scan of an object, recording each position and speed of every atom that comprises the object and storing it as quantum information on a quibit memory core. The object's information is then transmitted to and stored inside a ship's computer, where a worker accesses the relavant information and assembles new cargo where its needed, when its needed. The Displacement Device also makes miltary resupply and delpoyment much faster during ISA assaults into enemy territory.

As a Weapon
The first recorded use of the Displacement Device as a weapon happened when the destroyer Cerberus accidentally unleashed several Traces in its cargo bay. The creatures began attacking the inner bulkheads, attempting to decompress the cargo bay and gain a foothold aboard the ship. Several unarmed workers had no choice but to attempt to stop the Traces with the Displacement Device. They scanned objects they believed were heavy enough and assembled them above the Traces, crushing them beneath the weight of fully loaded cargo containers. It was during this time that Displacement Device was discovered to conserve momentum after one of the workers scanned a mounted supply container. The newly assmebled container, when dropped not only crushed the Trace, but also left a sizable dent in the deckplating of the ship. Given the extreme power of the device, select companies of soldiers are issued the Displacement Device as a weapon. While mostly experiemental, the device helps ISA engineers erect fortifications on the battlefield, transport cargo and regular weapons to ground troops, and help set up blocking actions against Singulus troops.