It was first used as a strategic weapon as a deterrent by forcing politicians to rethink their decisions but would eventually be forced to become a tactical weapon for asset denial and tactical operations in the Locust War, when the Horde was only a few days away from Ephyra city. Its first real military use was at the Battle of Bonbourg where the Hammer obliterated four large UIR ships in seconds, winning the battle for the COG and forcing Premier Yori Deschenko to the negotiation table. Its first test was in the Garadaner Test Ranges when two low yield beams destroyed the mock town on the island test range. Its key components were invented by the UIR scientist Mauris Ivo and completed by professor Adam Fenix after it was stolen during Operation: Leveler. The Hammer of Dawn was a COG (part UIR) Imulsion-energized, orbital, satellite-based laser.
That's my duty now.' -Captain Adam Fenix envisioning the Hammer of Dawn
I can build a deterrent that'll bring governments to their sense. Someone has to create weapons so powerful that if politicians want to wage war, they'll face the same death as the men and women sent to fight it. ' And now we go and do it all over again.
