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A '''Directed Energy Weapon ([[DEW]])''' is a weapon which uses non-kinetic types of energy as its primary agent of damage with little to no guidance.  
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A [[Directed Energy Weapon]] (DEW) is a weapon which uses non-kinetic types of [[energy]] as its primary agent of damage with little to no guidance.  
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Please see the following [[AAB]] articles for related data:
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* Many supply guides simply call them [[Energy Weapon]]s.
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=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
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Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br>
 
* [[Interstellar War]]
 
* [[Interstellar War]]
 
** [[Militaries of Charted Space]]
 
** [[Militaries of Charted Space]]
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** Offensive Technologies  
 
** Offensive Technologies  
 
*** [[Ironmongery]]  
 
*** [[Ironmongery]]  
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**** [[Archaic Arms]]
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**** [[Archaic Arm]]s
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**** [[Heavy Arms]]
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**** [[Heavy Arm]]s
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**** [[Small Arms]]  
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**** [[Small Arm]]s
 
**** Vehicle Weaponry  
 
**** Vehicle Weaponry  
 
*** [[Starship Weapon]]ry
 
*** [[Starship Weapon]]ry
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**** Spinal Mounts
 
**** Spinal Mounts
 
*** [[Weapon Type]]s  
 
*** [[Weapon Type]]s  
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**** [[DEW]]
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**** [[Directed Energy Weapon]]
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**** [[GUW]]
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**** [[Guided Weapon]]
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**** [[KEW]]
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**** [[Kinetic Energy Weapon]]
 
   
 
   
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==Description (Specifications)==
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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A [[DEW]] [[weapon]] is any one of a number of weapons which fire a highly energized beam of ionized gas at their targets, causing damage by their intense heat and kinetic energy. Hydrogen fuel is heated to a plasma state by a powerful laser ignition system, then released through a magnetically focussed field along the weapon's barrel.
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The class can be further subdivided into plasma and [[fusion gun]]s. Fusion guns contain the plasma slightly longer until a fusion reaction begins to take place. The extra firepower this produces makes the fusion gun the more powerful weapon in this class.
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Energy weapons range in size from man-portable models, through battlefield weapons mounted on tanks, to starship [[turret]] weapons for use in [[deep space]]. The largest are contained in large batteries known as [[bay]]s or in starship-length sized fittings called [[spinal mount]]s.
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=== Image Repository ===
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No information yet available.
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=== DEW Weapons ===
 
DEW weapons fall into three basic categories:
 
DEW weapons fall into three basic categories:
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* Energy
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* [[Energy]]
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** Laser
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** [[Laser]]
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*** Green
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*** [[Green Laser]]
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*** Xray
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*** [[X-ray Laser]]
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** Microwave
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** [[Microwave]]
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* High Energy  
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* [[High Energy]]
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** Plasma
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** [[Disintegrator Weapon]]
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*** PGMP
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** [[Plasma]]
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*** FGMP
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*** [[PGMP]]
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* Exotic Energy  
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*** [[FGMP]]
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** Electronic Warfare Projector
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* [[Exotic Energy]]
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** Jump Projector
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** [[Electronic Warfare Projector]]
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** Relativity
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** [[Jump Projector]]
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** [[Relativity Weapon]]
  
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=== Energy Weapons ===
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==== Energy Weapons / [[Laser Weapon]]ry ====
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# [[Advanced Laser]]
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# Energy Pistols
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# [[Energy Weapon]]
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## [[Laser Pistol]]
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# Energy Rifles
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## [[Laser Carbine]]
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## [[Laser Rifle]]
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# Energy Heavy Weapons
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## [[Advanced Laser]]
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## [[Laser]]
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# Energy Specialty Weapons
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## [[Energy Weapon]]
  
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=== [[High Energy Weapon]]ry ===
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==== Explosive Weaponry & Grenades ====
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''High Energy Explosives:''
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# [[Gravitron Spike]]
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# [[Ion Charge]]
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# [[Neutron Charge]]
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# [[Plasma Charge]]
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==== [[High Energy Weapon]]ry ====
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# [[Disintegrator Weapon]]ry
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## [[Disintegrator Pistol]]
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## [[Disintegrator Rifle]]
 
# [[Plasma Weapon]]ry
 
# [[Plasma Weapon]]ry
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## [[TBD]]
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## [[PGMP-12]]
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## [[TBD]]
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## [[PGMP-13]]
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## [[TBD]]
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## [[PGMP-14]]
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## [[Plasma Rifle]]
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# [[Heavy Plasma Weapon]]ry
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## [[Plasma Bazooka]]
 
# [[Fusion Weapon]]ry
 
# [[Fusion Weapon]]ry
 
## [[FGMP-14]]
 
## [[FGMP-14]]
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## [[FGMP-16]]
 
## [[FGMP-16]]
 
## [[Fusion Rifle]]
 
## [[Fusion Rifle]]
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## [[TBD]]
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# [[Heavy Fusion Weapon]]ry
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## [[TBD]]
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## [[10.9 MJ Fusion Cannon]]
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## [[Fusion Bomb]]
  
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=== Exotic Energy Weapons ===
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==== Exotic Energy Weapons ====
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# [[A-PAWS]]
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# Exotic Energy Weaponry
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# Conventional Flamethrower
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## [[Disintegrator Weapon]]
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# [[Disintegrator Weapon]]
 
 
## [[Flasher]]
 
## [[Flasher]]
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## [[Lightning Bolt]]
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## [[Neural Weapon]]ry
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## [[Relativity Rifle]]
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# Flame Weaponry
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## Conventional Flamethrower
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## Greek Fire Projector
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## High Energy Flamethrower
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# Jump Weaponry
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## [[Jump Damper]]
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## [[Jump Projector]]
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# [[Particle Beam Weapon]]ry
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## [[A-PAW]]s
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## [[C-PAW]]s
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## [[N-PAW]]s
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## [[R-PAD]]s
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# Sonic Weaponry
 
## [[Hazer]]
 
## [[Hazer]]
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# High Energy Flamethrower
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## [[ULF Pistol]]
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# [[Relativity Rifle]]
 
  
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=== DEW Artillery ===
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==== DEW Artillery ====
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# [[Deep Site Meson Weapon]]
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# [[Meson Weapon]]ry
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## [[Deep Site Meson Weapon]]
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## [[Meson Accelerator]]
  
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==History & Background (Dossier)==
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==History & Background ([[Dossier]])==
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No information yet available.  
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Around the [[TL:7-9]] epoch, [[Energy Weapon]]s or [[DEW]] ([[Directed Energy Weapon]]s), also known as [[Beam Weapon]]s or [[Projected Energy Weapon]]s become a significant part of the battlefield. They start as rangefinders and target designators and eventually become a significant weapon for armored vehicles ([[AFV]]s), fighting ships, and even as infantry [[smallarm]]s as the [[technology]] is miniaturized. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}}
  
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==References & Contributors (Sources)==
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==References ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Advanced}}
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{{Detail}}
 
 
{{Sources
 
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|S1= This article is an amalgamation of many different materials published since 1977.
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| {{Ludography cite|name=High Guard|version= Classic Traveller}}
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|S2= TBD
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| {{Ludography cite|name=Imperial Encyclopedia}}
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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| {{Ludography cite|name=Challenge 66|page= 26|article= Advanced Lasers}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name=Challenge 76|page= 37|article= Putting the Heat Back into Plasma}}
 
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{{LEN|Summary page article|Weapon}}
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{{LEN|Weaponry}}
 

Latest revision as of 15:52, 26 December 2022

Danger-Sign-T5-Fan-Andy-Bigwood 06-Oct-2019a.jpg

A Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) is a weapon which uses non-kinetic types of energy as its primary agent of damage with little to no guidance.

Library Data Referral Tree[edit]

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:

Description (Specifications)[edit]

A DEW weapon is any one of a number of weapons which fire a highly energized beam of ionized gas at their targets, causing damage by their intense heat and kinetic energy. Hydrogen fuel is heated to a plasma state by a powerful laser ignition system, then released through a magnetically focussed field along the weapon's barrel.

The class can be further subdivided into plasma and fusion guns. Fusion guns contain the plasma slightly longer until a fusion reaction begins to take place. The extra firepower this produces makes the fusion gun the more powerful weapon in this class.

Energy weapons range in size from man-portable models, through battlefield weapons mounted on tanks, to starship turret weapons for use in deep space. The largest are contained in large batteries known as bays or in starship-length sized fittings called spinal mounts.

Image Repository[edit]

No information yet available.

DEW Weapons[edit]

DEW weapons fall into three basic categories:

Energy Weapons / Laser Weaponry[edit]

  1. Energy Pistols
    1. Laser Pistol
  2. Energy Rifles
    1. Laser Carbine
    2. Laser Rifle
  3. Energy Heavy Weapons
    1. Advanced Laser
    2. Laser
  4. Energy Specialty Weapons
    1. Energy Weapon

Explosive Weaponry & Grenades[edit]

High Energy Explosives:

  1. Gravitron Spike
  2. Ion Charge
  3. Neutron Charge
  4. Plasma Charge

High Energy Weaponry[edit]

  1. Disintegrator Weaponry
    1. Disintegrator Pistol
    2. Disintegrator Rifle
  2. Plasma Weaponry
    1. PGMP-12
    2. PGMP-13
    3. PGMP-14
    4. Plasma Rifle
  3. Heavy Plasma Weaponry
    1. Plasma Bazooka
  4. Fusion Weaponry
    1. FGMP-14
    2. FGMP-15
    3. FGMP-16
    4. Fusion Rifle
  5. Heavy Fusion Weaponry
    1. 10.9 MJ Fusion Cannon
    2. Fusion Bomb

Exotic Energy Weapons[edit]

  1. Exotic Energy Weaponry
    1. Disintegrator Weapon
    2. Flasher
    3. Lightning Bolt
    4. Neural Weaponry
    5. Relativity Rifle
  2. Flame Weaponry
    1. Conventional Flamethrower
    2. Greek Fire Projector
    3. High Energy Flamethrower
  3. Jump Weaponry
    1. Jump Damper
    2. Jump Projector
  4. Particle Beam Weaponry
    1. A-PAWs
    2. C-PAWs
    3. N-PAWs
    4. R-PADs
  5. Sonic Weaponry
    1. Hazer
    2. ULF Pistol

DEW Artillery[edit]

  1. Meson Weaponry
    1. Deep Site Meson Weapon
    2. Meson Accelerator

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Around the TL:7-9 epoch, Energy Weapons or DEW (Directed Energy Weapons), also known as Beam Weapons or Projected Energy Weapons become a significant part of the battlefield. They start as rangefinders and target designators and eventually become a significant weapon for armored vehicles (AFVs), fighting ships, and even as infantry smallarms as the technology is miniaturized. [1]

References[edit]

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
  1. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
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