Nanotech, referred to often as "smoke", is militarized technology used by the Union. Nanotech is able to strip down organics, choke people, destroy machinery, hack systems and provide a defensive shield against projectiles. It is first used against the Polity at the battle of New York City.
Description
Nanotech, at first glance, usually appears to be black, formless tendrils of smoke. However, a closer examination reveals that it is instead made up of millions of flying, minuscule machines. These machines can be controlled by a single person remotely, though it is implied that the controller can choose to just let the smoke spread by itself. Nanotech can spare people from its effects by swarming around them, either through some kind of automated system that isolates certain individuals, or through manual control by its wielder.
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Small amounts of Nanotech can be disguised as everyday objects, such as coins, for covert operations.
Powerful electronic pulses are capable of disabling Nanotech, making weapons like ESDs highly effective against it.
Doctor Weller hints at Nanotech being the culprit preventing bio-synthetic regeneration for Julian Chase when he calls it "nasty stuff" in response to Chase's condition.
Because the gen:LOCK program's Holons have no organic material, Nanotech cannot innately harm them.
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