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The [[Vanishers]] used a rotary gun in one of their train car hijackings{{book ref|aol|17}}, surprising Marasi, though Wayne seemed to be somewhat familiar with them. This suggests that they are relatively uncommon, perhaps expensive or difficult to produce. Rotary guns are a type of fully-automatic firearm, however their design prohibits a handheld variant (a Pewterarm could conceivably wield one, actually). A rotary gun is really a series of barreled upper rifle assemblies arranged in a circle, which fire sequentially. This design is quite bulky., Thisalthough designit facilitates an incredible rate of fire, and areis useful into the modern era. Typically they are mounted on ships, vehicles, planes, or at a fixed position. Speaking of fixed guns. . .

The Scadrians, somewhat surprisingly, have developed naval artillery. In Era 1, [[The Lord Ruler]] suppressed knowledge of gunpowder - this means that there is relatively little time (or motivation, post-catacendre) for the Scadrians to develop canoncannon technology, the obvious precursor to artillery. Nevertheless, they have it, and in a big way: twelve-inch naval guns with a range of ''sixteen miles''!{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy Broadsheet}}

I suspect that these armored warships will quickly develop flak-canoncannon technology if a war between the northern and southern Scadrians becomes a reality.