SECRET // SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED - TUNGSTEN MEMENTO ARGENT
EYESONLY • ORCON • REL TO NATO, FVEY



The MILLRIFT GOSLING artifact was recovered during the third recorded TUNGSTEN MEMENTO contact (ref: Operation VEHEMENT HARPIST).  It is a knife visually similar to commercial fighting/utility blades produced in Pakistan and Iran, with a double-edged blade 26cm in length and a hilt wrapped in goat leather.  It was used as a close combat implement by the TUNGSTEN MEMENTO specimen whose remains were recovered on the operation in question.

The artifact weighs 2.3kg.  The blade, crossguard, hilt, and pommel are a single piece with no evident tool marks.  The cutting edge has been observed to cut structural rebar without noticeable degradation.  The metal is nonmagnetic, electrically conductive, and highly corrosion-resistant.  It melts at 4,100ºC.

The metal defies precise analysis but appears to be an alloy of iridium and carbon with unknown trace components.

Two additional MILLRIFT GOSLING artifacts were recovered during the fourth recorded TUNGSTEN MEMENTO contact (ref: Operation ESSENTIAL NOMAD).  These were similar in general construction but displayed different form factors.  Respectively, blade lengths were 21cm and 31cm, weights were 2.1 kg and 2.6 kg, and hilt wrappings were platinum-alloy wire and red-dyed horsehide.

The 31cm instance remains in Australian military custody.



Out-of-Character Addendum

As MILLRIFT GOSLING contains no active technology (as far as the PCs know...), it is possible for a human to wield one.

Range: S

Hit Modifier: +2

Damage: 1d10 + Strength

Special: Reduces target's armor by 2 points.

Due to the weapon's density, effective use requires Strength 8.  A weaker character suffers a penalty on all attacks equal to (8 - STR) and doesn't get the armor-piercing benefits.