Firearm

About thousand years ago in China, some people figured out that certain chemicals mixed together (such as potassium nitrate, carbon and sulphur) exploded when brought to spark, which became known as "Black Powder". After some toying with this little tidbit of information, they discovered that a tube sealed off at one end could be used to focus said explosion to propel an object at high speeds. After a few centuries of refinement they managed to take that mechanical principle and apply it as a weapon of warfare which changed the game, the Arquebus. Cheap, Easy to make and use and capable of penetrating all but the heaviest armor, this marked a transition away from close quarters to ranged warfare.

In modern times, firearms are the staple weapons of any nation, normally using futuristic weapons that doesn't even fire solid projectiles like lasers.

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Fantasy Writers (with some exceptions) tend to exclude these weapons from their works of fiction. Largely because it means that their Mary Sue Noblemen knights who trained SOOO hard in the art of swordsmanship and meele combat will be brought down by Formations of vulgar Arquebusier Peasant Conscripts on the open battlefield.

Sci-fi writers however, tend to use firearms as weapons in virtually all regards in their works, since it's the future.....well that is unless you're writing for Warhammer 40,000, where you're more inclined to write how your Stormtrooper royally fucked his target with a chainsword enema than his Plasma gun

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