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== Uses == | == Uses == | ||
The artefact was composed of a wide, glassy, shimmering ball, which was placed atop a black, triangular [[pedestal]]. It was displayed in a number of instances as a [[sculpture]], and was once used as an object of [[worship]]. However, its intended use was as a [[bomb]]. The artefact was a contained [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[explosion]], captured a [[femto-second]] after detonation, which was kept in stasis by concentrated [[Time field|time-fields]] and [[Magnetic field|magnetic-fields]] contained within the artefact's pedestal. [[Jack Harkness]] compared the weapon to the [[Trojan Horse]], suggesting that it could be smuggled into an enemy's [[capital city]] before the explosion was unleashed remotely. Due to some loose wiring inside the pedestal, the artefact emitted [[radiation]] at a level that was slightly above background levels. ([[PROSE]]: | The artefact was composed of a wide, glassy, shimmering ball, which was placed atop a black, triangular [[pedestal]]. It was displayed in a number of instances as a [[sculpture]], and was once used as an object of [[worship]]. However, its intended use was as a [[bomb]]. The artefact was a contained [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[explosion]], captured a [[femto-second]] after detonation, which was kept in stasis by concentrated [[Time field|time-fields]] and [[Magnetic field|magnetic-fields]] contained within the artefact's pedestal. [[Jack Harkness]] compared the weapon to the [[Trojan Horse]], suggesting that it could be smuggled into an enemy's [[capital city]] before the explosion was unleashed remotely. Due to some loose wiring inside the pedestal, the artefact emitted [[radiation]] at a level that was slightly above background levels. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Beauty of Our Weapons (short story)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
At some point in the [[1950s]], a member of Torchwood Three stole the artefact from the Torchwood archive and sold it at [[auction]]. At some point it came into the possession of [[Ashley ab Hugh]], a wealthy [[philanthropist]] who made it the centrepiece of his then-private [[Ashley ab Hugh Museum|art collection]]. Ashley quickly became obsessed with the artefact, and on [[13 August]], [[1963]], Ashley was found tearing strips of [[flesh]] from his face and sticking them to the outside of the glowing orb. He was taken to [[hospital]], and died of [[septicaemia]] three weeks later. The artefact was then resold by Ashley ab Hugh's estate to a [[cult]]. | At some point in the [[1950s]], a member of Torchwood Three stole the artefact from the Torchwood archive and sold it at [[auction]]. At some point it came into the possession of [[Ashley ab Hugh]], a wealthy [[philanthropist]] who made it the centrepiece of his then-private [[Ashley ab Hugh Museum|art collection]]. Ashley quickly became obsessed with the artefact, and on [[13 August]], [[1963]], Ashley was found tearing strips of [[flesh]] from his face and sticking them to the outside of the glowing orb. He was taken to [[hospital]], and died of [[septicaemia]] three weeks later. The artefact was then resold by Ashley ab Hugh's estate to a [[cult]]. | ||
This cult kept the artefact in a makeshift [[temple]] in a [[warehouse]] on [[Bute East Dock|Cardiff's docks]]. At some point in the [[1970s]], [[Russia | This cult kept the artefact in a makeshift [[temple]] in a [[warehouse]] on [[Bute East Dock|Cardiff's docks]]. At some point in the [[1970s]], [[Russia]]n [[Russian Mafia|mobster]] [[Dimitri Arkanovitch]] hired [[Private investigator (The Beauty of Our Weapons)|a private investigator]] to locate the artefact. When the detective did so, Dimitri had him killed and had some of his criminal contacts steal the artefact from the temple. | ||
By [[2008]], the artefact was displayed in the atrium of the [[Arkanovitch Hotel]] in [[Cardiff]] city centre. When [[Toshiko Sato]] examined the artefact she realised that it was not in fact an artwork, but a [[nuclear weapon]] disguised as one. The shimmering light inside the orb was in fact an [[explosion]] captured a [[femto-second]] after detonation, which was being kept in stasis by devices in the artefact's pedestal. Jack believed the weapon was never intended for use in Cardiff. Torchwood Three later stole the bomb from the hotel and threw it back into the Rift. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Beauty of Our Weapons (short story)}}) | |||
[[Category:Alien artefacts]] | [[Category:Alien artefacts]] | ||
[[Category:Sculptures]] | [[Category:Sculptures]] | ||