St Anthony's Fire

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St Anthony's Fire was the artificial sun utilised by the Chapter of Saint Anthony as a weapon to cleanse "heathen" worlds. Housed within their ship as a power source, the sun could be directed outwards to create a flame that would burn away anything that entered it in an instant. It was destroyed when the ship was vaporised in the explosion of Betrushia. (PROSE: St Anthony's Fire)