Jörmungandr
Leviathans
The Jörmungandr is a submarine Leviathan powered by an experimental Mega-Core. Its size and power exceed those of earlier land models. Capable of devastating entire islands with its attacks, it is the most powerful conventional weapon in the world.
Development
The Atomic Academy attempted to adapt land Leviathans to Core technology. The project was abandoned because of its cost and because the energy demand overloaded the reactors.
The Jörmungandr was built as a new model designed to operate underwater. Its design uses the ocean to cool the Mega-Core and prevent the overloads that had made modernization of the land fortresses impossible.
The Mega-Core
Its reactor is exceptional in both size and power. Working on it is one of the Union’s most prestigious technical positions, reserved for specialists capable of meeting its demands.
Prolonged exposure can have serious consequences even for Vol’framin with extraordinary resistance to radiation. Psychological disturbances have been recorded among personnel assigned to the reactor.
Capabilities and limitations
The Jörmungandr combines the destructive capability of a massive fortress with the ability to travel underwater. Its operation depends on cooling the Mega-Core and on the specialists who maintain it.
While the land Leviathans still in service consume enormous quantities of oil, the Jörmungandr represents the application of atomic technology to a new generation of these machines.