After the Battle of the Citadel, human and turian volunteers spent three months clearing the station's orbit of debris. During the cleanup, the turians secretly salvaged Sovereign's powerful main gun along with much of the weapon's element zero core. Eleven months later, the turians introduced the Thanix, a scaled-down version of the weapon.The Thanix's core is a liquid alloy of iron, uranium, and tungsten suspended in an electromagnetic field powered by element zero. The molten metal, accelerated to a significant fraction of the speed of light, solidifies into a projectile as it is fired, hitting targets with enough force to pierce any known shield or armor. The gun can fire reliably every five seconds.The weapon's relatively small size allows it to be mounted on most fighters or frigates. It is now widely used by the Alliance military and is the primary weapon on the refurbished Normandy SR-2.
I'm going to quote the most relevant portion of that again, for emphasis:
It is now widely used by the Alliance military and is the primary weapon on the refurbished Normandy SR-2.
See that in red? Widely used by the Alliance military. Widely used.
Now that I've pointed it out in red letters, I don't want to see any more "WE SHOULD BEAT THEM BY MAKING MOAR THANIX CANNONS INSTEAD OF THE CRUCIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111oneonoeneoneoneoenoenoenoneo" arguments. Thanix cannons are already common equipment, and they didn't amount to a hill of beans.
Yes, I know that the Crucible is an incredibly contrived plot device and presents an unsatisfying solution to a difficult problem. But "Thanix Cannons" aren't an answer to what this plot device could have been replaced with. So, please shut up, or come up with a better answer. Thanks.
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