Part of the Troubleshooter Code has been to bring those areas of Alpha Complex formerly under Commie control back to the loving and tender ...er arms of the Computer to once again bask in the glory and perfection that is the Computer's merciful mastery. Or, for the insubordinate, to be atomized into less-objectionable particles of elemental dust.

For that to happen, the Computer understands that the essentials to clone survival must be met. Food, Shelter, Cleanliness, Happiness, and Water are key to these missions. And so, as part of that mission, the PWPS-TCC6 was created.

Part 1: Its a flashy, poofy thing
The PWPS is a 5 gallon (20 liter) plexiglass tank with a powerful particle burst cannon mounted on top, adjusted to exactly the atomic pattern of water. Unpurified water is added through the spout on top while the cannon charges. The cannon then fires a massive charge of energy downward, which is reflected inside a specialized dish upwards, where it is reflected down again. This continues for several milliseconds until the charge is dispursed. During this time, anything in the tank is obliterated or filtered out, leaving only water as steam. A cooling unit is then activated and the water cools to drinkable temperature, which can be drained using the faucet at the bottom. The entire process takes around 20 seconds.

Part 2: Practical Uses
The PWPS does, in fact, work fairly well. The water is absolutely pure, although there may be some atomic... issues that arise through forcing water to a plasma state using a massive blast of energy. In the short run there are probably few drastic side-effects. The unit isn't huge, and has little wheels to help push it around, although a clone could certainly carry it around easilly if its empty (although its a little bulky). It can run off of batteries or be attached to sector power. The only known flaws are:

• The little wheels are a bit flimsy, so moving the unit when it's full of water is probably a bad idea. If the wheels break and the unit falls over, the dishes could be knocked out of alignment or chipped. (See below)
• The system can only be fired 3 or 4 times in a row without letting the cannon cool down. There's a tiny LED on the main panel that will light up when the unit is too hot, but there's no label. If the unit overheats, it'll be bad (See below)
• The water is really, really hot. Opening the faucet when the water is in plasma or steam form could be painful as it pours out.
• Putting any non-water based liquid into the tank could have... odd results. The cannon produces an astronomical amount of heat and power, so you'll probably just have to consider what's in the tank.
• Putting anything reflective in the tank is bad. Metallic liquids (mercury) or bits of shiny metal in the water will cause the blast to be scattered outward. Bad, bad, bad.
• Although it would be difficult, disabling the cooling system would be very bad. Firing the cannon into H20 in a plasma or gasseous state has the distinct chance of causing atomic fusion of the hydrogen. Treat as a localized nuclear blast.

Part 3: Impractical Uses

• If the cannon is removed from the plexiglass tank, it will make an awesome (if slow) weapon. There's no real point in even rolling for damage, getting hit will literally reduce a clone to a puff of steam. Walls and floors will also be damaged.
• If the cannon is removed (see above) and fired, check the area for reflective surfaces. These will probably only reflect a tiny part of the blast back, but it could be interesting.
• If the dishes are misaligned or cracked, the blast could disperse throughout the entire area... Any living thing catching even a tiny amount of the blast will be fried. Walls, ceilings, floors and equipment will be melted.
• If something (it doesn't matter) manages to get put between the dishes when the gun is fired, it will be obliterated.
• If the cannon is fired on low power, it won't really do much of anything.
• If the cannon is screwed with too much while holding a charge, it will probably fire.
• If the cannon is damaged and fired...... who knows?

Part 4: The Skinny
The PWPS is honestly a useful piece of equipment begging to be abused. If left alone to do it's job, the system will very likely work perfectly well and never bother anyone. Give it to troubleshooters with CMT tendancies, and it becomes a time bomb. What a troubleshooter will quickly see is a Big Freakin' Gun being used for something other than shooting traitors. Given half a chance (especially on a "mercy" mission with no other targets) trigger-happy clones will eye it and ponder quietly to themselves. They may never actually get a chance or reason to try anything, but just knowing that such a large, powerful weapon is in their reach is often quite condusive to good games.