Under Heaven Programme

The Under Heaven Programme is a Beygul military last resort in the event of total war, designed to function even if the Morkral and all of the Dagnair are killed. It consists of four Wolf-class airships carrying a payload of several tonnes of chemical weapons, in sufficient quantities so as to wipe out an entire city. The chemicals undergo a chain reaction with oxygen in the air to cover a large area with a thick cloud, which upon inhalation will cause the victim to lose muscular control and eventually die by asphyxiation.

The captains of the airships are the Morkral's High Representatives to key strategic regions. These are her High Representatives to Ortus, Hamaji, the Mopaea States, and Sunghala. If any were to receive particular messages from the Morkral, they would fly the airship over the target city and drop the weapons. Their planned use is to wipe out the capital of any nation who has struck a dangerous blow against the Empire.

Daolese Development
The Under Heaven programme began under Emperor Taoyan of Daolin, as a research project in the Imperial University of the Haikei. Several deadly compounds were identified but none which could be successfully weaponised.

About a hundred years later, under Emperor Honshe, the programme continued. At this point the chemical component of the weapon had been perfected, but the method of delivery was disastrously ineffective. In their one-time use during the Beygul invasion of Daolin, they were launched from catapults against the invading forces, but the winds changed and blew them back upon Daolin's forces.

Beygul takeover
Following the occupation of Daolin, Beygir took over and covertly continued the programme. The method of delivery was perfected, in the form of heavy ceramic containers which could only open if dropped from a height. The development of airship technology allowed the safe delivery of such capsules.