Ion Cannon

Description
A powerful late-game tech that allows you to either completely clear an ion storm from the shuttle's path, or, should you choose to, sabotage the efforts of rival agencies by strewing one in their way.

Cost
- One FUNDAMENTAL example of all three research types

Impact
Each turn, the ion cannon can be fired for a cost of $1m

If fired at a sector of space with an ion storm, the ion storm is dissipated by the enormous amount of energy put into it

If fired at a sector of space without an ion storm, an ion storm is created in that sector

Future Research
This is surely the pinnacle of what humanity can achieve in the 'hurling globs of super-energetic plasma into space' field