Cordak Blaster

The Cordak Blaster was a six-shot revolving launcher made on XiaXiaA hostile island southeast of Metru Nui, home to the Vortixx and their brutal mercenary culture.. It fired explosive mini-rockets in quick succession and worked underwater as well as in air. Some of the blasters the Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA band of mercenaries and thieves founded on Odina by the Shadowed One and Ancient, hired out across the Matoran Universe, and left a battered ruin by the time Teridax ruled the universe. bought were stolen by the Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe., ended up on the seabed, and passed through the hands of the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell to a Brotherhood strike, and spent millennia imprisoned in the Pit. before the Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. took them. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

Manufacture on Xia#

The Cordak Blaster was designed and made on XiaXiaA hostile island southeast of Metru Nui, home to the Vortixx and their brutal mercenary culture., the island of the Vortixx. When triggered, its propulsion mechanism launched six mini-rockets, also called mini-charges, one after another. They travelled fast and exploded on impact. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; Toa Chamber)

The Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA band of mercenaries and thieves founded on Odina by the Shadowed One and Ancient, hired out across the Matoran Universe, and left a battered ruin by the time Teridax ruled the universe. were among Xia's customers for the weapon. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Acquisition by the Order of Mata Nui#

The Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. stole some of the blasters the Dark Hunters had bought from Xia, and stored them on Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time.. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Loss with Mahri Nui#

When Mahri NuiMahri NuiA matoran settlement that sank, survived, and was ultimately crushed beneath Voya Nui, leaving behind one of Bionicle's most poignant lost civilizations. broke away and sank, the stored blasters went into the sea with it. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell to a Brotherhood strike, and spent millennia imprisoned in the Pit., the warlords imprisoned in the Pit, retrieved the sunken weapons. They also took many blasters from the Pit's armoury when they escaped. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; Toa Chamber)

Adoption by the Toa Mahri#

Searching the depths around Mahri NuiMahri NuiA matoran settlement that sank, survived, and was ultimately crushed beneath Voya Nui, leaving behind one of Bionicle's most poignant lost civilizations., HewkiiHewkiiHewkii rose from Po-Metru Matoran to Mata Nui's foremost kolhii player, then served as Toa Inika and Toa Mahri through the late wars of the universe., NuparuNuparuAn Onu-Matoran engineer from Metru Nui who built the Boxor and rose to become a Toa of Earth despite no warrior destiny. and HahliHahliA Ga-Matoran scholar who rose to become Chronicler of Mata Nui, then Toa Inika, then Toa Mahri of Water during the final crises of the Matoran Universe. came across an armoury holding a load of Cordak Blasters, and the Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. took them for their own use. Hewkii asked if they were planning to start a war, and Nuparu answered that they were just planning to still be around when it was over. (BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

NuparuNuparuAn Onu-Matoran engineer from Metru Nui who built the Boxor and rose to become a Toa of Earth despite no warrior destiny. later used his to reduce a boulder to dust. (BIONICLE Ignition 9: Battle in the Deep!)

The blaster became standard equipment for the team: JallerJallerJaller served as Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard, led the Toa Inika to Voya Nui, and commanded the Toa Mahri through the recovery of the Mask of Life., HahliHahliA Ga-Matoran scholar who rose to become Chronicler of Mata Nui, then Toa Inika, then Toa Mahri of Water during the final crises of the Matoran Universe., HewkiiHewkiiHewkii rose from Po-Metru Matoran to Mata Nui's foremost kolhii player, then served as Toa Inika and Toa Mahri through the late wars of the universe., MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui. and NuparuNuparuAn Onu-Matoran engineer from Metru Nui who built the Boxor and rose to become a Toa of Earth despite no warrior destiny. each carried one, and KonguKonguKongu captained Le-Koro's Gukko Force before lightning from the red star turned him into a Toa of Air, who later served among the Toa Mahri. grabbed two straight away. (BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit; Toa Kongu Mahri)

Use in the Pit and the Mask of Life#

The blasters went with the Toa Mahri through their hunt for the Mask of LifeThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. in the waters around the Pit, where weapons that worked underwater were exactly what they needed. (BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Design specifications#

Each blaster held six mini-rockets, fired in quick succession without reloading between shots. The rockets moved fast and exploded hard on impact. (Toa Chamber; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Cordak Blasters worked both in water and in air. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Significance#

The Cordak Blaster passed through a lot of hands: made on XiaXiaA hostile island southeast of Metru Nui, home to the Vortixx and their brutal mercenary culture., bought by the Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA band of mercenaries and thieves founded on Odina by the Shadowed One and Ancient, hired out across the Matoran Universe, and left a battered ruin by the time Teridax ruled the universe., stolen by the Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe., lost to the sea, recovered by the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell to a Brotherhood strike, and spent millennia imprisoned in the Pit. and finally taken by the Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself.. It's one of the clearest examples of a single weapon being dragged through nearly every faction in the late Matoran Universe. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)