Based on research conducted by Nikola Tesla and refined by Doctor Von Essen, the Tesla projector is typical of Von Essen's . Firing a bolt of electroplasma, the Tesla projector remains an experimental weapon. While the Tesla projector is still a mostly experimental weapon, rumours abound that the equally experimental Messerschmitt Bf 106 Piranha was fitted with the projector, before the entire production run was requisitioned by Die Spinne.