The antiplasma rifle was invented by Charles Van Medaio on March 21, 2143 for SmarT Co. Inc. Industries. Completely dismissing the idea (they were more focused on creating a new color at the time), Charles went to SmarT's opposition, the Entente, who embraced the new technology wholeheartedly and put it up on the black merchandise exchange (this would also begin the Mars Van Mediao SmarT boycott). At the time, the SmarT War of 2134 was still raging and the antiplasma rifle proved its usefulness almost instantly. Realizing their mistake, SmarT managed to get a rifle and mass-produce an alternative model, the SMRT-1 Antiplasma rifle. In response to this, the Entente gave antiplasma rifles to its sister government system, the Coalition. This spread the antiplasma rifle even further. After the