Zamor Launcher

"Jaller triggered the launcher. The sphere flew straight and true, striking one of the Matoran in the chest and passing harmlessly through his body."

- Narrator, Power Play

Zamor Launchers are the primary launching mechanisms for Zamor Spheres, special hollow balls that can temporarily turn intangible on physical contact with targets.

History
The Zamor Launchers were first created by the Nynrah Ghosts roughly 78,000 years prior to the Great Cataclysm. The Toa Voya of Magnetism Jovan used one of these Zamor Launchers.

The ancient weapons were later redesigned by the Nynrah Ghosts, and as one of their first team missions, the Dark Hunter duo of Nidhiki and Krekka invaded Nynrah, stole the three prototypes while Lariska distracted the Toa visiting the island to make a deal, and destroyed the production machinery to delay the Matoran from replacing them. While Nidhiki and Krekka were instructed to keep the Dark Hunters' involvement in the mission a secret, the Order of Mata Nui learned of the thieves' affiliations regardless; news reached Xia as well, and the Dark Hunters were unwelcome on the island for a while. One thousand years after the Great Cataclysm, a group of Dark Hunters abandoned the organization and named themselves the Piraka. They traveled to Voya Nui to search for the Ignika, where Avak constructed seven Zamor Launchers from materials salvaged from the Toa Canisters that they had stolen to reach the island. The Piraka used these to fire Zamor Spheres and enslaved the Matoran on Voya Nui with Antidermis.

A group of Matoran soon stole one of the Piraka's Zamor Launchers and, after studying it, the group's inventor, Velika, built a set of launchers of his own and gave them to the Matoran's new allies, the Toa Inika. The Inika's launchers were upgraded from the Piraka's, able to hold up to four spheres instead of just one. Later, another one of the Matoran, Balta, built another set of launchers, which the Matoran used to free the enslaved Toa Nuva from the effects of the Antidermis virus. When the Toa Inika were transformed into Toa Mahri by the power of the Ignika, they were granted new tools and their Zamor Launchers were lost.

Toa Empire Alternate Universe
In a different reality, a Zamor Launcher was placed inside the Archives as one of the many trophies of the Toa Empire's conquest.

Users

 * The Toa Inika (formerly)
 * The Piraka (formerly)
 * The Piraka Fusion (formerly)
 * Jovan (Used an early model)
 * Protodax
 * Irnakk (formerly)
 * Voya Nui Resistance Team
 * Zeihakk

Trivia

 * The Zamor Launcher is the default weapon of the "Silver Toa" in the Nintendo DS version of BIONICLE Heroes.