Aeon Scattering

A common combat technique for high level military, aeon particles are dispersed throughout a combat area. Their natural behavior of disrupting electromagnetic behavior (warping the velocity and angle of photons passing through them and capturing the energy to reduce their wavelength) is very useful: It creates an effect similar to mist or refraction which warps perception of distant objects, forms a white fog of diffused light and renders many electromagnetic technologies used for detection and communication almost unusable.

In addition, unshielded light electronics are also known to act unreliably, rendering missiles useless in many cases and demanding many systems use other forms of computation rather than electronics. The fog of war is most intense at the ground and grows less intense as altitude grows, eventually dispersing entirely somewhere around 15 to 20 miles above the combat area. As such, aeon scattering is an ideal way to hide from orbital opponents and remain hidden unless location information is relayed from a ground position to issue support file.

Most importantly, this refraction makes the use of long ranged communications or weapons close to impossible and interferes with electronic systems. This often creates situations where the only viable method of combat is to close in and strike up close.