Artillica

Artillica are a class of object combining technology and magic to create powerful artifacts capable of bending reality. Various artillica allow one to teleport across great distance, protect ones self from psychic incursion, and summon great and terrible beings through space and time to devour the planet. CVO keeps a collection of them in an artillica storage compound.

Fiction

IDW Infestation comics

Benny was an artillica-smith. He and the CVO team he was part of used an artillica to teleport to the Kirtland underground complex to head off an invasion of zombies. After being possessed by the Undermind, Benny bit Britt, turning her into a vampire/zombie hybrid. He took an artillica from the storage compound, using it to open portals to other universes, and transformed Britt into a living artillica. Infestation #1 Its power transported a portion of Britt to a universe inhabited by Transformers. The Transformers: Infestation #2 Benny used a Roman helmet artillica to protect himself against the Undermind's influence. Cross removed it so Benny would bite him, transforming him into a vampire/zombie hybrid as well, allowing him to rewrite the laws of magic. Infestation #2 This had the side effect of wiping every artillica from existence, bar one in Cross's heart. This last remaining artillica later turned out to be able to be used as a conduit into reality by the Elder Gods. Oops. Infestation 2 #1 When the Relic and the artillica-heart were combined and tossed into the portal the Elder Gods attempted to use, their invasion was repelled. Infestation 2 #2