 The Kzinti hope to use the contents of the box to develop weapons technology that will allow them to wage wars of conquest.The box contains a Tnuctipun weapon which is capable of morphing into several devices, none of which is deemed useful by the Kzinti as a war weapon.However, one setting, an energy absorber, causes a Kzinti restraint field to fail, allowing Jason and Nessus to escape with the weapon.