Weapon ATA Pulse-Wave Pistol

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ATA PULSE-WAVE PISTOL

AFFILIATION
Open market.

MANUFACTURER
Greff-Timms Industrial.

SIZE
Small.

WEIGHT
1 kilogram.

COMPOSITION
Durasteel.

WEAPON TYPE
Pulse-wave blaster.

DAMAGE TYPE(S)

• Heavy.
• Light.

AMMUNITION CAPACITY
25 shots per power pack.

FIRE SELECTOR
Semi-automatic.

MAX RANGE
30 meters.

DESCRIPTION​

The ATA pulse-wave pistol is an archaic form of blaster originally produced by Greff-Timms Industrial, a weapons manufacturer which was mainly active during the time of the Old Republic, but whose products were supplanted by newer, more efficient technologies long before the present day. The ATA has been out of production for many centuries, and employs technology which resembles modern disruptor weapons, although not to quite the same destructive effect.

ATAs, like all pulse-wave weapons, are similar to blasters in that they fire packets of coherent energy. Unlike regular blasters, however, which inflict mainly kinetic and thermal damage, pulse-wave blasters create a spacial distortion, effecting their target on a molecular level. Pulse-wave weapons thus produce similar wounds to a disruptor, although on a much lesser scale and with far less relative efficiency. In previous centuries, this similarity caused ATAs and other pulse-wave weapons to run afoul of various laws meant to control the proliferation of disruptors; these have been changed somewhat to reflect historical interest on many worlds, although a stigma remains.

The main weakness of pulse-wave weapons like the ATA is their range; after leaving the weapon's focusing array, a pulse-wave bolt rapidly loses cohesion. Though capable of inflicting heavy damage at very short range, after 10 meters the bolts experience a precipitous drop in power, and are capable of only light damage past this distance. Out to 30 meters, the bolts fizzle entirely. Due to this shortcoming, pulse-wave weapons were rapidly replaced by blasters once they became available. Regular blaster pistols, though not as powerful overall, can typically inflict more damage at longer range. Blaster wounds are also not as "messy" as pulse-wave wounds, and are easier to treat.

The ATA boasts inferior specifications to equivalent modern blaster pistols. Range is about 30 meters, with heavy damage out to the first 10 meters and light damage for the remaining 20. The weapon depletes a standard power pack after 25 shots. Like all pulse-wave pistols, ATAs are rare in the present day, being relegated to museums, private collections and backrocket worlds unable to acquire anything better.

LEGALITY​

Restricted. Pulse-wave weapons, though no longer lumped in with disruptors and other blatantly inhumane weapons, are still subject to permits and scrutiny by law enforcement on civilized worlds. They are simultaneously more and less powerful than modern blasters.

INTENT​

To bring a weapon from canon into our site's fanon.