Weapon Shatterbeam Rifle

AutoFox

Tech Mod/Tech Archiver
Tech Moderator
Joined
Jul 4, 2012
Messages
3,721
Reaction score
1,817
spacebiggamerifleone.png

SHATTERBEAM RIFLE

AFFILIATION
Open market.

MANUFACTURER
Various.

SIZE
Length - 1.4 meters.

WEIGHT
8 kilograms.

COMPOSITION
Durasteel and synthwood.

WEAPON TYPE
Shatterbeam.

DAMAGE TYPE(S)
Heavy.

AMMUNITION CAPACITY
25 shots per power pack.

FIRE SELECTOR
Semi-automatic.

MAX RANGE
50 meters.

DESCRIPTION
Shatterbeam rifles are heavy weapons which are primarily sold as big game and breaching weapons by various manufacturers in the present day. A divergent technology related to early beam tube weapons, shatterbeams fire a continuous pulsed beam, and impart a titanic kinetic shock to their target, enough force to ragdoll a wookiee or blow a durasteel door off its mountings. For this, shatterbeams are heavy, slow-firing - 1 shot per round - and highly inefficient, only able to fire 25 shots from a standard power pack, and only effective out to a range of 50 meters. They also produce enormous recoil when fired, meaning that any being wielding such a weapon must by extraordinarily large, strong, or preferably both.

Shatterbeams weapons were never exactly common, although they were more commonly seen in ancient times, with some Republic-era war droids being fitted with a wrist-mounted version. In the present day, they are not really seen as worth the inconvenience, although certain criminals and bounty hunters still favor them.

LEGALITY
Legal. Ownership of shatterbeam rifles is not restricted in most of the Galaxy, although openly carrying one may be considered objectionable or illegal on more civilized worlds.

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

 
Top