Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 22:01:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Patrick Rollens <rollens@YOUR-NET.COM>
Subject: [SW-RPG] STATS: Double blaster
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Hello list

I just got the Imperial Sourcebook and it rocks!  It is probably
_the_ most useful resource for a beginning GM like me.
Anyway, on to business.  I have yet to see stats for Skynxnex's
phasing double-blaster, so I Have taken it upon myself to
create appropriate stats.  PLEASE, if you have anything to say
about this weapon, tell me!  It is by no means perfect, nor
complete.  Thanks, and enjoy!

--Phasing Double Blaster--
Model:  Modified BlasTech DL-64
Type:  Double Blaster
Scale:  Character
Skill:  Blaster:  Double Blaster
Ammo:  20 (25)
Cost:  1,000 (power packs:  25)
Availability:  2, X
Fire Rate: 1 (2 if barrells are not fire-linked)
Range:  2-4/12/20  At long range, difficulty is +5
Damage:  6D+2

Game notes:  The double blaster is a model of blaster pistol
with two barrells, side-by-side.  While normally both barrells
are fired at once (with the bolts phasing into one a short
distance from the barrell) it is possible to set the dual barrells
to fire singly.  Each barrell then does 3D+1 damage and the
Fire Rate is considered 2.

This weapon was originally conceptualized by Groun Lethex,
weapons master of Barga the Hutt, but Groun's model was
far too dangerous for everyday use.  However, Groun's double
blaster was unsafe mainly because technology at that time
allow for proper Tibanna gas depressurization after each
shot.

(The double-blaster uses enough Tibanna gas for one
blaster shot, although enough gas for two shots is released
from the gun's gas chamber, even when it is fired with
barrells fire-linked.  The biggest challenge was finding a way
to safely siphon off that unused Tibanna gas.)

Unfortunately the facilities were not available at the time for
this operation, so consequently many early double blasters
exploded.  Even worse, the explosions invariably directed the
highly volatile pressurized tibanna gas directly into the user's
face.  A syndrome known as "blaster face" began to surface
in Barga the Hutt's crime syndicate following the release of
double-blasters.  A number of victims had faces that were
horribly burned, often with bits of exploded blaster embedded
in them.  Lord Barga consoled his minions as best he could,
then he had Groun Lethex fed to a pack of ravenous
demon-wings.

It was Skynxnex, second-in-command to Moruth Doole on
Kessel who made the double-blaster safe for continued and
frequent use.  Several years prior to his involvement with
Doole and several years after Lethex's failure, Skynxnex came
upon a working double-blaster.  However, Skynxnex took one
look at the weapon and realized the historical problem could
be corrected with a relatively new wrap-around gas-collection
tubing that took the unused Tibanna gas and re-deposited it
into the blaster's gas chamber.  Since Skynxnex's
breakthrough it has become a favorite among many crime
lords.

While the double blaster dishes out a considerable amount
of damage, it is all but impossible to aim.  The ranges reflect
this.  At long range, increase the difficulty by +5.  Double
blasters are illegal on most planets, although they can readily
be found on the Invisible Market.

Patrick
rollens@your-net.com