Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 22:23:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Leonard Balsera <a027280t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us>
Subject: New designs from the peanut gallery...
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I've been gone from the List a while, and I have done some work during 
that time. I don't think this stuff is worth posting to the List, because 
it's just basically some random weapon designs I came up with. Hope you 
like them, and please send comments of any nature!

More Weapons

WEAPON TYPE: Anti-Personnel Blaster
MODEL: Darkwood/Cracken Anti-Personnel Blaster Rifle
SCALE: Character/Speeder
SKILL: Blaster: anti-personnel rifle
AMMO/SHOTS: 100 <normal>, 10 <semi-auto>, 4 <full-auto>
COST: 4,800 [power pack: 50]
AVAILABILITY: 4, X
RANGE: 3-30/70/150
DAMAGE: 5D <normal>, 7D <semi-auto>, 6D+2 Speeder <full-auto>

The anti-personnel blaster rifle was developed by General Airen Cracken and 
Captain Landon C. Darkwood to give ground troops an advantage over the average
 Imperial Army Trooper. This gun contains several X-Citers within the housing,
 along with a larger gas intake chamber. This allows the release of much more 
powerful energy blasts, at the cost of reduced ammunition. 

Game Notes: This blaster can be used just like any other normal blaster 
pistol. Upon switching to semi-auto, the firer suffers a +10 penalty to hit 
due to recoil. Furthermore, the semi-auto mode sucks up ten shots with every 
pull of the trigger. The full-auto mode <this is a misnomer; the gun will not 
continue to fire if you hold down the trigger> has a +15 penalty to hit, and 
uses 25 shots per trigger pull. A stock is available that will reduce recoil 
penalties to +5 and +10 respectively, but require a "bench-rest" position and 
a round to prepare. Note that if you spend a round bracing yourself for the 
recoil, you don't get the +1D bonus to Blaster skill to hit. This weapon is 
good for anti-infantry assaults, if you are willing to keep still. If a mishap
 is rolled while using the blaster in full- or semi-auto mode, roll 1D. on a 
result of 1-2, the gun's gas chamber explodes, giving the firer and anyone 
behind him/her for 2 meters 6D Character-scale damage.


WEAPON TYPE: Personal Ion Blaster
MODEL: Merr-Sonn Munitions G-64 
SCALE: Character
SKILL: Blaster: ion blaster
AMMO/SHOTS: 30
COST: 1,250 [power pack: 25]
AVAILABILITY: 2, R
RANGE: 3-8/15/30
DAMAGE: 4D+2 Ionization

The word "personal" in the name of this weapon could be a bit misleading--it 
is almost as big as a light repeating blaster and certainly no less bulky. 
This really is a poor blaster as far as power output and ammo efficiency are 
concerned, but it does its particular job. That job: Deactivation of machinery
 without permanent damage. Developed by Merr-Sonn after a study of the 
ionization guns used by the Jawas of Tattooine, the G-64 is among the first of
 its kind. Of course, the power generators on this weapon are enormous for a 
weapon of its size, accounting for over 73% of its bulk. This has led to 
jamming problems while firing, or frequent malfunctions if dropped. The 
technology simply hasn't developed to make a truly efficient personal ion gun.
 Until it does, the populace will probably have to settle for the G-64.

Game Notes: Any mishap with this blaster while firing results in it jamming 
for 2D rounds. If the 2D roll results in a 12, roll 1D more. On a roll of one,
 it permanently jams, becoming useless. If the blaster is dropped or abused in
 some manner, roll 1D. A roll of one here signifies that every instance the 
gun is fired after this, 1D must be rolled, with a 1 signifying jamming as 
described above. Any ion that permanently jams can be fixed with a Difficult 
Blaster Repair roll and requires 10 minutes of work.


WEAPON TYPE: Irian Armaments Corporation's GS-9 Energy Missile Cannon
MODEL: Plasma Burst Cannon
SCALE: Character
SKILL: Missile weapons: plasma cannon 
AMMO/SHOTS: 15
COST: no standard price
AVAILABILITY: 4, X
RANGE: 3-10/20/35
DAMAGE: 8D
FIRE RATE: 1/2 (needs a round to calibrate the force field for the next 
missile)

The GS-9 is a weapon that fires a charged, semi-solid plasma burst toward its 
target. Note that, technically, every blaster weapon is a plasma energy 
weapon. Blasters merely fire a charge of ionized gas, as opposed to amplified 
light. This energy missile cannon differs in the fact that it really isn't a 
blaster at all, but fires a charge that is so densely packed as to almost be 
considered a solid projectile. Thus, the Energy Missile is born. The 
comparison is akin to that of the Wookiee bowcaster, which actually combines 
an energy charge with a solid object to increase overall impact. A better 
analogy would be like playing ping-pong with a ball of pure energy. You can 
hit the surface of this energy mass, actually sending it off in another 
direction, and not cause damage to the face of your racquet. The same 
principle works with the Energy Missile. The energies contained within the 
Energy Missile are contained within a weak force field that usually ruptures 
on contact with the target, releasing the energy explosively. The force field 
provides the charge with a shape and structure like that of a large, 
anti-personnel grenade, causing much of the same recoil when fired. Therefore,
 handling and operation of this cannon is similar to a missile weapon, like a 
grenade launcher, and really not like handling a blaster weapon at all.

As previously stated, it is theoretically possible to actually deflect an 
energy missile towards another target after firing, but to do so would require
 hitting the missile softly enough not to break the force field, because that 
would trigger the explosion of the missile. I have seen Jedi try and deflect 
these things with a lightsaber, only to have the missiles explode in their 
faces (the ultimate anti-Jedi weapon!).

Because the energy release is controlled, to an extent, the energy missile has
 a blast radius shorter than one meter. 

Game Notes: This weapon, as I have stated, is not a blaster. Therefore, it 
must be slung over the shoulder, like a bazooka or something of that nature. 
Any attempt to use it as a blaster suffers the usual skill penalties. The 
Energy Missile Cannon produces a backblast that can be damaging if you are 
dumb enough to stand behind the thing (5D Character-scale damage to anyone 
less than a meter directly behind the weapon).
 

Landon C. Darkwood, Captain (retired)
Adol Larynth, Jedi Knight (certainly NOT retired)
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