Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 18:33:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: a027280t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Leonard Balsera)
Subject: New Weapon (save this one)
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New Equipment:

Model: Kuat Arms Corporation's Pulse Blaster Rifle
Type: Pulse Blaster Rifle
Scale: Character
Skill: Blaster: blaster rifle
Ammo: 60 (20 cluster pack)
Cost: 2050; 25 (std. power pack); 45 (cluster power pack)
Availability: 4,X
Range: 3-30/100/300 
Damage: 5D (single-shot), 6D (double-shot), 7D (triple-shot)


The Pulse Blaster Rifle is an older weapon used back in the heyday of 
the Old Republic. It has three firing modes: one-shot, two-shot, and 
three-shot. The weapon's recoil catches up with you on three-shot mode, 
but this is compensated for with heavily increased damage. Each pull of 
the trigger releases the number of shots indicated by the firing mode. 

The Pulse Rifle holds either two standard power packs at once (if only 
one standard pack is loaded, the Ammo is 30) or one cluster power pack. 
Cluster packs were designed by Kuat to speed reloading times, but are 
very hungry of power. The rifle will not fire with a cluster pack on 
unless it is in three-shot mode, effectively reducing the number of 
available shots to 20.

Game Notes: Increase all medium and long range shot difficulties by +6 
when on three-shot mode to simulate the heavy recoil. The rifle comes 
with a standard scope and stock mounting (adds +1D to firer skill 
total). One cannot "spray" an area with this weapon, as is possible with
 repeating blasters (see Mike Soulier's house rules on the FTP site for 
spray fire), because the gun can't fire on full auto. 

Designer's Notes: This weapon is available through Gallidinium's 
Fantastic Technology Datalog, if your players have access to that. If 
not, good luck finding one. They are almost as rare as lightsabers. Oh, 
and by the way, I am going to use this weapon as an attachment to some 
armor that I made up. So, if you like the armor, keep the stats for this
 weapon to go with it.