54W Round

[EmKay]

Image Source (Second image in slideshow)

54W Slugthrower Ammunition​

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Intent
To create a new highly-lethal round designed to kill the common man and Force users alike.

Development Threads

• Designing Rounds [Pending]
• Acquiring Phrik [Pending]
• Yuuzhan Vong shaping bullets [Pending]

Manufacturer
Designed by Atretes Rhoujen
Manufactured by Subach Innes

Model
54WSTR

Affiliation
Personal

Modularity
N/A

Production
Minor

Material

• Yuuzhan Vong shaped Yorik Coral bullets
• Neurotoxin internal capsule
• Phrik plating on bullets
• Bronzium Casing
  

Description
The 54W Round is a bullet designed around one key factor: lethality.

Utilising a unique ability to spin in the air, and fragmenting bullets, this ammunition is able to pierce through most surfaces intact, and splay apart once it makes contact with flesh. The outer ring of 'teeth' then spreads and twists outward in a manner similar to shrapnel, and those pieces may tear through, puncture, or otherwise damage internal organs and blood vessels. The centrepiece of the bullet will continue through the target, creating a large cavity in the style of other hollow-point bullets. A common "glitch" of this round's construction is its retention of gunpowder residue upon penetration, which is then acted upon and ignited by variances in air pressure and internal pressure which causes a small secondary explosion within the target.

Another aspect of this separation is the breaking open of a small capsule of neurotoxin contained within the bullet itself. As the "teeth" break apart and spiral outward, they carry with them a trail of neurotoxin that is effectively spread throughout the body, affecting the immediate area and slowly spreading out. The venom itself is a delta atracotoxin. Initial penetration results in extreme pain, and within ten minutes, a series of symptoms will make themselves known. These symptoms include hypotension, dyspnea which can lead into respiratory failure, generalised local muscle fasciculation, salivation, lachrymation, seating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, pulmonary edema, and widespread pain. After approximately two hours, the victim will be dead from the poison, however they will be crippled by the toxin within fifteen minutes, unable to move coherently within twenty, and incapacitated within thirty. The dispersion of the toxin by the tooth motion makes Force negation of the toxin to be more difficult, but not impossible.

Due to the bullet design, material gathered upon penetration (such as clothing, metals, or other things) will minimally affect penetration.

As per the necessity to kill, the 54W round has been designed explicitly to exploit the aspects of Yuuzhan Vong shaping techniques to bypass these rounds being affected by the Force. As a consequence, they cannot be manipulated by the user, and also cannot be affected by the target through means of the Force. Their phrik construction also assures a slight advantage against lightweapons. While they may certainly be deflected, they cannot simply be disintegrated.

All in all, the 54W round is a small-scale product intended to only be used by Atretes Rhoujen. Only a small quantity are made at a time, though it is theoretical that they may be stolen or copied. It is intended to kill, regardless of Force use or no Force use.

 

[EmKay]

[member="Enigma"], look at this.

 

[Onrai]

Vong-shaping requires yorik coral or some other living creature to shape, and phrik isn't a living creature... Phrik-plating the bullets, though, should be what's needed.

 

[EmKay]

Ah, I see. Well then, [member="Enigma"], what would be an easy-to-get material to use as the bullet? Your coral?

 

[Onrai]

[member="Atretes Rhoujen"]

I'd certainly say so. Perhaps the coral could contain a poisonous pellet of neurotoxin inside, one that would crack itself open once inside a target's body.

 

[EmKay]

This work, [member="Enigma"]?

 

[Onrai]

It looks good to me, [member="Atretes Rhoujen"].

 

[Barkt Melan]

[member="Atretes Rhoujen"]
Holy CRAP, that's powerful.

this ammunition is able to pierce through most surfaces intact, and splay apart once it makes contact with flesh.

How does this work, exactly? What makes it pierce in one but not the other?

A common "glitch" of this round's construction is its retention of gunpowder residue upon penetration, which is then acted upon and ignited by variances in air pressure and internal pressure which causes a small secondary explosion within the target.

All I'll say to this part is: Ah, I don't think that works. I honestly, as a judge, would ask for this to be removed or changed to make more sense.

As the "teeth" break apart and spiral outward, they carry with them a trail of neurotoxin that is effectively spread throughout the body, affecting the immediate area and slowly spreading out

How is the poison not denatured by the heat of the bullet?

As per the necessity to kill, the 54W round has been designed explicitly to exploit the aspects of Yuuzhan Vong shaping techniques to bypass these rounds being affected by the Force.

Where is the corral? Inside the bullet? Surrounding it?

I love the idea, but there needs to be a little more explanation to the nature of the weapon.

 

[EmKay]

this ammunition is able to pierce through most surfaces intact, and splay apart once it makes contact with flesh.
How does this work, exactly? What makes it pierce in one but not the other?

To be perfectly honest, I'm not entirely certain on that. The in-real-life R.I.P. Ammunition the design is based off of exhibits that behaviour, so it's been copied. I suppose I could do some further research of the real equivalent to find out how and why it does what it does.

A common "glitch" of this round's construction is its retention of gunpowder residue upon penetration, which is then acted upon and ignited by variances in air pressure and internal pressure which causes a small secondary explosion within the target.
All I'll say to this part is: Ah, I don't think that works. I honestly, as a judge, would ask for this to be removed or changed to make more sense.

This too was copied from videos of the real-life equivalent. While I doubt that the effect is intentional, if you watch the videos from the website (see image source), you'll see that sometimes the penetration area suffers from a small secondary blast. I'm not sure what causes this phenomenon on a physical/physics level, though.

As the "teeth" break apart and spiral outward, they carry with them a trail of neurotoxin that is effectively spread throughout the body, affecting the immediate area and slowly spreading out
How is the poison not denatured by the heat of the bullet?

Apologies, I'm not an expert on how toxins/poisons work. I was unaware that heat can render them ineffective. I could either make the capsule heat-resistant or consider other venues of inflicting secondary damage. The latter would probably more viable, what do you think?

As per the necessity to kill, the 54W round has been designed explicitly to exploit the aspects of Yuuzhan Vong shaping techniques to bypass these rounds being affected by the Force.
Where is the corral? Inside the bullet? Surrounding it?

The main component of the bullet is coral. If I were to draw a crude diagram using text characters:

(0)
The parenthesis are phrik plating and the 0 is shaped coral.

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I love the idea, but there needs to be a little more explanation to the nature of the weapon.

I'm glad you like the concept!
but it's not a weapon, it's ammunition for weapons~
on that note, I should probably point out that this is, as I described, intended for personal use and limited production. A similar product, or similar products may be released but after a LOT of nerfing.

 

[Barkt Melan]

Apologies, I'm not an expert on how toxins/poisons work. I was unaware that heat can render them ineffective. I could either make the capsule heat-resistant or consider other venues of inflicting secondary damage. The latter would probably more viable, what do you think?

I would agree with the latter. Figure out something else for that.

What's the gun that fires this? is it specific to this ammo?

You'll want to drop the production to limited.

 

[EmKay]

I would agree with the latter. Figure out something else for that.

Would you like to help? A Finnish friend of mine suggested cyanide.

What's the gun that fires this? is it specific to this ammo?

Since its use is intended to be personal to me, it'd be fired from the M6-I7 Slugthrower (also in these R&D threads). The gun can use any ammo of the correct caliber, so no it's not specific to this ammo. That'd be a bit silly, especially if production were cut for some reason.

 

[Barkt Melan]

Would you like to help? A Finnish friend of mine suggested cyanide.

Cyanide would be rather slow-acting, and easier to cure.
What about a Vong poison? Could be made to withstand the heat....

 

[EmKay]

What about a Vong poison?

I don't know anything about Vong poisons. Elaborate?

 

[Barkt Melan]

[member="Atretes Rhoujen"]
The Vong have, to my knowledge, have bioengineered multiple poisons that would be more resilient to the heat than a mors basic one.