Jack Sandrow
Writer, Character, Invasive Species
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To craft a handheld anti-personnel weapon system
- Image Source: Me, I made it!
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Acus rifle (SWRPC), TTESR (SWRPC), Type 33 GML
- Manufacturer: Sylva Vitae, through Sylva Arma
- Affiliation: Sylva Vitae, Jack Sandrow
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: "Acaleph" - Series: SASV-J2.4.0.XXXXX
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Materials:
- TTESR shells
- Plem cells
- L. ferra
- C. viridis
- Various other plant & fungi
- Classification: Slugthrower (Shells)
- Size: Average
- Weight: Heavy
- Ammunition Type: TTESR 'smart' shells
- Ammunition Capacity: Average (19 shells per clip, 3 + 1 clips per full weapon, 76 shells total)
- Effective Range: Average (10-100 m)
- Rate of Fire: High
- Damage Output: Very High
- Recoil: Average
- Decently high firing rate combined with average recoil and very high damage output (based on the TTESR smart shell) makes this an extremely powerful handheld weapon.
- Fully compatible with Sylva Vitae biotech & tracking suites
- Uses the TTESR smart shell which provides a massive amount of damage in a small package.
- Compatible with the SV suite providing full coverage for regeneration, resupply, and repairs.
- Organic biotech, capable of slow regeneration if it is damaged, though there are limits
- Invisible to most scanners - made of organics, not technology, it is invisible to all but the most precise organics-specific scanners. It is entirely invisible to tech-specific scanners
- Shells sticking out of the base of the gun can be used as an improvised melee weapon as well
- Fully organic design is less durable than contemporary technology, making it potentially more vulnerable to destruction
- Heavy frame is large and chunky, making it a bit unwieldy for people unused to SV biotech
- Incompatible ammunition - cannot be reloaded on the field with scavenged ammunition. All ammunition must be sourced from SV.
The 'Acaleph' MLS is designed for rapid deployment of anti-personnel shells in a short period of time. Firing massive shells with explosive ordnance, it is designed to quickly shred through targets with little to no armor. The Acaleph is designed as an area-denial or area-securing weapon, for use in close-range or urban situations where sheer stopping power and rate of fire is emphasized over accuracy and efficiency.
