Four Armed Goddess
- Intent: To make a variable mode sniper rifle for use by Ashlan soldiers
- Image Source:
- Artstation edits by me
- Banners by Ingrid L'lerim
- Canon Link: n/a
- Permissions:n/a
- Primary Source:n/a
- Manufacturer: Archangel Manufactorum
- Affiliation: Ashlan Crusade PCs and Special Forces only
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: AM-VMDR-01
- Modularity: no
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Phrik Casing
- Permex components
- Brushed Bronzium both decorative and heat dissipating panels
- Electronic components
- Disruptor components
- Classification: Variable mode disruptor rifle
- Size: Large
- Weight: Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Power cell
- Ammunition Capacity:
- Sniper mode: Small
- Assault mode: Large
- Effective Range:
- Sniper moder: Extreme
- Assault mode: Average
- Rate of Fire:
- Sniper mode: Low
- Assault mode: Very High
- Damage Output:
- Sniper mode: Extreme
- Assault mode: High
- Recoil: Average
- Variable modes - using a slider on the side of the gun, the weapon can be switched from Assault mode to Sniper mode and back again
- Rapid Disruptor Propogation - the speed at which the disruption wave propagates through organic tissue is of a higher speed than normal. Whilst this has no effect on damage potential, it reduces the pain of the process for the victim significantly and the disruption effect is faster than the conduction of the nerve cells.
- Digital uplink - links with users HUD if present to give readouts of weapon status
- Death from Afar - Whilst in Sniper mode the weapon has phenomenal range and stopping power, rivalling some physically much large rifles and allowing the user to deliver death from far away
- Versatile - The weapon can quickly switch from Sniper to assault mode and back again, allowing the same weapon to be used once the distance has closed and a higher volume of fire is required
- Extremely Accurate - The compact and easy to handle nature of the weapon, alongside its high quality and stability make is very accurate, limited only by the skill of its user.
- Energy intensive - The Sniper mode fires much more powerful blasts than the Assault mode, burning through and energy pack more quickly and requiring a moment for the weapon to charge between shots
- Excessive mechanical parts - The gun is considered a pain to strip and clean due to the bumper of mechanical parts involved in the switching mechanism. And more importantly, whilst well machined and usually reliable, any mechanical part is a potential risk of a jam whilst in hazardous environments.
- Gets Hot - due to its high power and compact nature, the weapon generates significant heat. Brushed bronzium plates help to dissipate this quickly, keeping the weapon cool under normal use. But during heavy use the panels can begin to get hot. A well trained solider would know to manage this and control their rate of fire, but a novice, or particularly aggressive user could end up giving their sniper Location away on infrared scanners.
Spending more time in action, the Order of the Sister of Ashla found they lacked am effective Sniper rifle, their standard issue Assault rifle being very bulky and also losing performance over very long ranges.
The AM-VMDR-01 was commisioned as a special project, to allow the Ashlan Special forces to fill this tactical gap. At the insistence of command, the weapon is dual purpose. The fast paced nature of modern warfare and the abundance of highly mobile and even jetpack equipped foes necessitated a weapon that could be repurposed for close quarter engagements. So, with a pull onto slider, the one rifle retracts into itself, energy balances change and the weapons function as a fairly useful Assault rifle.
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