The One and Only
- Intent: To create a battlefield sidearm for higher-ranking officers of the Confederacy of Independent Systems
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- Manufacturer: Roble Manufacturing
- Affiliation: Confederacy of Independent Systems, Closed Market
- Model: BAW-55 Heavy Blaster Pistol
- Modularity: No
Production: Minor
- Material: Blaster Components
- Classification: Heavy Blaster Pistol
- Size: Small
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type: Power Cell
- Ammunition Capacity: Sixteen shots per Power Cell
Reload Speed: Fast
- Effective Range: Average
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Stopping Power: Very High
- Recoil: Average
- The BAW-55 is designed with two barrels, which fire two shots simultaneously.
- Double-barreled: The double-barrel aspect of the BAW-55 means that it is far more powerful than contemporary pistols, able to rip holes in armor with a certain punch.
- Big Boy: Since the BAW-55 is all around larger and more powerful than your average pistol, that means it is busier and heavier as well and overall more cumbersome.
- Aggressive Negotiations: This is not a blaster that one could conceal very well, and is meant for officers on the battlefield versus operatives and diplomats.
The BAW-55 was a blaster specially commissioned for officer use first by High Marshal Kiff Brayde, of the CIS Miranda Sector Armada. Kiff recognized the need for a high-powered sidearm that, while not having the same connotations and size of standard blaster rifles, could still serve officers well on a pitched battlefield. Many parts of the design came from the old Blastech RSKF-44 model, and it is indeed like a sequel to the earlier gun. The BAW-55 is designed for higher level Confederacy officers (Vice Marshal and above, ideally) to use when they might be feeling a little trigger-happy and want to visit the front themselves.
Although it is a powerful gun, able to rip chunks in armor or droid plating, it is hefty and cumbersome with a barrel large enough to be held in a standard two-hand grip. Indeed, it is as if its a 'small blaster rifle,' and definitely has the aspect of such. Around twenty-inches in length overall, it is definitely a big gun and anyone who is facing its double barrel is in deep trouble.