Failure Is Not Fatal
Image Source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/laser-pistols
Intent: Powerful unique blaster as a GA MVP reward
Development Thread: No
Manufacturer: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/41004-browncoat-arms-industrial/]Browncoat Arms, Jacen Voidstalker [member="Micah Talith"]
Model: BC1 Prototype
Affiliation: [member="Ayme Katash"]
Production: Unique
Material: Force Imbued Durasteel, Taozin Nodule
Classification: Blaster/Concussion
Length: 25cm
Weight: 1.2kg
Ammunition Type: Power-pack
Ammunition Capacity: 40 blaster Shots, 4 concussion shots
Effective Range: 60m blaster, 20m concussion
Rate of Fire: Blaster: 3 per second. Concussion: 1 per second
Special Features: Underslung miniature concussion weapon
Description:
Czerka, now known as Browncoat Arms, have long thought of creating advanced concussion weapons to break into a new market. Jacen Voidstalker, on behalf of the New Jedi Order, enquired about creating a new range of compact concussion weapons for the soldiers of the Alliance to use against Dark Jedi.
A Concussion weapon creates a blastwave on impact that can cause fatal internal injuries through to throwing a human from their feet if caught a distance from the impact. This pistol was a concept demonstration weapon to show that the technology could be used at a reduced scale. However the price was considered too great to go into full production.
Voidstalker however, decided to ask if he could keep the weapon. Given the very large contract in the pipeline, Browncoat agreed once they’d documented the design and stored the test results.
The weapon is a touch heavy for a blaster pistol as it has an underslung secondary weapon. Both blaster and concussion pistol draw power from the same pack. With a flick of a thumb switch the weapon switches between firing modes. Only four concussion shots will deplete a full powerpack. A small indicator just above the pistol grip shows remaining shots using either mode (for example (18 | 1 which would then become 08 | 0 if a concussion shot was fired), but this display can be switched off.
Jacen turned to Micah Talith to add some additional protection. The concussion weapon only has a twenty metre range, but cannot be blocked by saber and will penetrate most armours. However even a direct hit is unlikely to be fatal, only causing significant internal injuries that would likely incapacitate. 2m from the impact a target would only be caused to stumble and be discombobulated. Given the short range Jacen thought that it would be too easy for a Dark Jedi to the Force to pull the shot wide and negate the weapons strengths.
To this end Micah Talith would insert a Taozin nodule within the buttstock of the pistol. Taozin nodules naturally interferes with the sense abilities, making the wearer appear invisible in the Force. They blurred and clouded Force senses so their wearers could not be detected easily by a Force-sensitive. Wielders of this taozin nodules pistol could maintain the same Force-disguise that a living taozin could, that in conjunction to the Force Scattering imbuement, create seamless force disguise while wearing it.
As for the Force imbuement, Micah spent twenty-four hours imbuing the pistol using Jal Shey techniques to protect the wearer from being discerned through the Force. It does this by imprinting the wearer's presence in the Force across a specific area, making it very difficult for another Force user to discern their exact location.
Both of these would allow the use of the pistol and make it near impossible for a Force-User to be able to discern exactly where the wielder is at as well as to focus upon the pistol to remove it from their grip, as the taozin nodule makes it seem slippery to the Force, making it hard to grab and focus upon. The downside of course is that the wielder themselves can't call the weapon back to their grip of it's lost.
