Shuklaar Kyrdol
CEO of Breshig War Forge Consolidated
- Intent: To create a heavy plasma caster for Breshig War Forge Consolidated, Strill Securities, Mandalorians and select others.
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- Manufacturer: Breshig War Forge Consolidated.
- Affiliation: Breshig War Forge Consolidated, its subsidiary Strill Securities, Mandalorians and Closed-Market.
- Model: HPC-02 Heavy Plasma Caster
- Modularity: Yes, bipod, optic and underbarrel attachment.
- Production: Minor.
- Material: Duranium frame, dallorian alloy coated barrel, reinforced duraplast reinforcement, cryoban cooling system, enhanced power cycler, dedicated capacitor component, combat de-ionizer and plasma caster parts.
- Classification: Plasma Caster.
- Size: Large.
- Weight: Very Heavy.
- Ammunition Type: Plasma gas medium canister.
- Ammunition Capacity: Average.
- Wide-spray: 60 bursts or six minutes, whichever comes first.
- Focused: 30 bursts.
- Effective Range: Wide-spray - Average (10 meters), Focused - Long Range (30 meters).
- Rate of Fire: Wide-spray - High, Focused - Average.
- Stopping Power: Extreme.
- Recoil: Average.
- HUD Targeting and Datalink: The weapon syncs with the user's HUD and links to it to provide current ammunition, a crosshair and range indicator as well as diagnostic information about the weapon.
- High Heat: The high heat of the plasma discharged by this weapon is capable of melting through all but the most thermally resistant materials.
- Versatile: The weapon can either be fired in wide-spray mode, where while shorter range it can be used against multiple targets at once or to blanket an area in fire, or in focused mode where it has a longer range, though a single shot is usually capable of only affecting a single target.
- It Burns: The plasma 'sticks' to what it impacts, and remains at an extremely high temperature even in the absence of oxygen to burn. This means that theoretically it does continual damage to shields, armor or even more horrifyingly, exposed flesh that it impacts.
- Volatile Ammunition: Should the canister rupture, then it is likely that it will also explode. Such a situation is far from ideal.
- Short Range: The weapon's short range releagates it to use in close quarters firefights, such as one the user might find themselves in during urban combat.
- Large and Heavy: The weapon is both large and heavy, meaning that not only does it take up space in a transport, but it can also be difficult to carry over long distances.
"If it doesn't burn, you just haven't tried hard enough."
- Anonymous Strill Securities Jurkad Verd Trooper.
A heavy plasma caster initially manufactured for the Strill Securities elite shock troops and its Gar Verd battle droid units, it is also in use with Strill Securities' mechanized troops. What few surplus weapons exist are quickly sold off to customers looking for a powerful, versatile and simple weapon to aid them in urban combat, or in fighting the sheer variety of biological horrors that exist in the galaxy. - Anonymous Strill Securities Jurkad Verd Trooper.
Like the smaller plasma casters manufactured by the company, the high heat of the plasma discharged by this weapon is capable of melting through all but the most thermally resistant materials. It retains both the wide-spray and focused fire modes, where while in the former it can be used against multiple targets at once or to blanket an area in fire, or in the latter where it has a longer range though can usually be brought to bear against less targets at once. It uses the same gas medium as previous models, and as such the plasma 'sticks' to what it impacts, and remains at an extremely high temperature even in the absence of oxygen to burn.
That said, however, the weapon's short range does limit it to use in close quarters firefights, and in such as a support weapon. Additionally, the weapon is both large and heavy, meaning that not only does it take up space in a transport, but it can also be difficult to carry over long distances. Finally, the plasma gas medium canisters are extremely volatile, and should they rupture then they are more than likely to explode. These flaws, however, are well documented and users are made well aware of them when they purchase the weapon.
