OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit a carbonite gun for personal use and as another piece of exotic outer rim equipment.
- Image Source: Legends of Tomorrow
- Canon Link: Carbonite Gun
- Primary Source: /
- Manufacturer: Squib Merchandising Consortium
- Affiliation: Closed-Market
- Model: Cryo-series Carbonite Gun
- Modularity: No.
Production: Limited
- Material: Blaster Components, Carbonite Tank
- Classification: Carbonite Gun
- Size: Small
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type: Carbonite Canister
- Ammunition Capacity: 20 Shots
Reload Speed: Slow
- Effective Range: Average
- Rate of Fire: Very Low
- Stopping Power: Extreme
- Recoil: Very High
- Charge Readout: After each spray of liquid carbonite, the Cryo-series must take a few seconds to charge. A narrow blue indicator strip along the carbonite gun allows its user to know from a glance when its ready to fire.
- Freeze, Pal: The Cryo-series spews liquid carbonite at its target, temporarily encasing them in a metal alloy which solidifies on contact. This effect is not permanent, and it is possible for those caught in the spray to break free.
- Saber Buster: Lightsabers can't deflect carbonite. This weapon is particularly effective against trained melee duelists, not only does it bypass the energy sword problem but it also slows movement.
- Glare: Liquid carbonite can be bright, particularly when forcefully projected. It is recommended that operators wear tinted safety goggles at all times to protect their vision.
- Kickback: Normally rifle sized, to fit a carbonite gun in the size of a heavy blaster required some sacrifices. When firing, the Cryo-series bucks like a scatter gun.
- Canister Recharge: Once a spray of carbonite is released, the carbonite gun requires several seconds to recharge before more liquid alloy is loaded and ready to fire.
Another curious oddity from the scrapyards on Skor II, the Cryo-series carbonite gun marks the Squibs' contribution to the market. Notable for being more compact than most models, it can be easily mistaken for a bulky heavy blaster. Developed originally for industrial purposes, like all outer rim inventions other more creative uses were dreamed up by the galactic underworld and the Cryo-series soon became more strictly regulated.
Now difficult to find on the black market, unregistered Squib carbonite guns are about as rare as disruptors. They are particularly popular among bounty hunters, regarded as a very efficient nonlethal way to take down marks.
