Clan Verd
Intent: To create a highly modular type of blaster weapon for the Dauntless Commandos
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Manufacturer: CIS, Allya Vi'Dreya
Affiliation: CIS, Dauntless
Model: Dauntless Modular Tri-Blaster
Modularity: Yes (Technology is able to be swapped to different bases, creating blaster pistol, carbines and assault rifle)
Production: Limited
Material: titanium, reinforced duraplast, blaster components
Classification: Blaster, sonic weapon, maser
Size: Small (Pistol) Average (Carbine) Large (Rifle)
Weight: Very Light (Pistol) Light (Carbine) Average (Rifle)
Ammunition Type: Power cell, gas canister
Ammunition Capacity: 100 (power cell), 200 (gas canister)
Reload Speed: High (Pistol) Average (Carbine) Average (Rifle)
Effective Range: Average (Pistol) Average (Carbine) Long Range (Rifle)
Rate of Fire: High (Pistol) High (Carbine) Average (Rifle)
Stopping Power: Average (Pistol) High (Carbine) High (Rifle)
Recoil: Average
Can fire in fast, sustained volleys due to the barrel construction.
Tri Weapons: Able to switch between sonic, maser, and blaster weapon type.
Technology is able to be switched around to different type of weapons, to fit different situations.
Highly accurate due to precision craftsmanship and good sights.
Rugged lightweight construction: These weapons are built to last, be reliable, to take a beating and to be lightweight companions for their soldiers
Reliable: It can fire sustained volleys without overheating, it can take a physical beating, and fires with barely any mishaps.
Able to switch between three weapon types: Sonic, maser, and blaster
Highly accurate due to precision craftsmanship and well manufactured sights
It takes time: It takes time to switch between the weapon types. It can only fire one type of attack per post.
Wet and Cold: When the weapon gets wet and very cold, the barrel freezes and has a chance of exploding if used without defrosting it first.
Limited numbers: Due to the level of craftsmanship required to make these weapons, the weapon is currently limited to Dauntless Troopers and Commandos.
The Dauntless weapons were born from two sources. The first was the need for a number of highly reliable and accurate weapons for the Dauntless soldiers. The second was from the personal weapons of Allya Vi'Dreya, who served as one of the Adjudants for the Dauntless Commander.
During the design, several concepts were kept at the forefront. The most important of which was reliability, They needed a light weight platform, that could also take a beating, and not jam up during the most important parts of the mission. As such, titanium and reinforced duraplast where the materials chosen, due to their lighter weight, but above average strength when compared to durasteel.
Second of the design ideas was versatility. Into this idea came two separate ideas. The first was a technology platform that could be easily pushed into different bodies, that had different capabilities in combat. The blaster came in a pistol variant that was weaker, shorter ranged, but compact, easy to reload, and had an option between a semi-automatic and fully automatic fire system. Second was the carbine, it was a bit bulkier, but offered more stopping power, and was fully automatic, able to light up a target with great precision and unload a lot of fire power on it. Finally was the assault rifle variant. It emphasized being able to put down a lot of heavy fire on a target at a distance, however, it was the largest most bulky of the weapons. But even then, it was not above an accepted size and weight, and did not over encumber the users.
Beyond the physical aspects, each weapon was also designed to allow for versatility in battle. It could cycle between being a sonic weapon, a blaster weapon and a maser. This allowed for the soldiers to exploit weaknesses, to overcome obstacles, and even to be able to have options when encountering a force user.
At the end, the weapons required practice to use efficiently, especially when using the less standard sonic and maser aspects. However, every Dauntless Commando and Trooper who picked one up, would swear by it's reliability in battle, that their partners would never let them down....So long as you didn't get them wet and walk out onto Hoth after.
