Approved Tech EZ-35 sonic rifle

[Jessica Med-Beq]

An EZ-35 with its scope detached

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a 5.0 version of a sonic rifle.
• Image Source: Modern Firearms
• Canon Link: N/A
• Restricted Missions: N/A
• Primary Source: Sonic Rifle

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Ringovinda Systems
• Model: EZ-35 sonic rifle
• Affiliation: Open-Market
• Modularity: Yes; can change the scope
• Production: Minor
• Material: Durasteel, sonic weapons components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Sonic rifle
• Size: Very large (1.7m long)
• Weight: Very heavy (15 kg)
• Ammunition Type: Power cell
• Ammunition Capacity: 25 | 100
• Reload Speed: Low
• Effective Range: Long-range
• Rate of Fire: Low (12 rpm, lethal mode) High (80 rpm, stun mode)
• Stopping Power: Extreme (lethal mode) Average (stun mode)
• Recoil: Average (lethal mode) Low (precision mode)

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Recoil buffer (microrepulsors)
• Collapsible bipod
• Detachable 360-degree scope
• Two firing modes
• Long range
• Very accurate

Strengths:

• Cannot be redirected by lightsabers
• Accurate up to long ranges
• High firing rate in stun mode

Weaknesses :

• Slow rate of fire in lethal mode
• Slow reload rate
• Heavy and bulky
• Indiscriminate in lethal mode
• Very noisy: requires protective gear for the ears, lest the users get their ears pierced
• Cannot be used in vacuum

DESCRIPTION Due to the proliferation of sonic weapons on the market, and other weapons unable to be redirected by lightsabers, it was decided to produce a sonic weapon with two firing modes: one for incapacitating enemies at shorter range but that may leave larger targets mostly unaffected, and another one that fires a much more massive sonic blast, capable of causing immense damage to opponents and even to cause some damage to vehicles, especially repulsorlift systems. As with all sonic weapons, its muzzle velocity is the same as that of the speed of sound under atmospheric conditions at the time of firing. Of course, the stun mode can be fire much faster than the lethal mode, but the lethal mode is indiscriminate and can cause damage up to five meters from the impact point. The EZ-35 has three big drawbacks, however: for all its precision and range, it is big and bulky, it is ineffectual in a vacuum but even when there is, in fact, an atmosphere, one needs to protect their ears prior to firing.

 

[Ellie Mors]

massive sonic blast, capable of causing immense damage to opponents and even to cause some damage to vehicles, especially repulsorlift systems.

This reads as extreme stopping power.

but the lethal mode is indiscriminate and can cause damage up to five meters from the impact point.

This doesn't even sound like a sonic blaster anymore, but certainly reads as something above "Very High" in stopping power.

Battlefield (3km, lethal mode)

This is roughly 7 times the distance of the typical sonic rifle, and you're describing this with damage far beyond any sonic weapon ever shown in star wars - and quite a bit above many blaster weapons, which sonic weapons are typically less powerful than. Either make this weapon less powerful or reduce the range to something reasonable.

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

[member="Lily Kuhn"] Lowered production to fit an extreme stopping power; I just lowered the range rating while removing any reference to a specific range, which may, in fact, depend on atmospherical conditions, as is often the case with sonic weapons.

 

[Ellie Mors]

[member="Jessica Med-Beq"]
Your special features/strengths/etc still says battlefield range.

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

[member="Lily Kuhn"] Done...

 

[Ellie Mors]

Approved.