Approved Tech Hekler'Kok HBR-1

[Noah Corek]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a blaster/ion blaster combo rifle and to get my creative juices flowing again
• Image Source: Here
• Canon Link: N/A
• Restricted Missions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Hekler'Kok Defense Industries
• Model: Hybrid Battle Rifle-1
• Affiliation: Closed-Market
• Modularity: N/A
• 
  Production: Minor
  
• Material: Titanium-Alusteel Alloy (Shell) and Blaster Components (Inners)

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Standard/Ion Hybrid Blaster
• Size: Average
• Weight: Heavy
• Ammunition Type: Gas Canister and Power Cell (Standard) and Power Cell (Ion)
• Ammunition Capacity: 200 Bolts (Standard) and 40 Bolts (Ion)
• 
  Reload Speed: Slow (Both)
  
• Effective Range: Average
• Rate of Fire: Very High (Standard) and Low (Ion)
• Stopping Power: Average (Standard) and Average (Ion)
• Recoil: High (Both)

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Built-in Targeting Scope

Strengths:

• High Fire Rate: Because of its high rate of fire the HBR-1 is good for pinning down singular and large groups of enemies
• Hybrid: Because it is a standard/ion blaster hybrid one could use the ion blaster to take down shields or disable a droid and switch to the standard blaster to finish the job
• Built-in Targeting Scope: Despite its high rate of fire the HBR-1 still maintains a respectable effective range due to its built-in targeting scope with thermal, infrared and target tracking capabilities

Weaknesses:

• High Fire Rate: Due to its high rate of fire the HBR-1 is unwieldy in all but experienced hands
• Hybrid: Even though the above tactic is a very good tactic the switch still takes at least five seconds leaving the shooter vulnerable
• Recoil: Due to the high fire rate of the standard blaster and the force of the ion blaster the HBR-1 does possess a fairly high amount of recoil
• Reload Speed: Because it is two blasters in one the HBR-1 requires two separate ammo feeding mechanism and while one can be loaded at a time this would still leave the weapon at only fifty percent effectiveness.

DESCRIPTION: The Hybrid Blaster Rifle-1 was originally designed to be used exclusively with Hekler'Koks upcoming droid line. Organic testers who were brought in to test the weapon, due to Noah's mistrust of the majority of droids, expressed interest in obtaining the rifle for themselves. This unexpected turn of events led the design team to institute some changes that would make the rifle more organic friendly. First the design team added in the built-in targeting scope, beforehand the rifle had no actual analog aiming mechanism due to its original limitation to non-organics. Second the team added a secondary recoil dampener to the rifle, at first the design team believed that the rifle only needed one because the droids using it would have their own recoil dampening systems but for it to be used by organics another one was necessary. Finally a buttstock was added on because of the need for one to promote better accuracy. In order to switch the blaster from a standard blaster to a ion blaster you need to simply flip the selector switch located near the trigger.

 

[Adron Malvern]

<p>Moved to Factory Archives - If you want to remove from the archives, please feel free to tag [member="Jamie Pyne"], [member="Zef Halo"] or [member="Lily Kuhn"].</p>

 

[Adron Malvern]

<p>Under Review.</p>

 

[Adron Malvern]

Hello, I'll be your judge this evening! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!

A very good submission, I don't have many problems with the weapon.

Though it is fairly balanced, the fact it has duel weapon systems makes it just a bit more than I can let slide.

Please do one of the following to balance out the submission.

1. Lower the rating in one of it's technical specifications

2. Lower the productivity down to limited.

3. Add a significant cool down between the weapon switching from blaster to it's ion function. (About 30 seconds where the weapon is ineffective.)

Also, please try to work on the description just a bit more, focusing on how the weapon would switch from blaster to ion in combat.

[member="Noah Corek"]

 

[Noah Corek]

[member="Adron Malvern"]

Lowered the stopping power of the ion blaster to average, added a few more seconds to the switch and added some more to the end of the description.

 

[Adron Malvern]

Awesome. Pending Secondary Approval. Thanks! [member="Jamie Pyne"]

 

[Jamie Pyne]

Approved.