Hexus Dominus
Abominable Intelligence
- Intent: A standard slugthrower
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- Manufacturer: Hexus Contingent
- Affiliation: Hexus Contingent
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Hexus Pattern Slug Rifle
- Modularity: Mount
- Production: Limited
- Material: Durasteel, amulite
- Classification: Slugthrower
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type: Caseless slugs
- Ammunition Capacity: Large
- Effective Range: Average
- Rate of Fire: Very High
- Damage Output: Average
- Recoil: High
- Can quickly fire a large number of slugs
- Reliable: The rifle’s incredibly long service life has provided ample time to develop ways to harden it against its environment and increase its reliability. The weapon almost never jams even in the toughest conditions.
- Recoil: Unless braced against a surface before being fired on full auto, the weapon is almost completely uncontrollable for most users. This limits it to short bursts or semi auto fire in most situations.
The Hexus Pattern Slug Rifle is an ancient design, created to be economically viable for the self-sufficient Hexus Contingent warfleet. The rifle is caseless, giving it a high rate of fire while the twin drum magazine provides sustained firepower to suppress enemy infantry.
While blaster weapons are often a more cost effective choice for militaries, Hexus Contingent has lagged behind the galactic standard in its capacity to field infantry plasma based weapons. While Rakatan forces had fielded blaster weapons earlier, the relative ease in production of slug ammunition, increased reliability, smaller overall size and potential for greater firing rate made it the choice for the autonomous warfleet’s ground forces.
