Approved Tech Hoth heavy CryoBan thrower

[Jessica Med-Beq]

The schematics of the Hoth

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide a heavy CryoBan thrower
• Image Source: Tank Encyclopedia
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: M7-6 flamethrower

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Ringovinda Systems
• Affiliation: Open-Market
• Model: Hoth heavy CryoBan thrower
• Modularity: Can be mounted in various turrets.
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material: Standard CryoBan handling components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: CryoBan thrower
• Size: Very Large
• Weight: Very Heavy
• Ammunition Type: CryoBan tanks
• Ammunition Capacity: High | Approximately two minutes of continuous shooting
• Effective Range: Long Range | 250m
• Rate of Fire: Low
• Stopping Power: Extreme
• Recoil: Low

SPECIAL FEATURES

• CryoBan tanks
• Pressurized barrel

STRENGTHS

• Frosty death: the Hoth CryoBan thrower can be used to either fight fires or to cause intense colds
• Low recoil

WEAKNESSES

• Heavy and bulky
• Indiscriminate: anyone caught within the pressurized CryoBan will be liable to suffer from hypothermia, or worse
• Requires 10 seconds of cooldown between each burst
• Virtually ineffective against armored vehicles
• Spit in the wind: in unfavorable winds (usually with a strong headwind component relative to the line of fire), a Hoth being fired can be turned against their users

DESCRIPTION
The Hoth heavy CryoBan launcher is a large weapon that propels pressurized CryoBan out of an insulated tank which, unfortunately, is very bulky and carries a finite amount of CryoBan before it needs to be refilled. As a result of firing pressurized CryoBan, the entire assembly is insulated, especially the barrel. In addition, the CryoBan is fired in five-second bursts, and requires at least 10 seconds before it can be fired again. Because the CryoBan is then fired in a cone extending forward from the barrel, it is indiscriminate, rendering targets liable to endure frozen death and therefore vehicles or emplacements outfitted with Hoth CryoBans should be used at the foremost of a formation to limit the risk of collateral damage.

Also, it shares a weakness with flamethrowers: "spitting in the wind" could cause the weapon to be turned against their users if there's enough of a headwind relative to the barrel. One last thing: the Hoth is of limited effectiveness at best against armored vehicles, as it could cause mobility kills (causing drivetrain fluids to freeze) but no more than that.

 

[Vora Kaar]

Jessica Med-Beq

Just like any kind of thrower weapon, having a scenario where one would "Spit into the wind" could cause the draft of Cryo to turn upon those who use it. I highly recommend adding this as a weakness.

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

Vora Kaar Although "spit in the wind" scenarios with gale-force gusts (or nearly so) are uncommon in my past experience of grounding, I did add it as a weakness.

 

[Vora Kaar]

Jessica Med-Beq
Approved