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MARS-12
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Intent: To create a multi-role niche weapon for a number of tasks. Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Herglic Trade Empire
Model: HTE MARS-12
Affiliation: Herglic Trade Empire and the astute consumer.
Modularity: Yes
Production: Mass Production
Material: Durasteel
Description: The Modular Assault Rifle System was developed to fulfill a number of niche roles and eliminate the sort of broad spectrum weapons training often necessary in most militaries.
There are three modules for the MARS-12. All are based around the interchangeability of the large canister, which can be swapped out quite easily. The canisters are attached just in front of the trigger.
Breaching:
The breaching module fires a condensed beam of cryoban, much like an upscaled version of the cryoban rifle. The beam of intense cold can freeze any target it hits. The intention is to freeze the door and then smash through the brittle metal. This method is intended to be more silent and less time consuming than using detcord or explosive charges. The breaching module can also be used against enemy hostiles, but it is severely limited by an effective range of only ten meters.
Arc Caster:
The Arc Caster module is intended to be an anti-personnel weapon, useful for clearing hallways and battlefields of enemy infantry. The Arc Caster fires a stream of electricity, which can jump between up to five targets. While almost certainly fatal to droids, lethality is not guaranteed in organics, though it is highly likely that the organic target(s) will be incapacitated due to nervous system damage.
The Arc Caster module has two main downsides. It has a slow re-fire rate due to the second or so of time it requires to charge up each shot. And it has a limited range of up to fifty meters.
Anti-Armor:
The Anti-Armor module borrows a concept from Blastech Industries. Namely, consuming most of a power cell in order to make a larger, more powerful shot. The Anti-Armor module uses up half of an energy canister in order to fire large, armor-piercing blasts capable of taking out light armored vehicles or destroying the propulsion system of a tank.
The drawback is the limited ammunition capacity as this module can only fire two shots per canister.
Warning:
Improper handling when interchanging ammunition canisters and modules has been known to result in lethal explosions.
Classification: Arc Caster
Size: Heavy Rifle
Status: Military Use
Length: 0.8 M
Weight: 9 kg
Ammunition Type: Energy Canister, Cryoban Canister
Ammunition Capacity: 10 shots (Cryoban), 100 shots (Arc Caster), 2 shots (Anti-Armor).
Effective Range: 10 meters (Cryoban), 50 meters (Arc Caster), 100 meters (Anti-Armor).
Price:
x1- 10,000 credits
Bulk Shipments - 500,000 credits or more.
