Lord of Eternal Conflict
Reloading Mechanism
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- | Intent | To submit a carbine with the intent of dealing with armored targets, both infantry, and vehicular.
- | Image Source | Source / Source
- | Canon Link | N/A
- | Permissions | N/A
- | Primary Source | Disruptor / TL-50 Heavy Repeater
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- | Manufacturer | ApexTech Industries
- | Affiliation | Closed-Market | The Sith Empire
- | Model | IL-18A Disruptor Carbine
- | Modularity | Underbarrel Attachment
- | Production | Minor
- | Material | Reinforced Duraplast / Titanium / Disruptor Components
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- | Classification | Anti-Armor Carbine
- | Size | Average
- | Weight | Average
- | Ammunition Type | Power Cells
- | Ammunition Capacity |
5 Power Cells per Magazine Pack
5 low power shots per cell (25 Total Per Magazine)
1 maximum power shot per cell (5 Total Per Magazine)
- | Reload Speed | Fast
- | Effective Range | Average
- | Rate of Fire | Very Low - Low
- | Stopping Power | Very High
- | Recoil | Low
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Alternate Fire
- Energy Cell Magazine
- Auto-Loader
- [ Destructive Firepower ] | The IL-18A Disruptor Carbine sports an impressive amount of firepower in a compact package. The basic firing mode is a semi-automatic low power carbine that has the capability of punching through most standard infantry armor. Its alternate fire mode possesses significantly more destructive potential at the expense of burning through ammo much more rapidly and at a significantly slower rate of fire. This alternate mode has the ability to punch clean through an armored vehicle.
- [ Auto Loading Magazine ] | The IL-18A utilizes an intuitive magazine and self-reloading system to go with it. The IL-18A uses 5 separate power cells connected to one another as a magazine, this magazine then goes into the weapon itself. The IL-18A detects when an energy cell has been spent and automatically ejects the spent power cell while loading in the next. This allows for the user to maintain aim without needing to manually reload each cell until the entire magazine has been spent.
- [ Limited Ammo Capacity ] | Though powerful, because of its nature as a disruptor, the energy consumption of the IL-18A makes it burn through energy cells fast, even more so if it uses the alternate fire.
- [ Slow Fire Rate ] | Though it was designed to be a semi-automatic carbine, the IL-18A suffers from a slow fire rate as far as semi-automatic weapons go as it requires a brief cooldown between shots to prevent excess barrel overheating combined with its minimal 5 shots per power cell on low power settings. This window for cooldown is even longer when the alternate fire is used.
DESCRIPTION
The IL-18A Disruptor Carbine was designed primarily to handle armored targets on the battlefield. Manufactured by the Sith Empire for use by the Imperial Legion, the IL-18A functions primarily as a portable alternative to anti-vehicular weapons such as rockets while still maintaining functionality for use against armored infantry with a low output carbine mode.
The IL-18A's production was to streamline battlefield effectiveness for the Imperial Legion, allowing troops to move with better mobility and mitigating the need to carry large, cumbersome rocket launchers or other anti-vehicular weaponry. With that dealt with, the IL-18A is much more ammo efficient compared to rockets as they only require power cells to do as much damage as one to a vehicle, which can be carried in greater quantities compared to rockets.
The IL-18A while designed as an anti-vehicular weapon was also engineered to work effectively against infantry units. By utilizing a lower output, the IL-18A was able to fire off a few extra shots before the power cell in use was expended and needed to be replaced. This allowed for versatile use on the battlefield, by granting the user the ability to deal with infantry alongside rifleman, rather than carrying a single purpose heavy weapon. The alternate fire used up an entire power cell to discharge a high powered shot capable of punching through tank armor.
To compensate for its energy cell usage, the IL-18A had also sparked the development of a much more effective and efficient manner of use. It started by utilizing Energy Cell Magazines, a series of energy cells locked together in the form of a magazine, specifically designed to the shape of the weapon so that the IL-18A could receive and hold them. The receiver of the IL-18A could extend and retract to eject a spent power cell, whilst simultaneously pushing the next power cell into the receiver and locking it in. This allowed the user to never have to constantly manually replace energy cells to reload the weapon, instead only making it so that they need to discard spent magazines.
| Changes |[1/12/2020]
- Fixed Formatting
- Changed Manufacturer
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