the new colossus
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit a standard sidearm for the Kathol Navy which celebrates its rustic roots.
- Image Source: Section 8
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- Manufacturer: The Kathol Republic
- Affiliation: Outer Rim Coalition
- Model: Dragoon Coilgun
- Modularity: No.
Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel, Electromagnetic Coils, Ultrasonic Vibration Generator
- Classification: Gauss Pistol
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type: Electromagnetic Cartridge
- Ammunition Capacity: 20 Rounds
Reload Speed: Average
- Effective Range: Personal
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Stopping Power: Very High
- Recoil: Average
- Advanced Electroscope
- Gene-Lock
- Magnetic Grip
- Integrated Illuminator
- Armor Piercing Slugthrower: The Dragoon is a coilgun, using electromagnetism to accelerate ferromagnetic projectiles at high velocity. Unlike most slugthrowers it has the stopping power to penetrate heavier armor in the same way as las bolts.
- Smart Pistol: It is equipped with an advanced smart targeting array which provides literal aim assist for targets in close enough proximity. At optimal range the coilgun rarely misses.
- Limited Cartridge: The gauss pistol's comparatively small twenty round magazine requires regular pauses to reload and limits the Dragoon's usefulness in sustained engagements without extraneous ammo bandoliers.
The Kathol Republic is no stranger to blaster technology but gauss weaponry like the Lancer and Dragoon are mementos of the cluster's bygone past when the refined gases necessary to power energy weapons were far more precious. For centuries the coilgun has been standard issue for Kathol Navy personnel. Using electromagnetic coil acceleration the Dragoon can fire projectiles at sufficient velocities to rival standard blaster pistols in destructive capacity.
A far more elegant weapon than the Kathol Marines' utilitarian sawrifles, the Dragoon is as much a symbol of the Republic's status and manufacturing might as it is a combat tool. Long before there was a Coalition or Underground or even Lords of the Fringe the Kathol Navy has defended our galaxy from the darkest depths and has used weapons like coilguns to do so.
