Orphen
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Intent: A potent high accuracy fire-arm which enables a small creature to engage much larger foes.
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Manufacturer: Orphen Han Sathariel
Model: M19 Leo Pattern - 48. Caliber, Dual Purpose Sniper Rifle.
Affiliation: Galactic Republic / Aurora Industries.
Modularity: No
Production: Minor
Material: Plasteel, Alusteel, Blaster Components, Bi-pod,
Classification: Sniper Rifle / Heavy Repeater
Size: Stationary / light-mounted.
Length: 1 Meter
Weight: 10 Kilograms.
Ammunition Type: Diatium Cell / Blaster Gas Canister.
Ammunition Capacity:
- Power-cell: capable of charging 1500 shots
- Gas Canisters: capable of providing gas for 120 shots.
Rate of Fire:
- Semi-Automatic: 30 r/pm
- Fully-Automatic: 300 r/pm
Special Features:
- The Leo, with a switch is able to charge the blaster gas in the canister, rather than as it loads the shots, enabling the semi-auto sniper rifle to toggle between it, and a relatively low rate of fire fully automatic Machine gun. Giving it a substantial amount of versatility, however, in being able to perform both, it does not perform either task as well as dedicated sniper rifles or MG's.
- The Leo is compatible with external ammunition sources and weapons stations such as the Erebus platform expanding the weapons' ammunition count and power source. Jacking in Via the Leo's Biped for power and blaster gas feed.
- Shock absorbing stock combined with bi-pod makes this weapons' recoil soft enough to be fired by human children so long as used correctly.
- Shortened stock with open hand grip, enabling the rifle to be used by a multitude of species.
- High quality optical zoom.
- Folds for easy storage.
The Leo Pattern - 48. Caliber, Dual Purpose Sniper Rifle was the last of the equipment created for Korros, a kushiban who had been having some issues with the local wild-life. Taking it upon himself to take the creature under his wing, equipping him and training him in the use of ballistics so that he would be able to hold his own and train others, enabling the rabbit like creature and those like him to be able to defend themselves. Though, after an encounter with a Coloi, Orphen discovered that there were some things that the small arms which were readily available to the lagomorphs were simply not good enough, and that the market was not providing a high caliber weapon that they would be able to utilize. So... he created this.
The Leo pattern is sleek and simple in design, the philosophy which paralleled the weapon was that Orphen wanted to create a high caliber rifle that a child would be able to use effectively and without injury. Focusing on a light-weight frame and materials as well as streamlining some of the inner workings of the Rifle and implementing systems to reduce recoil, the Leo Pattern - 48. Caliber, Dual Purpose Sniper Rifle was considered a success in this regard. Weighing in at only about three kilograms it can be lifted and carried with ease, bearing a shorter barrel than most other rifles of its class for simplicity's sake, economy of motion paramount within the interior workings of the rifle. The stock uses a spring reinforced gel strip to reduce the personal recoil of the weapon which is only amplified by the use of its built in bi-pod which make firing the weapon a breeze with minimal discomfort.
The bi-pod itself is a special piece of technology, both made for the stability of the weapon and as a jack-in point for mounted weapons platforms, attaching to the weapons' blaster gas canister and power-supply so that external sources are able to provide power and ammunition to the weapon.
The combat capability of the weapon itself is modest, while it lacks the 1.5-2 kilometer effective range of most dedicated slug-throwing sniper rifles, or the 50. cal brute force and rate of fire of most dedicated mounted machine guns, the 48. caliber is more than capable of dealing considerable damage to armored foes, large beasts and light-lighter medium military armor from a safe distance. Though what the weapon lacks, it makes up for in earnest with its ease of handling but even more notably, its accuracy. Due to its nature as a sniper rifle and its exceedingly low recoil, the movement of the barrel is minimal to non existent, even in it's fully automatic state. This enables accurate and controllable streams of fire while the weapon is fully automatic due to the user not needing to worry about the barrel attempting to drag up or down due to the recoil.
