Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To provide a multipurpose microwave-based weapon in the Lucerne Personal Defense line-up
- Image Source: here
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: n/A
- Primary Source: inspired by Active Denial System, Vigilant Eagle
- Manufacturer: Lucerne Personal Defense
- Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi, Closed-Market
- Model: LPD-26 Sunburst DMW (Direct Microwave Weapon)
- Modularity: Fire settings
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel casing, electronics, Permex furniture, Magnatomic Grip Panels
- Classification: Direct Microwave Weapon
- Size: Large
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type: Power pack
| Direct Microwave Rifle mode | Ion Disruptor Mode | Crowd Control Mode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition Capacity | 200 shots (Average) | 20 shots (Low) | 100 shots (Average) |
| Effective Range | Average | High | Average |
| Rate of Fire | Average | Very Low | Very High |
| Stopping Power | Average | Extremely High | Very Low |
| Recoil | Low | Average | Low |
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Upper Picatinny Rail: This rail allows the Sunburst to accept a variety of aftermarket scopes, sights, and other attachments.
- Variable Fire Modes: The Sunburst can fire different frequencies of microwave radiation, some even simultaneously, which allows the Sunburst to fulfill a variety of weapons roles.
- Variable Fire Modes: The Sunburst can fire different frequencies of microwave radiation, some even concurrently, which allows the Sunburst to fulfill a variety of weapons roles.
- High Rate of Fire (Crowd Control Mode): When on the crowd control mode, the Sunburst can be fired almost continuously in a wide cone-shaped area, allowing it to effectively disrupt large groups of people through experiencing an intense sensation of burning up.
- Magnum Stopping Power (Electronic Disruptor mode): In Electronic Disruptor mode, the Sunburst condenses and fires several short bursts of differing microwave radiation over the period of around 5 seconds. Unlike ion weapons, this mode doesn't attempt to fry circuits, but it actually inserts extra electrical signals into enemy electronics to scramble them. This causes the electronics to malfunction and the target may possibly injure itself in the process.
- Short Range: Microwave radiation has a short range before it disperses because of its short wave length, which means that any of its settings are shorter-ranged than most conventional weapons.
- Nonlethal (Crowd Control Mode): The microwave radiation produced in crowd control mode only produces very low amounts of damage because it only penetrate and 'microwave' the first 1mm of being's internals. This very seldom causes anything more than an incapacitating burning sensation, and particularly strong-willed or unusually shielded individuals may be entirely unaffected by it.
- Slow rate of Fire (Electronic Disruptor mode): Because it fires a mixture of different microwave radiation, the Sunburst consumes a lot of power in each burst of fire and also requires a noticeable cooling cycle before it can fire again. This means that the Sunburst has a noticeably slower rate of fire in this mode.
The LPD-26 Sunburst is a direct microwave energy weapon, which can fire a variety of microwave radiation bursts at targets. Because this weapon can modulate the frequencies of its waves, the Sunburst can fulfill a number of different roles. In its most basic role, the Sunburst fires a compressed wave of microwave radiation that appears to onlookers to be a faintly blue and long-lasting blaster bolt. Upon impact, this bolt dielectrically heats the surrounding area, causing nearby molecules to rotate and thus produce damaging heat. The end result is that the Sunburst acts as a very precise flamethrower, capable of causing severe thermal damage to targets which can further be exacerbated by consecutive hits in the same or nearby areas. While in many instances this makes the Sunburst equivalent in use to a blaster rifle against many targets, the differing mechanism of injury means that protections useful against many blasters aren't useful against the Sunburst, and vice versa.
But Sunburst can modulate its microwave radiation bursts to obtain other very different effects.
Rather than a stun setting, Sunburst can fire an almost continuous high-frequency radiation with a very short wavelength. Because it has a very short wavelength, this radiation has very little penetration, causing almost a minimum of thermal damage but causing a very intense, incapacitating pain that makes many beings instinctively to try and get out of is path. In this mode, the Sunburst fires a cone of radiation, which allows it to cover a large amount of area and hit multiple people at once. This mode is often used in riot suppression to disperse crowds or as a psychological weapon in combat. While this mode is only useful against organics, the Sunburst does have another fire mode that is particularly effective against electronics.
The Sunburst has an electronic disruptor mode, in which it can discharge a large pulse of condensed microwave radiation of differing frequencies. When this pulse hits the target, it adds extra electrical signals into the present electronics, causing malfunctions and other errors. In many ways, this is conceptually similar to a human being 'tazed', as the extra electrical signals overwhelm its ability to process information. In some instances, the heat caused by this radiation interacting with the electronic components may cause components to fuse together, causing effects similar to low-grade ionization. However, because the primary method of its disabling effect is inserting extra signals, many droids and other electronics that are EMP proofed or using ionic shielding do not effect Sunburst's effects.
Sunburst's unconventional nature brings with it a number of advantages and flexibility compared to typical weapons, but its nature also brings some noticeable drawbacks. The most obvious of these is its relatively short range, which is caused by radiation's relatively quick break-up in typical atmospheres, as the radiation bolts lose energy as they interact with more and more molecules as they travel through the air. The Sunburst is also more energy intensive than most blaster rifles, meaning that users will need to carry more power packs to get an equivalent amount of firepower or fire less indiscriminate shots. This last one tends to be the favored approach by most because it also means few reloads, less ammunition to carry, and lower operating costs.
Sunburst is commonly found as a support weapon in Silver Jedi-allied organizations, such as ISAF militaries and local police forces, where they serve as adjunctives to typical blasters and slugthrowers. They are most commonly deployed en mass for crowd control operations by these same organizations. While rarely used by private individuals, a number of Sunbursts have been found in the hands of bounty hunters, who appreciate its exotic flexibility while on the hunt.
Updates
-BBcode table error fixed
-ratings and template adjusted to meet new factory standards
-Several corrections of" Heatwave" (original working name of design) replaced with the proper "Sunburst" in text
-ratings and template adjusted to meet new factory standards
-Several corrections of" Heatwave" (original working name of design) replaced with the proper "Sunburst" in text
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