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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: Expand the weapon portfolio of Nadir.
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Manufacturer: Nadir
Model: NADIR E-SERIES Sniper rifle
Affiliation: Closed-Market
Modularity: Rail brackets for attachments and accessories. Color.
Production: Limited
Material: NT-1http://starwarsrp.net/topic/112113-nt-1/, Myoflex, Verpine shatter rifle components
Classification: Verpine shatter rifle
Size: Handheld
Length: 750 mm
Weight: 2 kg
Ammunition Type: Pellet | miscellaneous (under 2.5 cm in diameter)
Ammunition Capacity: 20 pellets | 5 for non-pellet ammunition
Effective Range: 2500 m
Rate of Fire: Semi-automatic
Autosteady gyro-gimbalhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Autosteady_gyro-gimbal helps negate the recoil and makes for easier handling
Easily disassembled and smuggled through customs and checkpoints. The NT-1 used in construction sneaks it past metal detectors
Rail brackets for custom scopes, bipods, tripods, etc.
Can fire nearly ‘any’ projectile, provided it’s less than 2.5 cm in diameter
Hit me with your best shot: Thanks to the shatter rifle design, this weapon fires projectiles well in excess of a kilometer per second. This allows for great accuracy and range, as well as incredible stopping power. Anyone hit by this weapon will feel it.
Catch me if you can: Due to the extreme speed and the small size of the projectiles, Force-users will be hard pressed to avoid or block them.
Sneaky McSneakyface: NT-1 allows it to sneak past metal detectors. It’s easily disassembled and small to begin with. The shatter rifle design itself means there’s no muzzle flash, and no muzzle blast. The E-series is quiet, compact, and deadly.
EMP/Ion: One good hit and the weapon will be rendered useless. The gravity coils used in projectile acceleration will shut down, and the user will need to disassemble the rifle, replace the fried circuitry, and assemble it again – all in all, not something that can be done in the field.
Hot stuff: You could shoot all twenty pellets in a minute. You could. Of course, the heat of the weapon would melt your face, melt your hands, and probably start a small forest fire. So… don’t. The recommended maximum is ten rounds per minute if you’re not worried about the treacherous heat signature. If that’s a concern, five is the most the myoflex can handle.
Assassins galaxy over have always struggled the most when tracking Force-users. The buggers can feel danger, move preternaturally fast, and wield highly lethal weapons.
In time, the distant approach has proved to be the most successful. Not so much in killing the Forcer in question, but more so in the terms of assassin survivability. The distance of, say, half a kilometer, gives the shooter enough time to pack up and get out before the space-mage can figure out where the shot came from, or, indeed, even get there.
The Elite-series Sniper rifle aims to improve that score. Not only does the rifle boast a fantastic range and light build – it’s also sneaky, and packs a massive punch to boot. While you won’t be chambering anything massive like the .50 BMG into this baby, the staggering velocity with which it expels its projectiles more than makes up for the sheer heft of a bigger slug.
With a streamlined design, the E-series allows a skilled sniper to set up a deadly shot even against the hardiest of Forcers. Danger sense or not, the tiny pellets move so fast that they’re next to impossible to dodge or block even by space-mage standards. Because the massive kinetic energy of the projectile is focused on such a small area, the weapon easily penetrates anything short of beskar or phrik.
As a complete package, the Elite-series Sniper rifle lives up to the quality of all Nadir products – it’s easy to use, and easy to kill with.
