Aver Brand
Mercicle
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: Give NFUs a new option for combating Force users.
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Manufacturer: Nadir
Model: NADIR E-SERIES Spider shell
Affiliation: Closed-Market
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Production: Semi-Unique
Material: Glistawebhttp://starwarsrp.net/topic/118278-glistaweb/, NT-1, Myoflex, Tungsten
Classification: Shotgun ammunition
Size: Available in all common shotgun gauges
Length: Typical for its gauge
Weight: Light for its gauge
Ammunition Type: Webbing shot
Ammunition Capacity: One net per shell, wound and compressed
Effective Range: 2–15 m
Rate of Fire: /
Interferes with the Force
Adhesive net, 2×2 m
Force nope: The glistaweb woven into the net makes it impossible to manipulate it with the Force.
Stronk: Between the glistaweb and the NT-1 fibers used in its construction, the net is deceptively resistant. Blaster bolts have a tendency to bounce off in unpredictable directions if shot at the web. Blades will kill the glistaweb, but the tight-wound filaments of the NT-1 will prove impressively difficult to cut through. With a lightsaber, however, this is achieved in a matter of scant seconds.
Tangle: The adhesive is triggered upon impact with a solid surface – i.e. the target – greatly increasing the effectiveness of the webbing in tangling an opponent. The ball bearings attached to the ends of the net act as weights that first help expand the web; upon impact they wrap around the target due to momentum, further entrapping the opponent.
Near: While shotguns are traditionally considered perfect for close- and point-blank range, such is not true with the Spider shell. If the opponent is within two meters (or closer) to the shooter, the webbing won’t have time to expand and will hit the target as an ineffective wad of wound fiber.
Far: The net expands shortly after leaving the barrel, and it’s only because of streamlined design that it can even reach the fifteen-meter mark. Beyond that, the web will quickly fall to the ground as it loses momentum.
Wherever you are: The ‘shot’ deals no actual damage to the target, no matter at what distance they are hit – or entangled, as it were.
Alive: Whether natural of Force-born, lightning will kill the glistaweb woven into the net. Cutting it up sufficiently with a lightsaber or a blade will likewise do the same. Upon its death, the web will lose all Force-dead properties.
The Spider shell is the ultimate weapon for the Space-mage hunter who prefers to collect live bounties.
Made from the material as the E-Series Armor underlay, manipulating the material is nothing new to Nadir.
Instead of a tightly-woven suit, however, the form it takes this time is that of a net. The fibers of NT-1, Myoflex, and Glistaweb are wound first into tight, if extremely thin cables; in turn, these are interwoven with each other to form a dense webbing designed to entrap opponents. The final net is given a coat of impact adhesive.
To further its range and tangling capabilities, the endpoints of the net are welded to tungsten ball bearings. Though small, together they amount to a decent mass that aids in two areas: one, to help it expand more quickly and fly further; and two, to wrap around the target once the body of the web hits it, allowing the net to adhere to itself and trap the limbs of the opponent.
