Beltran Rarr
Character
OS-117 "Requiem" Precision Support Rifle
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a rifle that can double as a precision marksman's rifle and squad support weapon
- Image Source: Hakob Patrikyan via www.artstation.com
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Obsidian Star Technologies
- Affiliation: Obsidian Star Technologies, Order of the Silver Jedi, Closed Market
- Model: OS-117
- Modularity: Yes, a suppressor, various optics and barrel extension can be added to the weapon
- Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel, power cells, circuitry, blaster components
- Classification: Blaster
- Size: Large
- Weight: Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Power cell
- Ammunition Capacity: Large - 500 (regular strength bolts), 50 (super-charged bolts)
- Effective Range: Battlefield (semi-automatic setting), Long Range (three-bolt burst and full automatic settings)
- Rate of Fire: Average (semi-automatic setting), high (three-bolt burst setting), very high (full automatic setting)
- Stopping Power: High (regular strength bolt), very-high (super-charged bolt)
- Recoil: Average (regular strength bolt), high (super-charged bolt)
The OS-1117 “Requiem” Precision Support Rifle comes with 4 modes of fire:
- Regular strength bolt – semi-automatic – Each time the trigger is depressed, a single blaster bolt is fired.
- Super-charged bolt – semi-automatic – When the trigger is depressed, a single super-charged blaster bolt is fired. The bolt fired from this setting is highly powerful for a weapon of this class and has considerable stopping power. The trade off to using this mode in increased recoil and drastically decreased ammunition capacity. Also, excessive use of this setting will trigger an automatic shutdown of the weapon in order to prevent an overload.
- Regular strength bolt - three-bolt burst - Each time the trigger is depressed, three blaster bolts are fired.
- Regular strength bolt – automatic – When the trigger is depressed, multiple blaster bolts are fired in a continuous rate of fire until either the trigger is released or the weapon depletes its power supply.
- Versatile: With five modes of fire (detailed above) available to user, this weapon provides an answer to a number of potential combat situations.
- Super-powered shot: At its highest setting, the “Requiem” is able to deliver super-powered a blaster bolt with a power quotient seen in higher end military grade heavy blaster rifles or minor blaster cannon emplacements.
- Maintenance intensive: Due to its numerous firing modes, the “Requiem” is a far more complex device than most traditional blaster rifles. It requires the user to be familiar with a rather intensive maintenance regimen in order to keep the pistol in working order. Failure to do so will result in quick and drastic decrease in weapon performance, up to and including explosive overload.
- Automatic shutdown: To prevent the weapon from overloading during the use of the super-powered bolt setting, the weapon will automatically shut down for a period of three minutes after ten consecutive super-powered bolts have been fired in the span of five minutes or less. This safeguard cannot be overridden or negated.
The OS-117 “Requiem” Precision Support Rifle is Obsidian Star’s first foray into both squad support and sniper rifles. Based heavily on the principles developed for the OS-104 “Reaper” Pistol and OS-109 "Fate" Variable Strength Assault Rifle this rifle provides longer range, higher stopping power in the super-charged bolt mode and increased ammunition capacity, at the expense of increased size, weight and recoil. Like the “Reaper” and "Fate", this rifle provides five modes of fire making it a versatile weapon. The main drawbacks however, are an intensive maintenance regimen and the weapon's automatic shutdown protocol used to prevent overloads.
