OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a staff weapon for use by the Republic Rangers.
- Image Source: http://profit-and-peril.obsidianportal.com/items/metal-staff
- Canon Link: Force Pike, Electrostaff
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Republic Industries (The Republic Remnant)
- Model: Ranger Blaster Stave
- Affiliation: Republic Remnant
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material: Blaster Components, Durasteel, Electrical Components
- Classification: Staff
- Size: Average
- Weight: Heavy
- Classification: Blaster
- Ammunition Type: Power Cell
- Ammunition Capacity: 10 shots
- Reload Speed: Low
- Effective Range: Personal
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Stopping Power: Average
- Recoil: Low
- One end of the staff is equipped to be an Electrostaff for combat with lightsaber wielding opponents or stunning an enemy.
- One end of the staff is equipped to be a short range blaster, rather than firing a stun shot like some Force Pike's.
- Capacity for combat with lightsaber wielders.
- Capable of surprising an enemy by shooting them instead of beating them.
- Heavy weight requires the wielder be stronger than average to utilize it.
- 10 shot power cell has a slow reload speed by comparison to most personal range weapons.
The Republic Rangers are an advance expeditionary fighting and recon force. They require a weapon capable of filling numerous roles as a result. A blaster can fill one role and a staff another, but it was decided to combine some of the effects of Force Pike's and those of Electrostaff's in order to make a truly versatile weapon capable of stunning a foe or blocking a saber, but also capable of firing short range blaster fire at unsuspecting opponents. It's still a staff, as well, meaning it can be used in such a capacity. The weapon sees service solely with the Ranger's, who are not an overly large unit of individuals within the Republic.
