Grand Admiral, First Order Central Command
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Intent: More House Tregessar gear.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: House Tregessar
Model: SA-4 Blaster Assault Rifle
Affiliation: House Tregessar and Shadowline
Modularity: N/A
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Standard Blaster components
Classification: Blaster Rifle
Size: Handheld
Length: 76.1cm
Weight: 3.94 kg
Ammunition Type: Power Cell/Gas Canister
Ammunition Capacity: 250 shots per Power Cell/500 shots per Gas Canister
Effective Range: Equivalent to a standard blaster rifle
Rate of Fire: Selective Fire (Single Shot, Two Round Burst, and Full Auto).
Special Features:
- Two-shot Precision Burst
- Optional 4x Scope
- Tactical Rail
It is generally a conventional blaster rifle with two unique characteristics. The first is a large drum power pack providing a higher than normal 'magazine' capacity, allowing for longer sustained fire. The barrel has a large compensator to help deal with increased recoil and higher heat generation. High rates of fire are generally ineffective at long range, however, and this system is no different. The full auto is thus best used as a lethal close-range clearing technique or for suppressive fire at range.
The second feature is a unique focusing chamber wherein an amount of pressure can be exerted on the prismatic crystal to provide a higher concentration of blaster gas and propel the 'bolt' at a higher relative velocity than normal. This system also splits a single large charge into two, essentially allowing for two extremely high precision shots with one pull of the trigger. Getting two shots placed almost exactly on top of each other can do wonders for defeating armor or personal shields. The higher velocity does not itself contribute to higher damage potential (damage from blaster bolts is not kinetic in nature) it simply gives the 'bolts' near flawless precision out to standard rifle range.
The extra pressure exerted on the prismatic crystal is small, but during tests soldiers had a tendency to abuse it, causing the crystal to shatter and rendering the blaster useless. This continued in spite of training on the limitation of the weapon, so eventually the developers simply put in a mechanical safety interlock. One simply cannot fire a two-shot burst more than once every three seconds. As such Tregessar forces tend to use it as a 'Marksman' mode and use the additional waiting time to better target their shots.
There is no additional pressure exerted on the crystal in single shot or full auto mode, they simply have the relative strengths and weaknesses common to them. Full auto is usually fired in burst, of course.
As with other House Tregessar and Shadowline proprietary equipment, the house is willing to expend considerable effort and resources to track down and destroy those who wold use or distribute black market and counterfeit variants of this weapon.
Primary Source: AN-94 Akaban (for the two round burst system)
