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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create a combined dart launcher and stun glove for close-range combat use for future submissions and role-playing.
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: Visanj T’shkali
Affiliation: Closed-Market
Model: Scorpius Bracer
Modularity: No.
Production: Limited
Material(s): Segroth Bantam, launcher components, micro gas canisters, stun glove components
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Dart Launcher / Stun Glove
Size: Small
Weight: Light
Ammunition Type: Viper-NIC Darts
Ammunition Capacity: 6 Darts
Reload Speed: Very Slow
Effective Range: Point Blank (for Stun Glove) / Personal (for medium armor penetration) / Average (Up to 30m for anything below medium armor)
Rate of Fire: High
Stopping Power: Low
Recoil: None
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Worn on forearm, covers back of the hand to mid-forearm; can be worn on either hand/arm.
- Provides short-ranged dart launcher capability and point-blank stun capability.
- Silent
- Provides non-lethal weapon capable of temporarily disrupting Force abilities, unconsciousness, and disorientation.
- Delivers a stun charge upon contact, capable of rendering average-sized opponent unconscious and/or disoriented.
- Delivers short-ranged darts with precision accuracy (dependent on user’s aim) to temporarily disrupt Force abilities and causing nausea, disorientation, poor coordination and fine motor control, blackout vision and hearing, and mild pain before loss of consciousness (1-4 standard minutes).
- Very slow to reload; if darts or stun capacitors are exhausted in combat, unit is rendered impotent until components can be changed out – something that requires several minutes to accomplish – making it difficult even nearly impossible to do during direct combat.
- Limited to delivering six (6) darts and four (4) stun charges before becoming exhausted.
- Limited range, e.g. stun charge must be delivered through point-blank contact only and will be less effective against opponents shielded against EMP charges.
- Limited range, e.g. darts will only penetrate medium armor at very close range, beyond which darts will penetrate normal cloth, leather, or thin plastoid/duraplast armor (or similar materials) up to 30m, with likelihood of effectiveness reducing relative to distance. Entirely useless beyond 30m.
- Will not be effective on species with thick hides such as rancors, terentateks, and others.
- Only uses specific ammunition type (darts) and will not accommodate other design types.
Designed to use the Viper-NIC darts, which offered two different types of delivery of the potent Needler IC poison against one’s enemies, the Scorpius can be worn on either hand and by most any humanoid species. Despite its short-range, the silent weapon was capable of rendering one’s victim into a quasi-paralytic and unconscious state, severing their connection to the Force at the same time, making it an ideal choice for clandestine operatives, bounty hunters, and virtually anyone needing a way to stop an enemy, even a Force User, in minutes’ time and yet keep their prey alive for…later.
The Scorpius offered a secondary weapon as well, being capable of delivering a powerful stun charge to an enemy at point-blank range, e.g. combined with a punch. Potent enough to stun a grown adult humanoid (most species) into unconsciousness or near-unconsciousness, at least immobilizing them and causing them to become disoriented enough to weaken their defense and land a second, more devastating attack.
Limited to just six darts and four stun charges, the Scorpius was meant to be used sparingly as reload times were much longer than other launchers and stun gloves sold on the market, making them a poor choice for battlefield conditions. Where its benefits are seen are in the delivery of powerful non-lethal attacks from point-blank to average range (about 30m) bundled together with the sleek design, light weight, and ability to become proficient with it with only very little practice. Up close, a dart could penetrate most medium-class armor, while at a distance, it could still be effective against unarmored targets, and its vapor delivery ability helped to compensate for heavier armored opponents with open faces or whose respiratory filters weren’t shielded against noxious or toxic gas. Lastly, it should be noted, while Needler IC and the stun charges delivered by the Scorpius are powerful, they offer little good against species with thick hides such as rancors and terentateks, certain types of Sithspawn, and against other species whose anatomy and physiology are designed to overcome such things.
