Approved Tech Splinter Pistol

[Raziel]

Image credit: http://prospass.deviantart.com/art/CotV-Special-Weapons-259310190
Intent: To port another one of Raziel's signature weapons from previous site
Development thread: No
Manufacturer: Merr-Sonn (Modified by Prototype Lab Q)
Model: "Splinter Pistol" (Modied FP7)
Affiliation: N/A
Modularity: No
Production: Minor
Material: Durasteel

Classification: Fletchette Pistol
Size: Small hand-held
Length:20cm
Weight: 1.2kg
Ammunition Type: Fletchette
Ammunition Capacity: 10 shots
Effective Range: 40m
Rate of Fire: Semi-Automatic
Special Features: Poisoned shards
Toxical (lethal - currently available in a variation effective against humans (inc off-shoots), bothans and twi-lek)
Agonizer (For torture, an old CIS favourite)
SmartTranq (for knocking out a wide variety of species)
Description: The "Splinter Pistol" is a Merr-Sonn FP7 that has been modified by Prototype Lab Q into something that would be classified as illegal in most sectors.

The original FP7 is a very standard fletchette pistol. Reasonably lightweight and effective at short range.
The weapon has been modified with a "pre-launch" chamber, and the addition of a canister loading point in front of the pistol grip. The firing power of the original weapon has been reduced. Before firing, each pellet of fletchette is given a slight magnetic charge. As the fletchette is launcher, a small cloud of poison with the inverse charge is pumped into the chamber. The poison will effectively coat the fletchette as it is fired.

Without loaded poison, the fletchette does not have a great deal of stopping power, only able to kill lightly armoured targets up to a distance of ~40m. However, the firing cone of the pistol reaches ~1m at 15m and ~2m at 30m. This cone deliberately aims to encompass a person at typical range. When poison coated, this cloud of fletchette is exception at finding and gaps in armor plating and piercing the flesh. Just a single shard coated with the most toxic poisons can kill.

The power of the weapon can deliberately be reduced. This drops the effective range by ~10m. In this mode the fletchette is unlikely to kill even an unarmoured target, unless it catches an artery near the skin. This is ideal for use with non-lethal poisons. It had been found that this method is considerably more effective for agents who are not particularly skilled with the use of dart guns and is more effective than a stun blaster against medium armour and Force users who lack the telekentic power to deflect a cloud of fletchette, but can deflect a stun bolt.

 

[Raziel]

(Happy to sub an FP7 as a standard fletchette pistol too, I probably should)

 

[Ak'lya]

[member="Raziel"]
You'll need to sub the FP7 first, as it is not canon tech.

 

[Raziel]

[member="Strask Ak'lya"]
Done and approved http://starwarsrp.net/topic/35191-merr-sonn-fp7/#entry502703

 

[Ak'lya]

[member="Raziel"]
Can I buy the basic version?
On to more important questions.....
What poisons do you plan on coating this with? Just any one you can find and modify? Or is there a specific list that you can use?
Is this weaker than the standard weapon? It seems like it, but i'd like to check before assuming that.

 

[Raziel]

[member="Strask Ak'lya"]
The original is from a canon, unowned company and mass-produced. So yes!

Edited sub to include current list of poisons. I will dev future variants if I need to kill anything exotic!

 

[Ak'lya]

[member="Raziel"]
Approved pending secondary

 

[Ashin Varanin]

[member="Raziel"]
Approved.