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Sunstriker Plasma Cannon
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Firemane has continued to expand its efforts to create the most powerful and dangerous weapons in the galaxy for use by their customers or on their myriad foes. One thing which was deemed to be missing was a powerful intermediate weapon between the handheld and the vehicle mounted main weapons. Though the Lance missile launcher and improved concussion rifles had somewhat helped it was decided an even bigger and more powerful weapon was needed.
The Sunstriker was therefore designed to be mountable on vehicles to provide an added punch or on repulsor platforms to support infantry or fortifications. Research attempts to actually design the weapon though found it hard to create a working prototype. Fortunately
Elpsis Kerrigan
and
Ari Vox
managed to capture an innovative design in a factory on Ession which they raided before the Sith occupied the planet. The prototype managed to clear the biggest hurdle they had; heat dissipation, allowing Firemane to incorporate this into their design.
In basically an upgrade of the Reaper Shotgun the weapon transforms slugs into a speeding, burning shard of death. The impact of this weapon can pierce most tanks or walkers with ease, often dispersing red hot fragments inside the impact zone. It can also pierce all but the heaviest fortifications, dealing massive kinetic damage. All of this from line of sight range allows it to hit enemy vehicles or defences from a long distance with heavy impacts. Any infantry unfortunate enough to be hit will likely be turned to jam regardless of armour.
The downside of such a weapon is the weight and ammunition needs as well as the heat. The Sunstriker is well beyond the vast majority of humanoids to lift, let alone use because of both the weight and length. Even when mounted on a vehicle or platform the weight makes it slow to bear, even with compensators.
Ammunition likewise is restrictive. The special power cells contain only ten rounds before needing reloading. This can take well over a minute in best conditions and depends on the weapon not being too hot.
Heat is a massive issue. Even with venting and cooling, the heat generated by just one volley of ten shots at normal speed makes it necessary to wear protection when reloading. Excessive use without cooling could lead to a meltdown or more disastrously an explosion of the whole weapon!
One individual in Firemane’s ranks who has customised a Sunstriker to their needs is the Kar’zun named Kar'zakush for whom the weapon is merely heavy. She is able to wield it like a human would carry a battle rifle. She has named hers Vera, a deceptively nice name for a weapon which can put holes in an AT-AT at five kilometres with ease! This replaces an older, less optimised weapon named Bianca.
SUMMARY OF CHANGES:
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a very powerful vehicle mounted weapon which can also be used by the very largest of individuals.
- Image Source: Here. From Resistance 2 game.
- Canon Link: Shares characteristics with plasma weapons from Legends, but resized for a middle ground between starship and handheld weapons.
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: A bit inspired by the classic 40k weapon platforms. Uses lore from this thread with permission.
- Manufacturer: Firemane Industries & Technology
- Affiliation: Closed-Market – Firemane only or with express permission.
- Model: PC-SS1a
- Modularity: Can be modified to be made (somewhat) man portable.
- Production: Minor
- Material: Standard weapon components, plasma cells.
- Classification: Heavy/Vehicle mounted weapon.
- Size: Very Large (for its type)
- Weight: Very Heavy (for its type)
- Ammunition Type: Durasteel bolts, power cells. Ammunition is combined into a single packet.
- Ammunition Capacity: Average
- Effective Range: Battlefield
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Stopping Power: Extreme
- Recoil: High
- Extremely powerful concentrated damage with small blast.
- Weapon firing rate is usually once every ten seconds. Firing as fast as once every five seconds is possible but extremely unwise due to heat.
- If fired too quickly or too often without time to cool the Sunstriker risks overheating or even exploding!
- Is usually mounted on a vehicle or repulsor platform. Especially large and strong species can carry one though even they will find it tiring.
- Vehicle and repulsor mounted versions incorporate targeting technology. Can also transmit to HUDs for carried versions.
- Punch. The Sunstriker has a tremendously devastating punch concentrated on impact. If it hits the enemy knows about it. It has the ability to put a hole through most vehicles and lighter buildings. A foot target hit by this weapon will likely be turned to a bloody smear.
- Mounted. The Sunstriker is usually mounted on a vehicle as a secondary weapon or on a repulsor platform for infantry support.
- Range. The Sunstriker has line of sight range, though its small blast means accuracy at long range is difficult.
- Carriable. The very biggest creatures such as Kar’zun or Wookiees can carry this weapon, though even though would find it tiring. However, the sight of such a weapon is usually enough to make anyone take pause.
- Capacity. The Sunstriker can only fire ten shots before it needs to reload. Such a reload can take well over a minute depending how hot the weapon is.
- Blast. The blast from the Sunstriker is quite small. It is designed for massively focussed damage at a single point, not bombardment. Whilst the kinetic impact will cause a small crater it is not inherently a good blast weapon.
- Heat. The Sunstriker gets hot, very hot! If fired at maximum speed it usually requires time to cool by the time the first power cell is expended.
- Heavy. In case it has not been emphasised enough, the Sunstriker is heavy! Usually it is mounted on a vehicle or repulsor platform for this reason. Even the strongest humanoid would find it hard to lift and even harder to use from length as well as weight.
Firemane has continued to expand its efforts to create the most powerful and dangerous weapons in the galaxy for use by their customers or on their myriad foes. One thing which was deemed to be missing was a powerful intermediate weapon between the handheld and the vehicle mounted main weapons. Though the Lance missile launcher and improved concussion rifles had somewhat helped it was decided an even bigger and more powerful weapon was needed.
The Sunstriker was therefore designed to be mountable on vehicles to provide an added punch or on repulsor platforms to support infantry or fortifications. Research attempts to actually design the weapon though found it hard to create a working prototype. Fortunately
Elpsis Kerrigan
and
Ari Vox
managed to capture an innovative design in a factory on Ession which they raided before the Sith occupied the planet. The prototype managed to clear the biggest hurdle they had; heat dissipation, allowing Firemane to incorporate this into their design.In basically an upgrade of the Reaper Shotgun the weapon transforms slugs into a speeding, burning shard of death. The impact of this weapon can pierce most tanks or walkers with ease, often dispersing red hot fragments inside the impact zone. It can also pierce all but the heaviest fortifications, dealing massive kinetic damage. All of this from line of sight range allows it to hit enemy vehicles or defences from a long distance with heavy impacts. Any infantry unfortunate enough to be hit will likely be turned to jam regardless of armour.
The downside of such a weapon is the weight and ammunition needs as well as the heat. The Sunstriker is well beyond the vast majority of humanoids to lift, let alone use because of both the weight and length. Even when mounted on a vehicle or platform the weight makes it slow to bear, even with compensators.
Ammunition likewise is restrictive. The special power cells contain only ten rounds before needing reloading. This can take well over a minute in best conditions and depends on the weapon not being too hot.
Heat is a massive issue. Even with venting and cooling, the heat generated by just one volley of ten shots at normal speed makes it necessary to wear protection when reloading. Excessive use without cooling could lead to a meltdown or more disastrously an explosion of the whole weapon!
One individual in Firemane’s ranks who has customised a Sunstriker to their needs is the Kar’zun named Kar'zakush for whom the weapon is merely heavy. She is able to wield it like a human would carry a battle rifle. She has named hers Vera, a deceptively nice name for a weapon which can put holes in an AT-AT at five kilometres with ease! This replaces an older, less optimised weapon named Bianca.
SUMMARY OF CHANGES:
- Redid links.
- Redid ratings to balance with new factory.
- Removed obsolete wording/template items
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