Approved Tech The Nyax Arm Cannon, from iBorg

[Ashin Varanin]

Image Source: Deus Ex
Intent: A repeating ion disruptor in easy-'carry', semi-concealed form, as a prosthetic arm.
Development Thread: None
Manufacturer: iBorg
Model: iBorg Nyax Arm Cannon
Affiliation: Open market
Modularity: With some refinement, hand unit may be switched out for future hand products.
Production: Minor production
Material: Durasteel, desh-terenthium
Classification: Ion disruptor
Size: Requires arm up to just below the shoulder. Implanted spinal support recommended.
Length: Comparable to an arm.
Weight: Comparable to a bulky prosthetic arm.
Ammunition Type: Energy cell
Ammunition Capacity: 40 shots
Effective Range: Personal. Even with advanced targeting gear, the Nyax is a relatively short-ranged weapon, incapable of the precise long-range shots of stabilized long-barrel disruptors. In accuracy, it is best compared to a pistol, shotgun or submachine gun, though the shot does keep going as far as a classic disruptor blast (several hundred metres).
Rate of Fire: Single-shot, charged shot, three-shot burst, or fully automatic. Automatic fire exhausts 40-shot energy cell clip in four seconds. Charged shot exhausts energy clip in 8 shots. Disintegration not possible; see below.
Special Features:

• Like all ion disruptors, the Nyax is capable of causing disruptor-grade physical damage along with ion-blaster-grade electronic damage.
• From concealment as a normal droid-like prosthetic arm, it can deploy and fire in four seconds.
• Reloads/plugs in via energy cell clip socket near the elbow, easily managed with the opposite hand.
• Available in left or right versions, with hand and proportion flexibility to match a variety of species.

Description: The Nyax Arm Cannon is named after an ancient Corellian nightmare legend. It is far from the most photogenic prosthesis around, comparable to using a droid arm to replace a missing limb -- a common choice for those who prefer servomotor strength to biological aesthetics and sensations. The Nyax has no sensory receptors and is, frankly, ugly. It also offers a 2-4x improvement in grip and curl strength relative to the limb replaced, and then there's the matter of the highly illegal ion disruptor inside. Those who choose the Nyax should be aware that ion disruptors are generally illegal anywhere Coreward of the Mid Rim, as well as the Corporate Sector, and can be detected by most weapons scanners. They should also remember that bulky prostheses may often invite reasonable suspicion as to what is under the plating.

Targeting functions are entirely manual, unless advanced targeting implants are used. Even with advanced targeting gear, the Nyax is a relatively short-ranged weapon, incapable of the precise long-range shots of stabilized long-barrel disruptors.

A reiteration of iBorg's writer's OOC stance on disruptors, as a notice for customers: Do not push for disintegrations. Targets' writers have the right to take a glancing blow and not disintegrate, etc. To make this easier to remember, a Nyax Arm Cannon will not disintegrate its targets, even with repeated charged shots. This makes it less powerful than standard disruptors.

Primary Source: N/A

 

[Raziel]

[member="Selka Ventus"]

Looks sensible and the only questions that came to mind were already in the sub.

Pending approval.

 

[Alric Kuhn]

This looks fine.

Approved.