Bombshell Genius
A Velmor
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a disruptor sniper rifle.
- Image Source: UT Sniper Rifle
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Disruptor rifle
- Manufacturer: Ringovinda Systems
- Affiliation: Open-Market
- Model: Velmor disruptor rifle
- Modularity: Yes
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel, blaster components, ostrine
- Classification: Disruptor anti-matériel Rifle
- Size: Very large
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Power cell, gas canister
- Ammunition Capacity: Average | 25
- Effective Range: Average
- Rate of Fire: Low
- Stopping Power: Extreme
- Recoil: High
- Free-floating barrel
- Recoil buffer (microrepulsors)
- Collapsible bipod
- Detachable 360-degree scope
- Advanced cooling system
- Ability to disrupt the target's molecular structure
- Very accurate
- Accurate over its ranges
- Can disintegrate most forms of matter
- Low rate of fire
- High recoil
- Heavy and cumbersome to maneuver with
- Easy to be seen and found out after firing
The free-floating barrel is a feature that allows the loss of accuracy in successive firing due to barrel harmonics to be reduced at a manageable level, while the barrel and the stock do not touch along any point along the barrel length, even though it is attached to the trigger assembly, called the receiver. In addition, a recoil buffer mounted into the stock, made up of micro-repulsors, allows the shooter to reduce the recoil felt to a more manageable level, while the collapsible bipod helps stabilize the weapon while fired. The great weight of the Velmor, while somewhat helpful against the recoil, is also a weakness, especially given its great size. Also, around the barrel are actually extruded durasteel heat pipes with internal zirconium coating, and the inside filled with ostrine, with the contact area maximized so as to maximize the outward flow of heat from the weapon to the outside environment.
The Velmor anti-matériel rifle, while outwardly looking the same as its EM plasma cousins, the Chalacta line, as well as the Furutaka, is actually quite different internally, due to it being based on disruptor technology and therefore cause it to disintegrate matter. Also, this causes the ammunition capacity to be much lower thanks to its higher use of plasma gas on a per-shot basis and also cause it to fire slowly as well as a reduced range. Of course, the high heat generation makes a Velmor very easy to detect on thermal sensors upon firing. Nevertheless, it can cause a massive amount of damage to a target's molecular structure, making it a good weapon to use in ambushes and other types of surprise attacks against several kinds of targets: vehicles, fortified positions, lightsaber-wielders, tightly-packed infantry, to name a few.
Finally, because the Velmor fires a continous energy beam, unlike more traditional models, it has one additional drawback that reduces its usefulness in sniping: it's easy to detect and being found out upon firing, which can leave a user vulnerable if rapid action is not taken.
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