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- Intent: To provide a long-range scope in Lucerne Personal Defense's catalogue
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- Manufacturer: Lucerne Personal Defense
- Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi Concord, Lucerne Personal Defense Customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Zolta-series Targeting Scopes
- Modularity: aesthetics (different colors, case shapes/thicknesses, different power sources)
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Agrinium casing, ceraglass outer lenses, electrorangerfinder components, thermal imager scanner components, typical targeting scope components
- Variable Power: Zoltas are variable power scopes, meaning that turning one of the scope's dials lets the user "zoom" in at increasing levels of magnification. Audible 'clicks' heard when turning the dial lets the user know in "x2" increments the magnification within the scope, up to a maximum of x20.
- Large Objective Lens: Zoltas have fairly large objective lenses which help to gather ambient light, meaning that even when the scope has no power, it still has fairly good magnification abilities.
- Variable Reticle: Zoltas come by default with a physical but nearly transparent holdover-style post aiming recticle within the scope for using the scope in unpowered mode. However, holo-graphic recticle overlays can be projected over this holdover based on the user's preference.
- Internal Rangefinder with ballistics computer: Zoltas have electrorangefinder components integrated into the scope. Whatever object is centered in the aiming reticle is automatically selected by the rangefinder to display its range. When the scope is properly zeroed to the weapon and its properties put into the ballistics computer, the reticle can change colors when an accurate shot can be made.
- Thermal Vision Mode: Zoltas have thermal imager scanner built into them, allowing the user to see heat signatures through the reticle. This is most useful in picking out targets in the darkness of night, but it can sometimes also reveal targets hiding behind different types of cover. This can be toggled on and off by a button on the side of the scope.
- Excellent Magnification: Zoltas can greatly enhance the user's visual acuity when looking at far away targets, making it ideal for snipers and hunters.
- Multi-view Spectrum: Zolta's inclusion of thermal vision allow the user to fight in the darkness and see targets through some times of cover and concealment.
- Tunnel Vision: Using Zolta to zoom in on area tends to give many users tunnel vision, and they often become unaware of what is happening directly around them.
- Bulky: Zoltas provide excellent magnification and thermal vision abilities, but those abilities come at the cost of size. Zoltas are noticeably longer and bulkier than many of the more basic scopes on the market.
While Lucerne Personal Defense had been able to introduce a reasonably wide of variety weapons to the market, they found themselves relying on licensed designs or aftermarket suppliers for scopes for some of their weapons. Eager to become more independent, the company embarked on designing their own series of targeting scopes which resulted in the Zolta series. Zoltas are primarily designed for deliberate, long-range shooting by hunters and snipers through passively magnifying the target through passively collecting and focsing ambient light. However, as some shooting necessarily takes place in areas or times where light isn't practical, they didn't just create a telescopic sight, but instead carefully built a thermal imager around the telescopic sight, allowing users to see heat signatures. Lastly, in an attempt to make it easier for novices to use, the company installed a rangefinder and coupled it with a small ballistics computer, making it even easier for a user to know when to make the right shot. Despite some of these more advanced features, some users prefer to turn the more advanced features off, either as part of the challenge of shooting at long range or to ensure any electrical activity from the scope isn't picked up by enemy sensors.
Zolta series scopes come a variety of sizes and shapes that are dependent aesthetic choices, the type of power source the scope is using, and their preference for weight versus scope protection. Regardless of these differences, most Zoltas are almost identical in practical use - finding great popularity with more static and long-range shooters like big game hunters and snipers.
