Lord of Girth
Image Source: Black Ops 3 - Sparrow Class Bow
Intent: To create a primitive styled weapon up to date with standards, as well as a viable weapon for those who choose to not use blasters or other such "technical" weaponry. And, who doesn't want to see a Legolas characters?
Development Thread:
- Space-Greek Invention Convention - Atheus learns to use a bow, as well as learning how to improve its accuracy.
Model: AA - TKB "Wraith"
Affiliation: Cerberus Enterprise Consumers
Modularity:
- Attachable scopes(Red-dot, Long range, and Range finder versions)
- Counterbalance(Various weights, lengths, and thicknesses depending on person, and species)
- Adjustable pull strengths.(Ranges from 10 lbs, to 250 lbs)
- Camo(If you really want different colors other than black...)
Material:
- Carbonfiber
- Alusteel
- Durasteel wire
- Plastics,
Size: Handheld
Length: Varies upon species.
Weight: Anywhere from 1-2.5 kgs
Ammunition Type: Arrows, Various arrow types can be used.
Ammunition Capacity: One arrow knocked at a time. Possible for up to three knocked. Otherwise, However many you carry in your quiver.
Effective Range: Personal, Battlefield, Most bows can fire around 25-50 meters depending upon skill and the surrounding environment. With this bow, it allows someone to fire, accurately, up to 100 meters, and those who are trained with a bow, and show greater skill could possibly fire up to 200 meters. *Force users can increase this range through the force.*
Rate of Fire: As fast as you can draw an arrow, knock it, release the arrow, and begin the process over again.
Special Features:
- Attuned by the force to provide a Balistkinesis effect upon all arrows fired.
- Silent as breathing. The best you can hear from this weapon, is the arrow hitting the target, and maybe the twang of the string.
- Attuned with the force to provide a much more accurate form of a bow, It is deceptively accurate. Able to hit targets much further than other bows, and could potentially rival blasters weaponry in capable hands.
- As a semi-strength, Force users who know extensive forms of Telekinesis/Balistiknesis can increase the effects of arrow to be fired at even further ranges than projected. HOWEVER, those who are not using the force actively upon the bow, or arrows, it will fire at its "standard" range.
- Reloading this weapon is a pain in the ass. It takes forever, and is very slow in its usage. Best used at longer ranges, or not at all.
- Ammo is difficult to find Arrows aren't everywhere, and to make one that could be usable without breaking or flinging off in some random direction, you need to be really good at making arrows. Scavenging arrows from dead bodies, or having a lot in reserve is recommended.
- Not everybody is going to be able to pick up one of these weapons and use it reliably. It requires you to use not just your arms, but your back to pull on the bow. As well as correctly aiming. Least of all not slapping your forearm with the string.
- The bow limbs may be flexible, but they are not as sturdy as every other kind of weapon out there. they can break under stress from years of use, or even being stomped on in just the right spot. While they are durable enough to use as a few smacks across the head, You aren't getting into hand to hand combat with this weapon.
- Arrows are affected by the force. The user can make the arrows fly further than possible, but the same is with force users on the receiving end of the weapon. Possibly able to curve the arrows path, or even hinder the bow, or stop it completely.
- The string can be cut. Making the bow useless.
Description:
A primitive weapon. Once used by forces before guns were the primary weapons of today, they were created using wood, plastics, and later on metals and even carbon fibers to provide a very durable frame, yet still provide the arrow to be fired at further distances. While guns are very useful, they can be rather loud, and having a completely silent rifle is expensive, as well as very costly to maintain, or even illegal in some places across the galaxy. Thus, Atheus has come to create a weapon that can be used by those who choose a more silent alternative to guns, or prefer the use of primitive weapons.
Altering the weapon itself to allow arrows to be fired from the weapon to fire at a much farther distance with increased accuracy can possibly bring the weapon into the use of this time within the universe. Ruled by lightsabers, and guns of many kinds, this weapon is primarily used as a skirmishing weapon, assassination, or hunting. However, it can be used in war, but it's more difficult to do so. With its rather "fragile" nature compared to that of any kind of rifle, as well as having a very slow reload, and firing rate, and the lower count of ammo that can be carried, this weapon is best meant for very simplistic uses, or for silent killings or hunting rather than full on war where armor, force users, and being fired on by hundreds of people at a time can be difficult.
Primary Source: N/A
