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Intent: To develop an arc caster using Sianium technology for Aurora Industries to sell
Development Thread: If necessary
Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
Model: AI-147e "Overload" Arc Caster
Affiliation: Open Market
Modularity: None
Production: Mass-produced
Material: Durasteel, Sianium blaster cell, arc caster components, energy converter
Classification: Arc Caster
Size: Handheld
Length: 60cm
Weight: 8kg
Ammunition Type: Sianium Power cell
Ammunition Capacity:
+ Continuous stream of electricity for 10 minutes before cell needs to be replaced
+ Can produce 50 short bursts before cell needs to be replaced
Effective Range: 20 meters, will arc across to other targets within 5 meters of primary target (arcs are weaker than main stream)
Rate of Fire:
+ Continuous stream of electricity (single action)
+ Short bursts of electricity (semi-auotmatic)
Special Features:
+ Weaker arcs of electricity will splinter off the main target within a 5 meter radius of primary target
+ Two power settings (stun and lethal) with the stun function using weaker bolts of electricity to short out a target's nervous system for a short time
Description:
Further increasing the amount of weapons utilizing Sianium technology, the Aurora Industries Weapons Division began work on the AI-147e "Overload" Arc Caster as another part of Project Galvani. Based off older models of arc casters used during the Galactic Civil War, the Overload has some marked improvements over those models.
Using the Sianium power cells designed for blasters, the engineers were able to produce a weapon that could fire a continuous stream of electricity for ten minutes before the cell needed switched, or fifty short bursts before the power cell needed switch. They also found, to their delight, that the primary target would become an arc focal point for about a five meter radius, although these arcs were weaker than the primary streams.
The Overload also comes with a stun function that produces much weaker bolts of electricity that are designed to stun a target's nervous system for short periods of time, typically five minutes. The Overload does have a rather short range of twenty meters and continued use might cause the barrel to melt, so constant maintenance and observation are needed to maintain full functionality. There is also the problem that, while it can do a continuous stream of energy for ten minutes, it is advised to not do so as the weapon can overheat and explode.
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