Bookworm
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To develop a next-generation version of Aurora's BurstStreak multi-purpose blaster system
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- Canon Link: DC-17m
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: AI-321m BurstStreak
- Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
- Model: AI-331m "NovaStreak" Heavy Weapon System
- Affiliation: Aurora Industries, Closed-Market
- Modularity: Different modules can be added to allow access to the weapon's other firing modes
Production: Minor produced
- Material: Durasteel, blaster components, Sianium power cell
- Classification: Blaster Rifle
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average (standard configuration), Heavy (sniper configuration and anti-armor configuration)
- Ammunition Type: Sianium Power cell, Gas Canisters, Anti-armor grenades
- Ammunition Capacity:
- Standard Configuration - Three hundred and fifty shots per gas canister
- Sniper Configuration - Three shots per gas canister
- Anti-Armor Configuration - One grenade at a time
Reload Speed: Very Slow (anti-armor configuration), Slow (sniper configuration), Fast (standard configuration)
- Effective Range: Average (standard and anti-armor configuration), Long Range (sniper configuration)
- Rate of Fire: Very Low (anti-armor configuration), Low (sniper configuration), Average (standard configuration)
- Stopping Power: High (standard configuration), Very High (sniper and anti-armor configuration)
- Recoil: Average (standard configuration), High (sniper configuration), Very High (anti-armor configuration)
- Modules allow the weapon to have three different firing modes
- Sianium Power Cell gives the NovaStreak's blaster rounds an increased stopping power
- The cornerstone of the design, the NovaStreak continues its predecessor's ability to serve multiple weapon roles by units using it through the use of modules that can be added or removed as the situation demands.
- Due to the Sianium Power Cell, and a streamlining of the internal components, the NovaStreak is able to coax out more blaster shots before needing to reload the gas canister
- Also due to the Sianium Power Cell, the NovaStreak's blaster bolts are stronger than usual blaster bolts
- An unfortunate holdover from the previous design, when the system's gas canister is used up, it ejects automatically with a loud ping that can alert an enemy that the user needs to reload.
- Due to the instability of Sianium, continuous fire is ill-advised as overheating will cause the Sianium power cell to explode violently.
- While it has great modularity, it can take precious time to take off a module and replace it with another
With the galaxy descending further and further into conflict, the engineers at Aurora Industries decided to revisit their standard blaster system, the AI-321m, and improve upon it. Given the greenlight by Taeli, the weapon engineers at Aurora began work on the AI-331m Heavy Weapon System, otherwise known as the NovaStreak.
The concept for the weapon remained the same, drawing inspiration and design from its predecessor and the far older model of weapon, the DC-17m. Unlike the AI-321m, the AI-331m has had its components streamlined for increased efficiency from the Sianium power cell. The weapon is able to fire more shots before the gas canister is depleted, while still retaining the increased stopping power. Gone is the disruptor module from the 321m, but the engineers decided to develop an anti-armor grenade module to take its place.
