D O M I N U S
CZ-833 Net Launcher
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION- Intent: The purpose of this submission is to create a new, deadly armament for the capture of beasts and bounties alike.
- Development Thread: If Required.
- Image Source: Hunterkiller
- Manufacturer: Browncoat Arms & AEL | Arakyd Industries
- Model: CZ-833 Net Launcher
- Affiliation: Private Market
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material: Durasteel, Alchemized-Monofilament Net, Stun Beads
- Classification: Stun Net Launcher
- Size: Hand-Held
- Status: Restricted/Personal
- Length: 24 centimeters
- Weight: 1.5 kilograms
- Magazine Size: 5 Nets
- Firing Rate: 30 RPM
- Effective Range: 15 meters (optimal), 35 meters (maximum)
Having faced down a wide variety of beasts, from Rak-Ghoul to War Hydras, Isley Verd found himself in need of a capable armament to assist in capturing some of these monstrosities alive. What's more, his experience hunting bounties placed in his mind a concept that would be useful in the restraining of monsters and marks alike. To this end, he commissioned Czerka Arms to create this unique armament, resulting in the CZ-833 Net Launcher. The project began through the total re-fitting of the CZ-835 Machine Pistol in order to fire compressed, monofilament nets. This process was not overly difficult for the company reknowned for the creation of personal armaments, and soon the requested concept was completed. Like most net guns, the CZ-833 launched compressed nets over distances.
Upon exiting the barrel, these nets unfurl at a rapid pace until impacting the target, where its form them quickly wraps about the body. The nets launched by the CZ-833 are adorned with stun beats coated with a general adhesive that will allow the net to stick to metal and hide quite reliably. Through this, the struggling targets will find themselves more and more entangled in the net the more they move. Once caught, the stun beads unleash a powerful electrical current into the target. The collective voltage of an individual net's beads is reminiscent of a military-grade taser and can easily incapacitate the average adult in a matter of seconds. Of course, for larger targets such as beasts, the number of webs fired will have to be increased as to allow the stunning to be effective.
As a whole, the range of the weapon is not exception; but what it lacks in range it makes up for in cutting power. Being composed of monofilament wires, each net boasts a cutting power that is at a "super sharp"/exceptional level. This allows for the nets to pierce through light armors or beast hides; thereby lodging the net painfully into the target's body. This allows for the stunning to be all the more effective, for the combination of excruciating pain coupled with potentially lethal incisions (depending upon where the net lands) results in a target less prone to struggle. However, whilst this in itself is impressive, Isley took it upon himself to augment the weapon all the more through applying his alchemical expertise.
Through the manipulation of the monofilament nets at a molecular level, he was able to make each of them completely resistant to the blades of lightsabers; thereby making them a deadly took for employment against wielders of the Force. As a whole, the CZ-833 Net Launcher is a unique and deadly weapon poised to effectively serve Isley Verd in his hunts from this point forward.
After Czerka Arms was taken over by ATC, Danger Arceneau saw that there would be a market for this type of weapon. Approaching Rave Merrill, she made a deal with AEL to produce the alchemized monofilament net required to produce a limited quantity of these arms.
DRAWBACKS
- In comparison to blasters or slugthrowers, the net launcher's range is exceptionally short.
- While immune to the blades of lightsabers, the nets can be avoided (space/distance permitting) or telekinetically shoved away.
- Beasts and targets with exceptionally durable armor will not be effected by the cutting power of the nets. In specific, any armor that is Class 6 can potentially shrug off the potentially deadly cutting power.
- Each launcher only holds five nets at a time and takes a total of two seconds to launch and completely unfurl. The reload process takes at least five seconds.
