Walon Rauth
"Kyr'yc be Krayt Drahr"
- Intent: To create a Mandalorian Designated Marksman Rifle.
- Image Source: MSGDI - Asset Store
- Canon Link: DLT-20A (Legends)
- Permissions: Manufacturer Permissions
- Primary Source: Repurposed Canon Articles, Fantasy Flight Games-Star Wars RPG Sourcebooks, DLT-20A
- Manufacturer: Mythosaur Forgeworks (Original Design BlasTech Industries)
- Affiliation: The Death Watch Crusade, Closed Market
- Model: ARS-12 Marksman Rifle
- Modularity: Yes, Underslung Attatchments, etc.
- Production: Minor-Scale Production
- Material:
- Reinforced Duraplast Casing and Insulation Liner, with Cortosis-weave Overlay.
- Durasteel, Dallorian Alloy, and Agrinium Components.
- Textured Rubber Grips, with Magnetic Plating and Tethers.
- Carbon-Durasteel Reinforced Polycarbonate Stock and Body.
- Various Energy Weapon Components.
- Classification: Heavy Particle Beam Blaster Rifle
- Role: Anti-Lightsaber, Anti-Infantry, Anti-Vehicular (Light,) Etc.
- Size:Large
- Length: 119.38 cm
- Weight: Heavy
- Mass: 6.7 kg
- Ammunition Type:
- Plasma-Spun Tibanna Gas Canister, with T-33 Radiation.
- Rylith Power Cells.
- Rylith Plasma Cartridge.
- Ammunition Capacity:Small
- Standard Shots: 50 Unstable Plasmatic Bolts.
- Overcharged Shots: 10 Super-charged and Unstable Plasmatic Bolts.
- Effective Range:Long Range
- Optimal Firing Range: 100 meters
- Maximum Firing Range: 700 meters
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Firing Modes: Single Shot, Semi-Automatic, Pulse-Fire (Three Round Burst)
- Stopping Power:Very High
- Standard Shots: Plasmatic Detonation on Impact; Capable of leaving a 0.1 Metre Hole in Ferrocrete Barricades.
- Overcharged Shots: Super-charged Plasmatic Detonation on Impact; Capable of leaving a 0.75 Metre Hole in Reinforced Ferrocrete Barricades.
- Recoil: Average - User Dependent, as Beams Weapons do not generate Recoil.
- Rangefinder Scope | Computerized Interface (HUD Uplink.)
- Ultraviolet Targeting Laser.
- Insulated and Augmented Spin Barrel with an Upgraded Galven Pattern and a T-33 Radiation Emitter.
- Rylith Power Cells and Plasma Cartridges, with a Mandalorian Amplifying Chamber, and a Capacitor Overcharger.
- Hair Trigger with Armoured Trigger Guard.
- Contoured Rifle Grip with Cautionary Pulser, Gene-locked Coding and an Autosteady Gyro-Gimbal.
- Possible Underslung Attachments.
- Removable Weapon Sling, and Iron Sights.
- Reinforced Duraplast Insulation Liner; High Resistance to EMP and Ion Warfare.
- Secondary Pulsed Energy Projectile Laser; Non-Lethal Takedowns.
- Accurate and High-Powered Energy Weapon; Various Stabilization and Overcharge Capabilities.
- T-33 Radiation-enhanced Plasmatic Bolts; Successive Shots Overload Deflector Shield Generators, And An Energy Weapon's Magnetic Sheath - I.E. Lightsabers.
- Anti-Lightsaber and Xythan Shield Weapon; Plasmatic Bolts Cannot Be Reflected, As They Burst On Impact.
- Rugged and Durable Design; High-Efficacy Operation in Multiple Environs (Non-Submersible.)
- Multi-Role: Enables Long Range Shooting With Close Quarters Combat Ability.
- Accuracy Decreases with Increased Rate of Fire; Crystalline Beam Diffraction.
- Limited EMP and Ion Warfare Resistance; Device Potency and Proximity Dependent.
- Non-Submersible Energy Weapon; Will Not Operate Underwater.
- Specialized Munitions; No Battlefield Scavenging - Tibanna Gas Canisters.
- Overcharged Functionality; Significantly Reduced Ammunition Capacity.
- Heavy Blaster Rifle; Two-handed Requirement.
- Rapid Overheating; Pulse-Fire and Overcharged Functionality - Possible Danger to the Weapon and Wielder.
- Master of None: Despite Multifunction Role, Will Always Be Second Best To An Actual Sniper Rifle Or Blaster Carbine.
After the success of the GALAAR-15c Particle Blaster Carbine and RAWL-10a Phase-Pulse Longblaster, the Forgesmiths of Mythosaur Forgeworks received a request for a combination weapon of the two, a long blaster that retained the ability to be a close combat weapon when needed. Taking design cues from the old but popular DLT-20A Longblaster, and combining it with the developed technology mostly from the GALAAR-15c, the Forgesmiths came up with a decidedly light yet accurate blaster rifle, capable of making shots at twice the range of the GALAAR, but being half the weight of the RAWL to equip troops on the front lines with a Designated Marksman Rifle called the ARS-12 Marksman Rifle.
A major strength of the ARS-12 Marksman Rifle was the shared type of ammunition from the GALAAR, though they still require different magazines. This also meant it retained both the anti-shield capabilities and the anti-lightsaber capabilities of the GALAAR, though this also meant that the blaster retained the ability to overheat when used with Overcharged and Pulse-Fire if Pulse-Fire is maintained for an extended time. Troops equipped with this weapon were expected to exercise trigger discipline when equipped with this weapon.
With the ARS-12 Marksman Rifle in their possession, the Mandalorians of The Death Watch crusade and their allies would be equipped with another weapon in their arsenal to fight the enemies of Mandalore, and to wreak the vengeance on the galaxy.
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