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- Intent: Create a unique version of the ARX-16 “Shrike” Modular Rifle Platform for Rowena-022.
- Image Source: Midjourney
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions:
- ARX-16 “Shrike” Modular Rifle Platform (X)
- Legionis Systems (X)
- Reactive Photonic Mesh (X)
- HPI - Ethaerium X (X) - See: Full Permissions Tab
- HPI - Ethaerium (N/A)
- FAE/AM-01 Energy Weapon Cartridge Series (N/A)
- FAE/U-06 Collapsing Mirrors (N/A)
- StabiliGat™ Recoil Reduction Module (OM)
- Rifle Silencer (OM)
- Blaster Gas Mask (OM)
- Primary Source: ARX-16 “Shrike” Modular Rifle Platform
- Manufacturer:
- Rowena-022 - Modifications
- First United Astral Engineering - Consultation
- Legionis Systems - Original Manufacture
- Affiliation: Rowena-022
- Market Status: N/A - Closed-Market
- Model: ARX-16 “Shrike”
- Modularity: Yes
- Barrel Assembly
- Stock
- Optics Suite
- Fire Mode Modules
- Energy Core
- Production: Unique
- Material:
- Durasteel Chassis
- Mag-Locked Recoil Dampener Frame
- Heat-Sinked Plasma Rails
- Sealed Optics Cluster
- Quantum-Coiled Targeting Uplink Node
- Reactive Photonic Mesh Coating
- Agrinium Reinforcement
- Terentatek Hide Integration
- Cooling Coils
- Classification: Class-D Disruptor Sniper Rifle / Coil-Hybrid
- Size: Large
- Weight: Heavy
- Muzzle Velocity: 60 km/s
- Bolt Appearance:
- Nigh-Invisible Transparent “Haze” - Ethaerium X Gas
- Violet - Ethaerium Gas
- Ammunition Type:
- FAE/AM-01-S4 Energy Weapon Cartridge - Ethaerium X Gas and Universal Coolant
- FAE/AM-01-S4 Energy Weapon Cartridge - Ethaerium Gas and Universal Coolant
- Ammunition Capacity: Very Small - 10 Shots
- Effective Range: Extreme
- Exoatmospheric Range: ~180 km
- Standard Atmospheric Range: ~140 km
- Rate of Fire: Semi-Automatic
- Mechanical Rate of Fire: 120 RPM
- Damage Output: Extreme
- Recoil: Very Low
- Locked Assembly: By default, the Faithful Heart is configured as a Class-D disruptor sniper rifle. It can not be reverted back to its stock variant without advanced disassembly in a workshop environment.
- Smart Optics Pod: Integrated with Fourth Legion battle net AI for predictive tracking, variable zoom, thermal, motion tagging, and encrypted drone relay feed.
- Uprated Pulse-Weighted Plasma Coils: Fires high-cohesion, micro-cavitating, hyper-ionized Class-D disruptor bolts that retain stability over extreme range; able to punch through virtually all superheavy and advanced-grade battlefield armor systems.
- Uprated Hybrid Rail Assist: Optional coil-assisted launch system gives shots railgun-like velocity for shield-breaking or anti-materiel roles.
- Adjustable Stabilization Stock: Reinforced recoil-absorbing buttstock with servo-hydraulic dampening, deployable monopod, and positional lock for suit integration.
- Targeting Relay Uplink: Syncs with nearby Legion units to designate, prioritize, and share targets in real time, creating dynamic crossfire advantages.
- Corrosive-Tolerant Chassis: Coated to resist acid rain, dust, cryo-exposure, extreme heat and high-radiation conditions common to deployments.
- Uprated Neural Reflex Trigger Port: Optional combat neural link allows fire-by-thought/command interface with virtually no latency.
- Zero-Profile Heat Dumping: Internal plasma decay is rerouted through cloaked pulse vents, eliminating thermal bloom and sniper counter-sensors.
- Null-Profile Bolt Suppression: The bolt is fired as a quasi-stable, low-radiation pulse with a self-contained energy signature, releasing its full waveform only after impact. In electromagnetic terms, the bolt appears cold and dark, with no telltale surge or ionization trail. As a result, the bolt is effectively invisible to sensors until immediately after the moment of impact, allowing it to reliably counter and offset anti-disruptor countermeasures (and various other anti-energy weapon countermeasures) that rely on sensor detection.
- Terentatek Hide Integration: The Faithful Heart’s critical internal systems are lined with thin terentatek hide sheets. Ultra-thin terentatek hide microfibers are woven into insulation and wiring jackets, integrating Force-resistance into the weapon’s electrical architecture.
- Collapsing Mirrors: The Faithful Heart can be collapsed down to less than half of its typical (uncollapsed) size and weight—a smaller and lighter most often used for storage or transport.
- StabiliGat™ Recoil Reduction Module
- Optional Silencer
- Optional Bipod
- Blaster Gas Mask
- Magnatomic Adhesion Grip
- Combat De-Ionization System
- Autosteady-Gyro Gimbal
- Stun Setting
- Heaven Striker: Devastatingly accurate at extreme range; its Class-D disruptor bolts make it a true marksman's weapon with destructive anti-armor capability. With its modifications from the stock variant, the Faithful Heart is capable of inflicting atomic deletion on its targets. Each high-cohesion, micro-cavitating, hyper-ionized bolt is produced by an ultra-dense, nonharmonic Ethaerium gas solution, giving the sufficient power to dematerialize exotic materials the likes of beskar, phrik, neuranium, ultra-dense organic carapace and other similarly resilient materials with a single shot. The bolt also strikes with a savage amount of kinetic force, with the potential to shatter bones, rupture organs, rattle components, blow out body cavities, and throw targets off their feet even in the event that annihilation or penetration fails. Finally, the explosive effects of the bolt renders it generally impractical to defend against with a lightsaber.
- Battle Net Integration: Links seamlessly with Legion AI relays, drones, and other Shrike units to dominate entire zones of fire.
- Anti-Shield Capable: The Shrike's hybrid rail-coil system can destabilize enemy energy shielding at range. In addition, the hyper-ionized nature of the bolt gives it the potential to overload energy shields in a manner akin to an electromagnetic pulse.
- Devotion as Armor: Anti-EMP and Ion measures are present in the form of agrinium reinforcement electronic hardening and a combat de-ionization system, allowing the weapon to feasibly resist high-energy electromagnetic discharges or quickly return to function in the event that it is compromised. In addition, the Faithful Heart is modified with integrated terentatek hide, providing resistance to the Force.
- Litany of Silence: A reactive photonic mesh coating makes the Faithful Heart extremely discreet, rendering it very difficult, if not impossible to pick up on sensors or scanners, while adding adaptive camouflage capability. The weapon is also equipped with an advanced null-profile bolt suppression system. In this, the bolt is discharged as a quasi-stable, low-radiation pulse with a self-contained energy signature. As a result, the bolt has effectively zero sensor signature when in-flight, making the weapon a reliable counter anti-disruptor and anti-energy weapon countermeasures that rely on sensor detection to activate. In addition, when utilizing Ethaerium X gas cartridges, the bolts fired by the rifle are nigh-invisible, effectively eliminating muzzle flash. All of these features combined (with the addition of the silencer to quiet the weapon at the point of the shooter) make the rifle so stealthy that it is often nigh-impossible to pick out the location of the shooter.
- Heavy and Specialized: Like the stock variant, the Faithful Heart is not suited to general purpose use cases due primarily to its weight and large frame. It is generally unwieldy and inconvenient to use in close-quarters.
- Limited Magazine Capacity: In order to augment the Faithful Heart’s power for conversion into a disruptor, capacity was sacrificed. As a result, under sustained (or undisciplined) use in a typical lightfight, reloads may be frequent and at times, wholly inconvenient.
- Significant Heat Load: Repeated shots build internal heat rapidly; the weapon must cool for a brief period between salvos (~6 shots fired in ~6 seconds) to avoid destabilization or cell overload.
- Storm Surge: As the Faithful Heart utilizes a coil-assisted launch to fire, it is susceptible to EMP and Ion-based assaults. An overload could result in the weapon being significantly attenuated in power and muzzle velocity due to the plasma rails being impaired or even the weapon itself being outright disabled—the latter being a potentiality should it be hit by a powerful ionizing discharge that overcomes its defenses.
A lethal vessel of devotion and worship to the Dark Queen, the Faithful Heart is an extreme-range, precision instrument designed to manifest its wielder’s zeal to devastating, hyper-lethal effect. Upon being issued a stock ARX-16 “Shrike” Modular Rifle, Rowena began working to modify to better fit her operational needs as a sniper. Thus, the completed, modified version—the Faithful Heart—contains a suite of systems to enhance its efficacy, encompassing stealth systems, utility features, and conversion systems which make it into a Class-D disruptor.
Discharging a hyper-ionized Class-D disruptor bolt, the Faithful Heart deals damage via a the searing release of unstable, nonharmonic disruptor energy which can excite and destabilize matter on the atomic level to produce extreme atomic obliteration capable of vaporizing virtually all types of materials (including heavy armor). Accompanying this is a veritable hammer blow of concussive shock (kinetic energy) capable of knocking down targets, shattering reinforced armor, and "jolting" energy shields. The bolt’s hyper-ionized characteristics allow it to disrupt electronics and overload personal, vehicle, and even small emplacement-grade energy shields in the manner of an electromagnetic pulse. Of particular significance, the bolt has an explosive effect upon connecting with a shield or solid object, including energy fields and notably, lightsabers.
The Faithful Heart is effective against a wide range of targets. The weapon’s sheer disruptive energy, focused by the uprated plasma coils, makes it a formidable anti-materiel rifle. Effective against armored vehicles and starships, the bolt can compromise the molecular bonds of durasteel, beskar, phrik, and other types of advanced armor plating. While it may not vaporize an entire tank, a precisely placed shot can potentially blow a fist-sized hole through its hull, potentially disabling critical systems or eliminating the crew inside. It is also exceptionally effective against cockpit canopies and external sensor arrays.
In all, with the modifications made to the weapon, the Faithful Heart’s role has shifted from "precision elimination" to "strategic annihilation”. Its purpose is to engage and annihilate targets that are considered "unkillable" by any other means: Jedi Masters, regenerating horrors, and the most hardened of war machines. This ensures that Rowena’s devastating litanies of devotion can reach all targets, no matter their resistance to her message.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
Create a unique version of the ARX-16 “Shrike” Modular Rifle Platform for Rowena-022.
Technical Information
Affiliation:
Rowena-022
Model:
ARX-16 "Shrike"
Modular:
Yes
Effective Range:
Extreme
Rate of Fire:
Semi-Automatic
Material:
See Body
Ammunition Type:
FAE/AM-01-S4 Energy Weapon Cartridge
Ammunition Capacity:
Very Small
Damage Output:
Extreme
Recoil:
Very Low
Ranged Class:
Sniper Rifle
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