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G-12A Blaster Rifle in Standard Configuration.
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION- Intent: Create an advanced and breathtakingly powerful blaster rifle for exclusive use by the First Order's most feared and elite operators, the Death Troopers.
- Image Source: Source
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: G-11F Blaster Rifle, E-11D Blaster Rifle, Particle Beam.
- Designer:
Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (Intellectual Property Holder)
[*]Manufacturer:
- First Order Corps of Imperial Engineers (Unlicensed Production)
- Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (Intellectual Property Holder)
[*]Affiliation: Closed-Market
[*]Model: G-12A Blaster Rifle
[*]Cost: 11,000 Credits (Not available on Civil Market)
[*]Value: 33,000 Credits (Black Market Value)
[*]Modularity: Yes (Foregrip, Scope, Underslung Mount)
[*]Production: Limited
[*]Material: Reinforced Duraplast, Reflec, Stygian-Triprismatic Polymer, Turadium.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Repeating Blaster, Blaster Rifle
- Size: Average
Hand-Held
[*]Length: 787mm (31.0 In), Stock Extended, 756mm (29.75 In), Stock Collapsed.
[*]Weight: Heavy
- 8.0kg, Loaded
[*]Ammunition Type: Power cell, Tibanna Gas Canister
[*]Ammunition Capacity: 180 Shots (Gas Canister), 180 Shots (Power Cell)
[*]Reload Speed: Very Slow
- ~15-30s
[*]Muzzle Velocity: 1,660 Meters/Second
[*]Effective Range: Average
- 300 Meters
[*]Maximum Range: Long-Range
- 500 Meters
[*]Rate of Fire: Average
- 360 Rounds/Minute
[*]Fire Modes: Semi-Automatic, Three-Round Burst, Safe.
[*]Stopping Power: Extreme
[*]Thermal Energy Output: 80 Kilojoules
[*]Recoil: High
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Ambidextrous Fire Selector
- Ambidextrous Accessory Controls
- Collapsible Stock
- Extended power pack capacity
- Front Iron Sight
- Foregrip Pictinny Rail
- Heatsink
- HUD-Linked Cartridge & Battery Status, Dynamic Reticle, Optic Sight
- Magnatomically-Paired High Adhesion Grips
- Optic Pictinny Rail
- Triggerguard
- Underslung Barrel Accessory Housing
- Grisly Injuries: G-12A Rifles can inflict extreme injuries which for the most part are designed to be fatal without intense primary care. The kinetic energy imparted can atomise tissue and even leave unarmoured victims dismembered or bisected with the initial site of impact being cauterised with surrounding circulatory systems or organs expanding and exploding internally due to expansion from the extreme temperatures conveyed by the tibanna gas onto the body's liquids.
- High-Capacity: In an attempt to off-set the problem of reload speed the power-cell used in the G-12A has been improved when compared to the G-11F and results in greater shot capacity at the loss of automatic fire and sustained fire.
- Modular Platform: Designed with the special requirements of Special Forces Operators in mind, the G12-A can feature a wide variety of different accessories thanks to the inclusion of Pictinny rails; Scopes, Foregrips and Underslung mounts are all replaceable and modular. Of note the weapon comes standard-issue with an underslung particle-beam launcher to use against crowded infantry or lightsaber wielders.
- Penetrative Power: Lethality exemplified; the G-12A is any blaster's equal when it comes to penetrative power with 13,778 Joules of Kinetic Energy designed to burn through its' targets at two-thousand degrees celsius the weapon's bright azure bolts of magnetically contained tibanna plasma can eat through common materials and infantry armour with ease, exception only given to those constructed of the toughest materials. The weapon is also designed to disable unarmoured or armour-skin clad vehicles such as speeder bikes or improvised speeder weapons platforms without much difficulty.
- Reflec Coat: The G-12A's Reflec coating helps reduce the weapon's sensor and radar cross-section, to aid in covert or clandestine operations. The reflec on the other hand does not conceal the intense thermal signature the weapon emits when being discharged. However, outside of being actively discharged or venting it remains fairly troublesome to detect.
- Cleaning Schedule: As a blaster-type weapon the rifle requires attentive care to function properly even if it is amongst the more durable designs; failure to completely disassemble and clean the weapon atleast once every 24 hours in typical combat environments is begging to have the weapon misfire and malfunction repeatedly.
- Internal Gas Cartridge & Battery: Similarly to the G-11F if the weapon's volatile Gas Cartridges or battery is breached for whatever reason, it can result in the weapon being rendered inoperable or explode violently with force that can severely injure or disable the wielder. The greatest risk of this happening exists where high-velocity debris such as shrapnel is being thrown around the weapon from explosives or close-quarters fighting where a hostile might have a perpendicular angle on the weapon.
- No Full Automatic: Due to the weapon's excessive reload drill and high recoil it lacks a fully-automatic fire setting and instead possesses three-round burst capability to aid in the conservation of ammunition and facilitate controlled accurate fire, this puts the users at a distinct suppression disadvantage when facing hostiles armed with true repeating blasters at close-range featuring fully-automatic capability.
- Overheating: G-12A Blaster Rifles contain high quality heatsinks however under sustained burst-fire the heatsinks can reach their capacity for thermal energy quickly and after being filled the weapon performs an emergency vent which lasts approximately 4.5 seconds where the built-up plasma gas is ejected visibly, during this time the weapon is inoperable and cannot be fired until the venting is complete.
- Particle Beam Volatility: The standard-issue rifle's particle-beam projector that is mounted in the underslung housing has the potential of being disabled by a well-placed shot and could even detonate fantastically and completely obliterate the weapon and inflict grievous injuries upon its' wielder.
- Slow Reload: Reloading the weapon is not an easy feat and one that has to be performed while stationary; both the weapon's power cell and gas canister are stored internally to help reduce the weapon's sensor and physical cross-section. Forcing the wielder to perform a field strip to access and replace both the Power Cell and Gas Canister which can take anywhere from fifteen to thirty seconds depending on the wielder. Either way it's a significant amount of time especially at combat range and gives hostiles ample time to suppress the user or displace positions while they're performing the weapon's reloading drill.
- Sustained Burst: Sustained firing in three-round bursts adversely impacts accuracy noticeably at the ceiling of effective range, with the shots from the rifle steadily increasing in spread with dramatically increased felt recoil.
The G-12A Blaster Rifle is advanced lethal and volatile befitting characteristics for what is the cutting-edge of First Imperial Blaster Rifle technology, the weapon is intended for use by the First Order's few albeit crack Death Trooper Operators. Designed to be modular so as to be capable of fulling any mission requirements backed by precise and expert engineering the G-12A Blaster Rifle is of a quality unmatched even amongst the First Order's already impressive engineering resume. It is not an entirely original design however but merely a refinement of existing concepts seen in its' predecessor the G-11F which is wielded proudly by Stormtroopers and Special Forces personnel across the galaxy. When comparing the G-12A to the G-11F the former is superior in almost every characteristic imaginable and represents a physical departure from centuries of Imperial-Design that the G-11F remained true towards. The biggest drawback of the G-12A Rifle at a glance is the necessity to field-strip the weapon in order to replace either its' power cell or Tibanna Gas Canister, both of which sit snugly above the trigger grip within the barrel's housing. Field-Stripping the weapon is not a rugged procedure and almost always demands the wielder remain stationary lest they enjoy attempting to juggle weapon parts through the air. Another glaring drawback of the weapon is its' conspicuous absence of a Fully-Automatic firing mode, this is due to the immense heat and recoil the weapon generates when firing, the former rapidly overwhelming the heat-sinks while the latter causes jarring recoil and dramatically reduced accuracy under sustained fire to strike a happy medium between Semi-Automatic and Automatic fire the weapon incorporates a 'three-round burst' mode where there shots are discharged with the single-pull of a trigger. The weapon's heat-sinks can safely handle sustained semi-automatic fire with little concern however sustained burst-fire without fail will overwhelm the heat sinks after six to eight three-round bursts, at this point the weapon becomes inoperable over approximately 4.5-5 seconds as the heatsinks vent. The venting is a necessary safety procedure to stop the expensive internal components from being damaged.
Like many Blaster-Type weapons the G-12A is maintenance intensive despite being widely acclaimed as a rugged design the user manual states that for optimal performance in combat environments the G-12A should be completely disassembled and thoroughly cleaned once every twenty-four hours to minimise the risk of malfunction or misfire the former of which can result in the weapon sometimes being rendered inoperable. In the barracks or urban environment this same maintenance procedure can usually be neglected for a few days without serious increase in the incidence of weapon malfunction. Despite it's many drawbacks and disadvantages when compared to Slugthrowers or more antiquated Blaster designs the G-12A is an absolutely devastating system especially in the hands of its' well-trained users, with an eye-widening muzzle velocity of 1,660 Meters per/second the rifle takes full advantage of Electrothermal-chemical technology resulting in each shot conveying the equivalent of 13,778 Joules of Kinetic Energy more than sufficient to kill a large felucian beast never-mind a Human or other Humanoid Species. Survival is possible albeit unlikely with most targets suffering shock from a massive drop in blood pressure often caused by dismemberment with it not unheard of for unarmoured targets to bisect gruesomely around the rounds' impact. When the magnetically-contained Tibanna plasma enters the body it has a temperature of approximately 2,000 degrees celsius and cauterises the entry wound itself though it can cause massive secondary injuries such as flash vaporisation of organs and their contents with veins and arteries expanding and 'exploding' within the target as the blood within them boils. Due to its lack of a fully-automatic fire mode and the risk of Death Troopers encountering dangerous lightsaber-wielding force sensitives while deployed each rifle comes-equipped with an Underslung Particle beam which acts as a Grenade launcher; firing highly energised weighty and unstable golden-orb like projectiles which arc noticeably with a maximum range equal to the rifle's own effective range while this might sound excellent due to the nature of particle weapons each discharge of the particle beam launcher depletes 50 battery units from the power cell; leaving a full-loaded rifle capable of launching only three 'grenades, the designed casualty radius of those particle beam 'grenades' is about 15 meters while the high probability kill radius is approximately 5 meters.
The rifle features two pictinny rails for accessories; one above the receiver where a variety of different optic sights/scopes can be mounted to suit the Shooter's needs though the Standard sight is a Holographic sight optimised for close-quarters fighting while the second pictinny rail is located beneath the underslung barrel mount housing and can he used to shift the straight foregrip for optimal comfort or even replace with an angled foregrip as the operator sees fit. Finally the underslung barrel housing can sport a wide number of accessories beyond the Particle Beam launcher including: Chemical-Driven Grenade Launcher Flashlight, Flashlight and Laser Pointer.
SUBMISSION MODIFICATION RECORDS
- 09/04/2019: Edited the Affiliations, Manufacturer, Designer to include the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation. Specified Closed-Market. Increased Production Rating to Limited. Edited Kinetic Energy Output to "Thermal Energy Output" and gave units in Joules as an equivalent in Kinetic Energy.
