Salvage Team Six
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a burst firing blaster for the Mahporeem Imperial Remnant.
- Image Source: Artstation Link, image created by Clinton Young.
- Canon Link: EE-3 Carbine Rifle.
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Wookieepedia.
- Manufacturer: Mahporeem Imperial Remnant.
- Affiliation: Mahporeem Imperial Remnant.
- Market Status: Closed Market.
- Model: HE-61 Blaster Carbine.
- Modularity: Yes, can accept different weapon attachments.
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Wood
- Rubber
- Durasteel
- Transparisteel
- Electronic Components
- Classification: Blaster Carbine
- Size: Average.
- Weight: Average.
- Ammunition Type: Blaster Power Pack.
- Ammunition Capacity: Average, 120 shots.
- Effective Range:
- Average (Burst Fire]
- Long Range (Single Shot)
- Rate of Fire: Average.
- Damage Output: High.
- Recoil: Average.
- 009 Fastshot
- Targeting Scope
- B-3 Field Knife (Optional)
- X440 Blaster Actuating Module
- Tactical Three-Point Sling (Optional)
- Burst fire: Unlike most Mahporeenian weapons and blasters, the HE-61 Blaster Carbine is capable of outputting a three round burst of blaster fire, much like the EE-3 Carbine Rifle is
- Selective fire: The HE-61 Blaster Carbine is capable of switching between burst fire and semi-automatic firing
- Accurate: The HE-61 Blaster Carbine is rather accurate with both burst fire and semi-automatic fire
- Handy: The HE-61 is relatively small and lightweight, making it a handy weapon to utilize in the field
- Burst fire: The HE-61 Blaster Carbine is incapable of putting out automatic fire, and its three round burst cannot cannot be modified to fire additional blaster bolts
- Delay: The three round burst feature has a noticeable delay in between bursts, something that can take getting used to for anyone firing the weapon
- Long range: The HE-61 is optimized for mid to long range engagements, and suffers somewhat in close quarters
The HE-61 Blaster Carbine came about from an attempt to make a weapon that would increase the accuracy and hit probability of the person using it in combat. Unlike most blasters, which are either fully automatic or semi-automatic, the HE-61 is actually a burst fire weapon, firing a three round burst of blaster bolts with each pull of the trigger, though the weapon can switch to purely semi-automatic fire if preferred.
Since every trigger pull fires three blaster bolts instead of one, the idea behind the weapon is that it will allow less experienced and more poorly trained soldiers to have better odds of hitting the targets they are firing at since they are firing multiple blaster bolts at once without having to deal with the recoil of fully automatic firing. The HE-61 is rather accurate out to fairly long ranges, though its effective range is higher when firing semi-automatically.
Of course, burst fire is not a substitute for proper training, and like all blasters, the HE-61 is most effective in the hand of a fully trained and experienced soldier, one who knows how to get the most out of the weapon that they are using. Still, for what it is attempting to accomplish, the HE-61 does a fairly good job of increasing hit probability chance.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a burst firing blaster for the Mahporeem Imperial Remnant
Technical Information
Affiliation:
Mahporeem Imperial Remnant
Modular:
Yes
Effective Range:
Average
Rate of Fire:
Burst Fire
Material:
Wood, Rubber, Durasteel, Transparisteel, Electronic Components
Ammunition Type:
Blaster Power Pack
Ammunition Capacity:
Average
Damage Output:
High
Recoil:
Average
Ranged Class:
Other
