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Approved Tech KCR-22 - Kainate Combat Rifle Model Twenty-Two

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
  • Manufacturer:
  • Affiliation:
  • Market Status: Closed-Market
  • Model: KCR-22 - Kainate Combat Rifle Model Twenty-Two
  • Modularity: Yes
    • Can link to virtually any electronics, sensor suite, HUD, artificial intelligence, or targeting system
    • Frame may be coated or electroplated with various materials
    • Settings and Programming Alterations
    • Aesthetic Modifications
    • Systems may be stripped as needed or desired
    • Optic, side, and underbarrel rail interfaces may accommodate a number of attachments
  • Production: Minor
  • Material:
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
  • Classification: Slugthrower Rifle - Dual Stage Linear Motor Rail Gun
  • Size: Average
    • Length: 121.11 cm
  • Weight: Average
  • Muzzle Velocity: 2.5 km/s
  • Ammunition Type: 7.62x51mm
  • Ammunition Capacity: Small - 30 Round Magazine
  • Effective Range: Average - 450 m
  • Rate of Fire: Average
  • Damage Output: Very High
  • Recoil: Average
SPECIAL FEATURES
STRENGTHS
  • Kinetic Train - The KCR-22 manifests a very high damage potential when discharged on the active power mode, which uses both chemical propulsion and linear motor rails to accelerate the projectile to hypersonic velocity. This extreme velocity imparts the intermediate-sized projectile with kinetic force roughly equivalent to that of a large-caliber projectile fired from an anti-materiel rifle.
  • Surgical - While it lacks the range to be a sniper platform, the KCR-22 is very accurate and precise within its effective firing range.
  • Redundancy - In the event that its electrical systems are disabled, the KCR-22 will still be capable of firing (albeit with considerably reduced damage potential) as it can discharge slugs solely via chemical propulsion.
  • Silence is Violence - Owing to its integrated silencer, the KCR-22 is virtually soundless at the point of the shooter.
WEAKNESSES
  • Ammunition Weight - Pound for pound, energy weapons are generally more efficient than slugthrowers. Unfortunately, the KCR-22 is no exception to this. Magazines are larger and heavier than power cells, limiting how many can be carried at a time.
  • Mechanical Mutation - Like any piece of technology, the KCR-22 is susceptible to Mechu-deru and other technology-twisting powers if left unprotected. A talented practitioner of such esoteric sorceries could induce a jam or some other mechanical failure that might compromise the weapon entirely or demand precious time to fix, leaving the shooter vulnerable.
  • Traced - If fired within an atmosphere, the projectile discharged from the KCR-22 is imparted with such extreme velocity that it can leave a short-lived contrail in its wake that may lead directly back to the shooter.
DESCRIPTION
Representing an alternative to the Kainate Combat Rifle Model Sixty-Two, the KCR-22 occupies a niche in Kainate (and sometimes Sith Order) armories as a modernized slugthrower design. While the KCR-22 is more intended as an special purpose weapon for conditions where blasters might be otherwise ineffective, it can also be used as a primary option for soldiers seeking a more unconventional armament. In both cases, the KCR-22 is a reliable option that quite easily competes with (and often exceeds) blasters in terms of firepower. Dealing damage through kinetic force and penetration, while the projectile fired by the KCR-22 is an intermediate caliber, it carries 30 kilojoules of pure kinetic energy—roughly equivalent to that of a large caliber anti-materiel round. As such, the projectile has a high potential to rip through flesh, armored organic carapace, stone, and personal armor plating constructed from reinforced metal alloys the likes of titanium and impervium. Even in the event that penetration fails, the projectile can impart blunt kinetic force on impact, generating concussive waves of overpressure that can blow open body cavities, shatter bones, sever limbs, and liquify organs.

However, the KCR-22 is not without weaknesses. Like most slugthrowers, its magazines are heavier than power cells and take up more space, limiting how many can be carried. In addition, the hypervelocity projectiles generate contrails in their wake that may lead back to the shooter. Finally, in spite of the high velocity of its projectiles, the weapon’s range is limited by the fact that its projectiles sublimate rapidly after 450 meters, while also losing their accuracy.

All in all, the KCR-22 is uncompromising and lethal in its design, leveraging modern technology to refresh a seemingly ancient class of weapon.
 
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