Approved Ranged Weapon Keelpiercer-type Ranged Combat System

[Ethanael Halscott]

Keelpiercer​

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a brutal hybrid harpoon weapon system for use by Commonwealth-aligned ships in siege, boarding, and sabotage operations.
• Image Source: N/A
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: Inspired by naval whaling harpoons, and boarding spikes.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Primo Victorian Enterprises, Commonwealth Naval Engineering Bureau
• Affiliation: Primo Victorian Enterprises, Dosuunian Commonwealth
• Market Status: Closed Market
• Model: CCG-RWHS-X1 “Keelpiecer”
• Modularity: Yes
• Production: Limited
• Material: Neutronium-hardened phrik reinforced with a durasteel alloy (tip); Judicite Composite; ECM components; micro-serrated penetrator edges; internal wiring (cortosis-lined variants optional); payload-specific materials (e.g., thermobaric gel, cryo-fluid, viral matrix); magnetic cable threading, Gravmire Gel; inertial dampeners

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Hybrid Siege Harpoon (Projectile + ECM/Explosive/Viral)
• Size: Large
• Weight: Heavy
• Ammunition Type: Harpoon bolts (loaded per shot, various payloads)
• Ammunition Capacity: Very Small
• Effective Range: Battlefield
• Rate of Fire: Low (Single Shot or Burst Fire)
• Damage Output: High
• Recoil: Average

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Serrated penetrator tip forged for armor-piercing and lock-in effect
• ECM spike array for counter-code injection, sensor disruption, false telemetry
• Customizable payloads:
  
  • Cryo destabilizer charge
  • Viral slicer spike
  • Boarding reel cable module
  • Seismic charge core
• "Whale Song" passive gravitic targeting
• Microspike fangs with creeping crawl feature (slow burrow + microexplosives)
• Optional exploding fangs for interior compartment detonation
• Gravmire Gel lining to absorb launch stress and reduce shock impact
• Integrated inertial dampening for stabilized firing platform and system integrity
• Optional burst-fire adaptation for launching 2–3 lighter Keelpiercers in rapid sequence

STRENGTHS

• Multi-role Payload: One harpoon can breach, disrupt, or enable boarding depending on configuration.
• Shield Penetration: Uses gravitic timing and optionally Ion Disruptor “Null Burst” to exploit shield cycling.
• Lock-In Effect: Serrated fangs and barbs make removal impossible without further hull damage.
• Electronic Warfare Capable: Jams comms, misleads sensors, or implants slicer code upon impact.
• Physical Tow Capability: Supports boarding reels and breacher pod deployment.
• Reduced Recoil: Gravmire Gel and dampeners mitigate launch shock and enable optional burst fire.

WEAKNESSES

• Low Ammunition Capacity: One-shot per launcher unless reloaded manually.
• Rate of Fire: Slow in single mode; burst fire strains system and requires cooldown.
• Telegraphed Launch: Harpoon tubes or grav-flingers often visible; alert crews can try to dodge.
• Countermeasures: Ion fields or slicing counterprograms may disable embedded spike arrays.
• Complex Mechanisms: Burst and ECM variants require maintenance and tuning between engagements.

DESCRIPTION
The Keelpiercer is not a torpedo. It is a statement.

Born of a doctrine that favors decisive brutality and cybernetic cunning, Keelpiercers are used by Commonwealth siege ships and hunters who want more than simple destruction. Each projectile is an act of intent: jagged, deliberate, and engineered to punish.

Their forged tips bite deep, barbed like ancient whale-killers, and their embedded systems go to work sowing chaos. With payloads ranging from warheads to virus cores, each variant tailors its violence to a specific role: sabotage, invasion, terror. When paired with gravitic listeners and repulsor targeting, they fire precisely during shield cycling to maximize penetration.

To better handle the immense launch shock and ensure continued system viability, Keelpiercers are laced with Gravmire Gel and supported by inertial dampeners—allowing them to operate even in burst-fire patterns where rapid strikes are needed.

Deployable via harpoon tubes, magnetic rails, or grav-flingers, Keelpiercers excel in boarding actions and cyberwarfare theaters. They are rarely subtle, but always remembered. For any captain struck by one, survival means facing not just the hole in your hull—but what crawls in through it.

 

[Delsin Shaw]

Ethanael Halscott

Approved