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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
In stark contrast to more expensive Globex designs, Pulse Cyclers are rugged, relatively low-tech weapons designed more for ease of use and cost limitation than peak performance. As a result, they are ideal for frontiersmen, militias, and gangbangers but rarely used by advanced militaries. That is not to say there are no exceptions, of course - some commando units have taken a liking to their reliability and devastating firepower.
That said, the primary market for Pulse Cyclers remains the frontier, the Outer Rim in particular, for their cheap, low-maintenance, and easy-to-use design is ideal for militias with little time for weapons training and settlers without reliable access to law enforcement or even decent blaster gas.
As a matter of fact, methane from nerfs has been used by some settlers. The results are, if nothing else, surprisingly functional.
- Intent: Cheap and reliable particle blasters for frontiersmen, militias, and criminals.
- Image Source: Sci-Fi Rifle by Lawrence Preston
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: BR-4 'Baleful Bantha' Blaster Rifle
- Manufacturer: The Globex Corporation
- Affiliation: The Globex Corporation
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: KV33 Pulse Cycler
- KV33-H Rifle or KV33-L Pistol.
- Modularity: Aesthetics, materials, attachments, etc.
- KV33-H can be modified into a functional sniper rifle or shotgun.
- KV33-L can be modified similarly.
- Production: Mass-Produced.
- Material: Hexaplast
- Classification: Particle Blaster
- Size: Average | Small (Pistol)
- Weight: Average | Light (Pistol)
- Ammunition Type: Gas Canister
- Ammunition Capacity: Small
- Effective Range: Average
- Rate of Fire: Low
- Damage Output: Very High | High (Pistol)
- Heavily blaster gas dependent.
- Recoil: Average | High (Pistol)
- Pulse Cyclers are ruggedly functional weapons 'simple enough to be used by a toddler' that can run on 'just about anything'. If loaded with the high-quality blaster gas usually reserved for more expensive weapons, they can pack one hell of a punch - they remain lethal even with all but the most suboptimal of gasses, however. Even methane somehow more or less works, producing unsteady red bolts with so-so cohesion.
- Pulse Cyclers are insanely, unbelievably cheap. They can be mass-produced in the millions or slapped together in a Denonese garage.
- Legitimate versions feature DRM that requires a small per-rifle fee (ten credits). Cracked versions are... somewhat wonky.
- The effective range of a Pulse Cycler can be extended with relatively cumbersome alterations, converting it into a sniper rifle.
- Conversely, Pulse Cyclers can be converted into shotguns. Sometimes referred to as 'trenchsweepers', they are incredibly devastating in close quarters but far from accurate. Point the muzzle in the general direction of the target, close the distance, and hope for the best.
- Boomstick: Pulse Cyclers pack one hell of a punch, especially if loaded with high-quality blaster gas; their unstable bolts can't be deflected.
- It Just Works: Pulse Cyclers require minimal maintenance and can extract subpar but functional yields from unusually impure gasses.
- Simplistic: Pulse Cyclers have few 'fancy accessories' like techy aiming and ammo counters. Eyeballing it is fine, right? Right?
In stark contrast to more expensive Globex designs, Pulse Cyclers are rugged, relatively low-tech weapons designed more for ease of use and cost limitation than peak performance. As a result, they are ideal for frontiersmen, militias, and gangbangers but rarely used by advanced militaries. That is not to say there are no exceptions, of course - some commando units have taken a liking to their reliability and devastating firepower.
That said, the primary market for Pulse Cyclers remains the frontier, the Outer Rim in particular, for their cheap, low-maintenance, and easy-to-use design is ideal for militias with little time for weapons training and settlers without reliable access to law enforcement or even decent blaster gas.
As a matter of fact, methane from nerfs has been used by some settlers. The results are, if nothing else, surprisingly functional.
