Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To provide a blaster pistol in the Lucerne Personal Defense line-up
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- Manufacturer: Lucerne Personal Defense
- Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi, Closed-Market
- Model: LPD-33 Dartfire Blaster Pistol
- Modularity: Rail attachments, scope, other typical blaster modifications
Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: blaster pistol components, Durasteel casing, electronics, Permex furniture, Wroshyr Tree Grip Panels
- Classification: Blaster Pistol
- Size: Small
- Weight: Very Light
- Ammunition Type: power pack, gas canister
| Blaster Pistol Mode | Supercharged Mode | Repeater Mode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition Capacity | 50 | 20 | 100 |
| Reload Speed | Average | Average | Average |
| Effective Range | Personal (30 meters) | Personal (30 meters) | Personal (30 meters) |
| Rate of Fire | Average | Very Low | High |
| Stopping Power | Low | High | Very Low |
| Recoil | Low | Average | Very Low |
SPECIAL FEATURES
Variable Fire Modes: While the Dartfire can be used as a basic blaster pistol, like the Firebolt blaster rifle, this pistol can alter the gas feed and cycling rate to get different effects. The Dartfire can produce bigger and more damaging bolts at the cost of a lower rate of fire and greater ammunition consumption, which effectively turns it into a heavy blaster pistol. It can also act as a light repeating blaster pistol, not unlike the IR-5 Intimidator, by cycling more shots that use less blaster gas and power.
Stun Setting: Like most blasters, the Dartfire does have a stun setting in all of its fire modes.
Rail: The Dartfire does have a top rail that allows it to accept a variety of existing aftermarket scopes and other accessories.
- Variable Fire Modes: The Dartfire can alter the intake of its ammunition and firing cycle to allow it to be used in different weapon roles, making it a versatile weapon.
- Short Range: Like most blaster pistols, the Dartfire is fairly short-ranged, which limits its use to mainly being a back-up or self-defense weapon.
The Dartfire is Lucerne Personal Defense's most basic blaster pistol on the market, and it very clearly emulates the aesthetics of the old-fashioned by still popular Blastech DL-44 Pistol, including its scope mounting hardware. But style aside, the Dartfire is a much different weapon which focuses on the company's preference to adaptability rather than raw power. Like most blasters, the Dartfire runs on power packs and blaster gas canisters. But like some advanced holdout blasters on the market and like the company's own Firebolt Blaster Rifle, the Dartfire can alter the intake of blaster gas into the Xciter chamber as well as the amount of power used in its particle beam. Consequently, while it normally is indistinguishable from a normal blaster pistol, a flip of the selector lever can turn it into a heavy blaster pistol like the aforementioned DL-44 or a repeating light blaster pistol like the IR-5 Intimidator. While highly versatile, the Dartfire is still limited by the shortcomings of most blaster pistols including a relatively short range and limited ammunition capacity.
Lucerne Personal Defense has marketed this weapon widely, not only to militaries and other government organizations but also to private citizens as well. As a relatively economical, every man's weapon, it has high sales volume even if the individual profit margin is small. Dartfires can consequently be found across the galaxy in decent numbers, though the highest concentration of weapons is within Silver Jedi space, where it is not only found within use of the Silver Jedi's soldiers, but by many of its private citizens as well. The Directorate often issues the weapon as a standard sidearm for its officers and spacebound crewmen.