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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a verpine shatter gun type weapon in Lucerne Personal Defense's catalogue
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- Manufacturer: Lucerne Personal Defense
- Affiliation: Silver Jedi Concord, Lucerne Personal Defense customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: LPD-59 Stormlance Shatter Rifle
- Modularity: Underbarrel attachments; sights/scopes; ammunition
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel barrel, Ceramisteel internal components and frame with condensed-matter composite reinforcement, Permex furniture, Magnatomic Grip Panels
- Classification: Shatter Gun
- Size: Large
- Weight: Heavy
- Ammunition Type: slugs / powerpacks
| Semi-Automatic Mode | Sniper Mode | Rapid Fire Mode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition Capacity: | Average (~90 shots) | Average (~45 shots) | Average (~90 shots) |
| Effective Range: | Long Range | Battlefield | Average |
| Rate of Fire: | Average | Low | Very High |
| Damage Output: | High | Very High | Average |
| Recoil: | Average | High | Average |
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Shatter Gun: The Stormlance is a near copy of the base mechanism found in Verpine Shatter Gun, using advanced magnetic field technology and variable size bores to rapidly accelerate projectiles at high velocities while still remaining near silent. The main difference with the Stormlance is that it has been heavily ruggerized in a shock-absorbing frame thanks to the use of condensed-matter composite inserts and permex furniture to make it less delicate. Additionally, the weapon has a selector switch which allows the user access to different firing modes. Typical ammunition are metallic pellets or rifle bullets.
- Variable Ammunition: Unlike many standard shatter guns, the Stormlance features multicaliber magazine and bore as standard. This allows the Stormwrath to accept a variety of different ammunition types and calibers up to 3 centimeters in diameter. Obviously, larger projectiles take up less space than smaller ones in the weapon's grip magazine, but it does provide the user with a wide variety of options that wouldn't otherwise be available for most handguns. Some options found in use include simple explosive slugs, flechettes, shock bolts, exotic magma pebbles, flash quarrels, and tranq slugs. It can also use conventional slugthrower ammunition, including ammunition normally used by the company's own Shadowstrike and Firespear conventional slugthrowers, though the propellant and primer is typically a waste and it takes up more magazine room than other ammunition choices.
- Variable Fire Modes: While the Stormlance can be used as a basic verpine shatter gun, this pistol can alter the charging cycle and projectile feed rate to get different effects. The Stormlance act like an sniper rifle by accelerating a projectile at much higher speeds than normal - though this does use nearly twice as much power as a normal, semi-automatic shot does. It can also act as a light machine gun, by cycling more shots at a faster rate with less power and range.
- Picatinny Rail: The Stormlance does have top and bottom Picatinny rails on its frame beneath the barrel, which allows it to use a variety of over the counter weapon's attachments such as targeting lasers, tactical lights, grappling spike launchers, scopes, bipods, and secondary weapons like small underbarrel grenade launchers.
- Versatile Weapon: The Stormlance can alter the intake of its ammunition and its charging cycle to allow it to be used in different weapon roles, making it a versatile weapon.
- Excellent Range (sniper rifle mode): The Stormlance can accelerate projectiles to very high velocitys, giving it excellent range and power.
- Hefty Weapon: The Stormlance is large and heavy weapon for a rifle, making it not an ideal choice for those who prefer to rely on quick movements or who tend to engage in a lot of close-quarters combat.
- Low Rate of Fire (sniper rifle mode): In sniper rifle mode, the Stormlance takes more time than normal build up the necessary charge to launch the projectiles at such high velocities, which leads to a reduced rate of fire.
Shatter guns have long enjoyed a degree of popularity among those looking for exceptionally powerful but silent weapons. When the Roche Asteroid Belt fell to the Bryn'adul invaders, most Verpine manufacturers of the weapons ceased production or had to build new facilities out of the system in safe space. At that time, Lucerne Personal Defense stepped in to fill the demand for these weapons with their own derivative design - the Stormlance Shatter Rifle. While not as powerful or with as great of ammunition capacity as the most advanced shatter rifles already on the market, the Stormlance's design tends to emphasize traditional company values of durability and versatility. To that end, the delicate electronics of the shatter gun are encased in a thick, shock absorbing receiver. Perhaps more significantly, the weapons do come with multi-caliber bores and magazines as standard, as well as selector switch which allows the users to choose between typical semi-automatic mode, sniper rifle mode, and a fully automatic rapid fire mode. This can provide users with a wealth of options, from firing a spray of shock bolts to quickly knockout dangerous fauna to rapidly discharging explosive slugs to take out multiple armored targets.
The Stormlance hasn't reached the popularity of other shatterguns among so-called independent operators - likely because it doesn't quite have the power or ammunition capacitiy of some traditional designs - but it has gained significantly more traction in the military and exploration sectors on account of its durability and versatility. The company's close ties with the Silver Jedi Concord have meant that the weapon sees some service with the Forces of the Concord Guard and local defense forces, though perhaps the best known users within the Concord are the Mandalorian Covenant.
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