OOC ACCOUNT
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To make an open-market energy cannon for use by Bounty Hunters and other criminal organizations
- Image Source: Credit to Creator
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Merchant Alliance of Spindle VI
- Affiliation: Merchant Alliance of Spindle VI
- Market Status: [Open-Market]
- Model: Merchant Alliance-Model Four [Mercury-Class Energy Cannon]
- Modularity: No
- Production: [Mass-Produced]
- Material:
- Durasteel Frame
- Electronic Components
- Blaster Technology
- Dallorian Alloy Plating
- Classification: Energy Cannon
- Size: Very Large
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Pulse-Wave
- Ammunition Capacity: High
- Effective Range: Long Range
- Rate of Fire: High
- Damage Output: Very High
- Recoil: High
- Dallorian Construction absorbing more heat than standard blaster model
- Attachments that increase direct power, precision, direct damage
- Overcharge mode to increase the maximum damage of the cannon
- Higher Rate of Fire than both the Energy Pistol and Energy Rifle
- Longer Range than both the Energy Pistol and Energy Rifle
- Dallorian Alloy Frame to prevent overheating of weapon in combat
- Higher Overall Damage than both the pistol and rifle class
- Larger Ammunition Capacity than both pistol and rifle
- Overcharge mode to destroy small fortifications with a powerful burst [IE:Turret Emplacements and Bunkers]
- More Powerful Pulse-Wave Ammunition's to pack a punch against armored opponents more than rifle
- Various attachments to make the cannon even more deadly in combat
- More Effective in Close Combat and Long Range Combat
- Generally more effective in long range combat, as the weapon is hard to maneuver to defend yourself in close quarter combat.
- Higher Recoil than pistol and rifle, making it not suitable for smaller species without strength enhancements.
- Very Heavy in weight, allowing only the most physically fit to wield to maximum effectiveness
- Overcharge mode as the medium level of chance to backfire and explode upon the operator, due to intense build up before release.
- Larger in size than both the pistol and rifle, making the operator a very obvious target as it can't be concealed as well as a pistol or rifle can be.
- Like all similar models of the class, no stun option due to being a heavy military cannon. Thus still not recommended for crowd control or law enforcement due to even more lethality than the others of the same class
- Cannon can quickly overload and melt the dallorian alloy frame if used in multiple engagements in a short time frame
- Even longer time to attach the various improvement tactics, thus leaving the operator vulnerable for a longer time periods
The Merchant Alliance, Model Four is the last product in the line of mercury created by the Merchant Alliance of Spindle VI for use with bounty hunters and other criminal organizations within the galaxy. After reviews and complaints of various clients that have used the other class of weapons to their maximum potential. The Merchant Alliance shifted its focus to creating an immensely more powerful version of the energy rifle and the energy pistol and combing both of their benefits into the energy cannon variant. Designed to be heavy hitting and developed from the Heavy Mandalorians of the galaxy, the energy cannon came into existence has a prototype before expanding production through the galaxy and selling to the criminal organizations within the Old Capital of Halbarrow. The cannon came equipped with many benefits and as a result, gained new weaknesses that were found out in testing. Although the Merchant Alliance couldn't iron out these weaknesses due to time constraints and lack of funding from the National Inventory of Spindle VI, the main government body for industry on the planet. As such the cannon comes equipped with many strengths, such as having a larger ammunition's capacity than both the energy pistol and energy rifle respectfully. It also has a longer duration of rate of fire than both of the previous models, able to rain down a large amount of fire upon an opponent on the battlefield. Much like the other models, the cannon comes equipped with a dallorian alloy frame to prevent overheating of the weapon due to firing. The other benefits to the weapon would include, overall higher rate of damage than pistol and rifle, overcharge mode to destroy small fortifications [IE: Turret Emplacements and Bunkers], pulse wave ammunition's itself is more powerful than either the pistol or rifle. It is also more effective in overall long range and close range engagements with opponents due to its high lethality. There are still various downsides to the cannon than the other models, such as being more effective generally in long range combat as it takes some time to maneuver it, leaving the operator vulnerable in close range combat. It has a much higher recoil than both the pistol and rifle due to the intense amount of pulse-waves being generated by it. It is heavier in weight than both of the previous models due to being larger in size, making it not suitable for smaller species without considerable strength enhancements. The overcharge mode as a chance to backfire upon the operator because the weapon is building up so much heat and pressure that it melts the dallorian frame and causes the weapon to explode. There is also no stun option, making it like all the models not suitable for law enforcement or dispersing a crowd. The last weakness is that it takes longer to attach the attachments to the weapon, leaving the operator much more vulnerable than the rifle attachment time period. Even with all these weaknesses of the cannon, it still being used by bounty hunters and other criminals organizations due to the successful power of the energy pistol and the energy rifle.
