Approved Ranged Weapon MT2 "Steelbreaker" Ferro-Plasma Driver

[Helix]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a long-ranged precision weapon for the Helix Privateers
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Helix Privateers
• Affiliation: Helix Privateer
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: MT2 Steelbreaker
• Modularity: Yes
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material: Helsteel, Otherplasma, Storm Iron

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Rail/Plasma
• Size: Large
• Weight: Heavy
• Ammunition Type: Otherplasma-infused Storm Iron sabot darts
• Ammunition Capacity: Very Small (5 darts)
• Effective Range: Long Range
• Rate of Fire: Low
• Damage Output: Very High
• Recoil: Average

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Integrated Aftershock target acquisition software
• Serpentine-Compatible

STRENGTHS

• Finger of Death: The Steelbreaker launches a small, quasi-plasmic projectile at enormous speeds. As such, it enjoys significant range, accuracy, and armor-penetrating ability.
• Stumbling Giant: The Steelbreaker's projectiles carry a minor stun effect, sufficient to halt or slow all but the mightiest targets for a few moments.

WEAKNESSES

• Make Em' Count: While it has improved upon the safety and reliability issues of its forbear, the Steelbreaker retains both a miniscule magazine size and a fairly poor rate of fire.

DESCRIPTION

A spiritual successor to the venerable Ironbreaker Railgun, the Steelbreaker is intended to eventually replace it entirely in Privateer service.

The Steelbreaker is typically issued at the squad level, with one infantry unit tasked with its use. A somewhat long, front-heavy weapon, it is nonetheless endowed with a number of user-friendly improvements over its forbear, including improved ergonomics, slightly lessened weight, integrated ballistics-calculation software, and compatibility with Helix's Serpentine machine-interface system. Furthermore, the Ironbreaker's dangerous venting process, as well as its cumbersome reloading process, are gone. In their place is a more traditional magazine-loaded ammunition feed (much to the relief of the troops expected to carry it).

Unfortunately, these tweaks come at the cost of some of the Ironbreaker's raw power, but greatly improve the resultant weapon in virtually every other aspect. It typically serves a dual role as a marksman rifle/anti-tank solution, but is also utilized by Helix sniper teams in need of a heavy-hitting, long-ranged precision weapon.

The weapon's somewhat exotic ammunition consists of individual 3.5mm Storm Iron sabot darts. These are small and compact, allowing the user to carry a great many of them without being especially encumbered.

When fired, the Steelbreaker feeds a single such dart into a magnetic induction chamber, then ignites a small Otherplasma reaction within the same chamber. The resultant crackling, white-hot toxic dart is then launched from the barrel at some 70 km/s, accompanied by a meter-long spray of black plasma-flame.

Despite the projectile's small size, its impact can impart staggering harm. Thanks to the unique properties of its composite metal and firing process, a Steelbreaker dart inflicts kinetic, thermal, energy, and radiotoxic shock all at once.

Like its forbear, the Steelbreaker's capacity for violence has quickly become legendary. The very same rumors about the weapon's ability to "spaghettify" vehicle crews abound, and the Steelbreaker may well be able to live up to the legend.

Such legends claim that the projectile, when piercing a vehicle cockpit, enters and exits with sufficient speed to suck crewmen through the centimeter-wide hole caused by its passing. While gruesome, these reports remain unsubstantiated rumor.

Most interestingly, the Storm Iron used in its ammunition darts allows imparts these projectiles with a minor "stun" effect, similar to a momentary ion discharge or a stun blaster. While typically only a second or two in duration, it can nonetheless suffice to halt even large targets in their tracks, while briefly disrupting sensitive electronic devices.

 

[MANIAC]

Helix

Nicely made!

Approved.