The Widow
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Intent: To develop a weapon that uses Tibanna gas from Mara TibX & Fuels production line.
Development Thread:
- Danger posts a bounty on Subach on Nov 22, 2014 -- Minor Starship Rights Auction
- The bounty board has the following posted on 23 November 2014 - Bounty on Employees and Assets of Subach Innes - Complete
- The IC bounty is accepted and begins on November 23 2014 Danger, Will Robinson, Danger
- Ordo and Ember Rekali turn in schematics and information on 23 November 2014 in the same thread as above.
- Thrax turns in more schematics to include the Mist on 23 November 2014 Gimmie that Booty [Danger]
- Ayden Cater contacts Danger about Subach Innes and to please give him some time in return for the reclaimer class mobile shipyard schematics and Danger agrees on 23 November 2014 SSB 24HR AUCTION -- Silk Holdings and Sasori Research
- Ayden posts the auction of Subach knowing full well the events of Echidna on Nov 23rd, 2014 Subach-Innes Blowout Auction Part 3: Vehicles & Weapons
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- Phrik - Ownership of Mohc Extractives , and continued mining and purchase of 20% stock for a total of 40% ownership I See a Blood Moon Rising
Model: N-94 Blackbeard Plasma Pistol
Affiliation: Open market | ATC | Browncoat Arms
Modularity: No
Production: Minor-produced | Limited distribution
Material: Neodymium (magnets), Tibanna Gas (ammunition), Dallorian plated phrik (frame), Alchemized Terentatek leather strap
Classification: Plasma Pistol
Size: Handheld
Status: Minor Produced |Limited Distribution
Length: 25cm
Weight: 0.80kg
Ammunition Type: Tibanna gas cartridge
Ammunition Capacity: 200 regular shots per cartridge, 20 fully charged shots per cartridge
Effective Range: 25m
Special Features:
+ Tibanna gas cartridge
+ Phrik Frame - Lightweight, durable, and lightsaber resistant.
+ Alchemized Terentatek leather wrapped stock - Reduced efficacy to being taken from a handler's grip via the Force due to the Force negating effects of the Terentatek leather stock grip.
Description:
The bounty against Subach Innes brought in quite the interesting schematics from various areas. One was the Mist pistol, a plasma pistol that used Tibanna Gas.
As ATC held in its subsidiary Mara TibX and Fuels, the desire to promote such weapons that will use Tibanna gas was held in favor. As such, their own version of the Mist would take from -- with notable upgrades to make it different.
All in all, the Blackbeard is much like a beefed up WeStar-34 had a love child with the Lassiter, ( a valuable, antique laser pistol which was was thought to be the forerunner of modern laser technology) gaining the stamp of approval from Danger’s Nyriaanan Research and Development team. The Nyriaanan’s were not a technologically-advanced people and they used technology based upon that of the Old Republic, such as ancient blasters, which they inherited from their ancestors when they crash-landed on Nyriaan.
They believed that everything had a use and that by keeping old-style technology in service and well-maintained, they honored their forebears. Nevertheless, the Nyriaanans were an adaptive race and were willing to utilize more modern forms of equipment. The reasonably-sized, concealable, and lightweight Blackbeard is able to combine the principles of the Nyriaanan galactic view while supply the demand for anti-force user technology, and of course creating distinct Browncoat Arms & Industrial products!
As a result, to a degree it still retains a sleek and chrome look, but this ain’t your feminine high society derringer -- this baby has now has been kicked up another notch. A phrik base from the ore mined from Mohc Extractives makes for an extremely light and durable pistol that is lightsaber resistant. It is now bigger with a meatier grip. The chromium alloy plating was ditched to make way for a one that is held with a thought of affection, and in its stead subsequently plated in Dallorian alloy much like the Westar-34 pistol for protection against environmental hazards and heat resistance.
The Blackbeard uses a particular magnetic coil mechanism that houses the Tibanna gas in an age-old method that is reminiscent to antique blaster pistols like the The Lassiter, currently in Danger Arceneau’s weapon collection. This blaster works much like similar systems in its class, Subach’s Mist included among them. When the trigger is smoothly pulled and released, the Blackbeard will fire a pellet of plasma energy with the same speed, shape, and energy of a typical blaster round. The big surprise comes when it hits; besides your normal smoldering hole, the plasma round has a high chance of subsequently igniting flammable objects around it and producing severe third degree burns due to the intense heat output.
However, the longer the trigger is held down, the more of the Tibanna gas will be subsequently converted into plasma, producing larger bursts of plasma energy that is able to cause flammable object to burst into flames on a mere grazing hit, or upon sustained contact, vaporize all or part of the respective body.
To kick it up a notch, with Danger Arceneau owning 29% of the Beast Hunter's Guild, she has discounted contracts in contracting the Terentatek leather she requires for the stock. A contract with AEI allowed for the alchemization of the leather, making it lightsaber resistant. A terentatek's hide was highly resistant—in some cases even immune—to the effects of the Force. In the case of the Blackbeard, a reduced efficacy. This would allow the N-94 pistol to resist being telekinetically removed from a holder's grip, hands, and holster, as it would be immune to Force effects to include being Force Crushed.
Improvements have also been made to allow a larger powerpack of tibanna, resulting in a bump in ammo capacity and longevity. The Blackbeard is capable of firing approximately 2000 rounds, or 200 fully charged shots (20 reloads). However, while a charged shot has ten times the power of a standard plasma shot, it also uses up the Tibanna gas powerpack ten times as fast and wears the weapon down ten times as quickly - which in a land of supply and demand, Arceneau Trade and Mara Tibx & Fuels have absolutely no problem with increasing profit!
References:
Canon:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Terentatek
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Phrik
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dallorian_alloy
SW Canon:
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/31944-lazy-eye-edition-merr-sonn-power-5
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/31122-ael-summer-line-bodo-baas-gunbelt
