Work In Progress Project: IV

[Darth Virelia]

M-7 "Palisade" Pattern Legion Rifle

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• Intent:
  A mass-produced, high-performance standard rifle for a prospective Virelia Fourth Legion.
• Image Source:
  https://www.midjourney.com/
• Canon Link:
  N/A
• Permissions:
  N/A
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• Manufacturer:
  Legionis Systems
• Affiliation:
  
  • Darth Virelia , Legionis Systems, Fourth Legion
• Market Status:
  Closed-Market
• Model:
  M-7 "Palisade"
• Modularity:
  Yes – Optics, bayonet, fire control group, barrel assembly
• Production:
  Mass-Produced
• Material:
  
  • Durasteel chassis
  • Composite barrel shroud
  • Ionized carbon rail inserts
  • Internal plasma induction coils
  • Condensed power cell socket

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• Classification:
  Plasma Blaster
• Size:
  Average
• Weight:
  Average
• Ammunition Type: High-density power cell with plasma stabilizer cartridge
• Ammunition Capacity: Large (120 shots per cell, dual-cell ready)
• Effective Range: Battlefield
• Rate of Fire: High (selectable: single, burst, auto)
• Damage Output: High
• Recoil: Average

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• Dual-Mode Fire Selector: Switchable between single fire, burst-fire (3-round) and full-auto discharge modes, with dynamic recoil modulation. An optional firmware lock can prevent overheat under continuous fire conditions.
• Plasma-Stabilized Discharge System: Uses integrated ionic phase inductors to stabilize plasma bolts mid-flight, significantly reducing cone spread and maintaining cohesion over long distances—exceptional for a weapon of this classification.
• Mono-Bayonet Interface: Hardened underbarrel fold-out monomolecular vibro-bayonet included as standard in Legion configurations. Capable of piercing light armor and synthetic musculature with ease.
• Graphite-Channel Barrel Jacket: High-efficiency heat sink composed of layered carbon composite channels. Rapidly dissipates thermal bloom and minimizes optical trace, reducing thermal visibility and targeting signature.
• Smart Optic Rail Interface: Fully integrated with Fourth Legion battle net AIs and reconnaissance drones. Enables synchronized target acquisition, threat prioritization, and augmented reality threat overlays.
• Void and Pressure-Sealed Operation: Fully sealed against particulate matter, corrosion, and atmospheric variance. Functions without loss of fidelity in vacuum, high-pressure depths, corrosive fog, and battlefield ash storms.
• Tactical Audio Dampening: Features adjustable muzzle harmonics suppression, dampening high-frequency firing signature to avoid acoustic triangulation in urban and subterranean combat.
• Power Cell Cross-Sync: Accepts dual-cell mounting system with redundant switching, allowing rapid hot-swap of depleted cores or continuous loop for sustained engagements. Optional "overdrive mode" can spike damage output at cost of lifespan.
• Mag-Seal Sling Points & Drop-Free Latch: Hardened magnetic sling loops for suit and armor retention. Drop-free magazine ejection system optimized for gloved or cybernetic hands in hostile conditions.
• Autocalibrating Diagnostics Core: Self-diagnoses microfractures, field wear, and plasma deviation via onboard Legion-grade micro-AI, enabling predictive maintenance and battlefield adaptation.

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• Reliable Across All Environments: Functions seamlessly in space, underwater, desert, and extreme cold without modification.
• Brutal Sustained Fire: Maintains high damage output under prolonged fire due to advanced cooling and coil stability.
• Modular & Scalable: Legion-standard design allows for easy repair, adaptation, and field servicing.
• Integrated AI Support: Optics and tactical targeting sync directly with Legion drone scouts and fire-control relays.

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• Power Cell Dependency: Weapon is dead weight without properly charged, high-density power cells, which are incompatible with most standard blasters.
• Average Recoil: Despite compensators, high-output burst fire induces fatigue in unarmored or untrained users.
• Non-Lethal Against Shields: Plasma bolts lack shield-piercing capability unless overcharged or paired with external targeting solutions.
• Heavier Than Civilian Rifles: Full-system build weighs down lightly armored operators in sustained movement scenarios.

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"They call it the Palisade because you're not getting past it. Not alive."

A testament to the brutal pragmatism of the Fourth Legion, the M-7 "Palisade" is more than a rifle—it is a systemic killing instrument designed to eliminate inefficiency as much as targets. Engineered by Legionis Systems and tested under the atmospheric extremes of Polis Massa's subvoid proving grounds, it represents a fusion of military standardization and Sith military determinism.

Its fire control system optimizes plasma induction for maximum thermal adhesion, meaning each shot doesn't simply burn—it sticks. Wounds from a Palisade rifle aren't instantly fatal; they are disfiguring, demoralizing, and permanently crippling. Psychological effect is a feature, not a byproduct.

Despite being mass-produced, the Palisade's integrated self-stabilizers and modular targeting rail allow it to perform at levels normally reserved for elite or bespoke weaponry. Each rifle automatically syncs with Legion field AI, drawing from real-time targeting telemetry to enhance accuracy and threat prioritization. In mass formations, this means an entire platoon can fire as if directed by a single will.

That efficiency comes at a price. Its components are too specialized to support widespread civilian adoption or long-term guerrilla use. It is meant to be used by trained operators under logistical control. In the hands of the Fourth Legion, it is terrifying. In the hands of anyone else, it is dead weight.

 

[Darth Virelia]

ARX-16 "Shrike" Modular Rifle Platform

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• Intent:
  A high-performance, modular rifle platform for precision and tactical support roles for a prospective Virelia Fourth Legion.
• Image Source:
  https://www.midjourney.com/
• Canon Link:
  N/A
• Permissions:
  N/A
• Primary Source:
  N/A

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• Manufacturer:
  Legionis Systems
• Affiliation:
  
  • Darth Virelia , Legionis Systems, Fourth Legion
• Market Status:
  Closed-Market
• Model:
  ARX-16 "Shrike"
• Modularity:
  Yes – Barrel assembly, stock, optics suite, fire mode modules, energy core
• Production:
  Minor
• Material:
  
  • Durasteel chassis
  • Mag-locked recoil dampener frame
  • Heat-sinked plasma rails
  • Sealed optics cluster
  • Quantum-coiled targeting uplink node

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• Classification:
  Plasma Precision Rifle / Coil-Hybrid
• Size:
  Large
• Weight:
  Heavy
• Ammunition Type: High-density power cell with plasma stabilizer cartridge
• Ammunition Capacity: Average (40–60 shots per cell depending on configuration)
• Effective Range: Battlefield
• Rate of Fire: Low (selectable: Semi-auto or charged burst)
• Damage Output: Very High
• Recoil: High

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• Modular Fire Assembly: Configurable for sniper, marksman, or support suppressive fire with field-swappable internal rails and barrels.
• Smart Optics Pod: Integrated with Fourth Legion battle net AI for predictive tracking, variable zoom, thermal, motion tagging, and encrypted drone relay feed.
• Pulse-Weighted Plasma Coils: Fires high-cohesion, micro-cavitating plasma rounds that retain stability over extreme range; able to punch through most battlefield-grade armor.
• Hybrid Rail Assist: Optional coil-assisted launch system gives charged shots railgun-like velocity for shield-breaking or anti-materiel roles.
• Adjustable Stabilization Stock: Reinforced recoil-absorbing buttstock with servo-hydraulic dampening, deployable monopod, and positional lock for suit integration.
• Targeting Relay Uplink: Syncs with nearby Legion units to designate, prioritize, and share targets in real time, creating dynamic crossfire advantages.
• Corrosive-Tolerant Chassis: Coated to resist acid rain, dust, cryo-exposure, extreme heat and high-radiation conditions common to deployments.
• Neural Reflex Trigger Port: Optional combat neural link allows fire-by-thought interface for operatives—latency: 0.03s.
• Zero-Profile Heat Dumping: Internal plasma decay is rerouted through cloaked pulse vents, eliminating thermal bloom and sniper counter-sensors.

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• Long-Range Punisher: Devastatingly accurate at range; its high-velocity plasma bolts make it a true marksman's weapon with anti-armor capability.
• Customizable Mission Profile: Field modularity allows the same base weapon to serve sniper, overwatch, or rapid-support roles.
• Battle Net Integration: Links seamlessly with Legion AI relays, drones, and other Shrike units to dominate entire zones of fire.
• Anti-Shield Capable: When overcharged, the Shrike's hybrid rail-coil system can destabilize enemy energy shielding at range.

• Heavy and Specialized: Not suited to general infantry or extended movement without support systems; ideal only for trained users or augmented personnel.
• Limited Magazine Capacity: High-output shots burn through cells quickly, especially in overcharge or railgun modes.
• Significant Heat Load: Repeated shots build internal heat rapidly; weapon must cool between bursts to avoid destabilization or cell overload.
• High Recoil: Even with damping, the Shrike has punishing kick—operators without mechanical assistance may lose accuracy in rapid follow-ups.

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"One shot, one kill."

A precision instrument in a world that no longer tolerates imprecision, the ARX-16 "Shrike" is a hybrid marksman platform engineered not for flexibility, but for judgment.

Designed in the polar shadows of the Black Vault Annex on Mygeeto, the Shrike was never intended to see mass deployment. It was made for those few Legion operatives trusted to think independently—to move ahead of the line, evaluate the threat landscape, and make irreversible decisions at range.

Unlike standard plasma rifles, the Shrike's hybrid coil-launch system fires magnetically sheathed plasma slugs at such high velocity that kinetic and thermal energy converge at impact. The result is rarely survivable. A single shot can disable relay nodes, breach composite plating, or remove key targets from the tactical equation entirely—without alerting nearby sensors, thanks to its integrated heat-dump architecture.

Every component is mission-coded and overengineered: adaptive optics tuned for drone relay feeds, self-calibrating rails, neural uplink triggers, smart suppressors, corrosive-sealed mounts. The Shrike is not pretty. It is not forgiving. It is not replaceable. But in the right hands, it is the end of uncertainty.

In Legion doctrine, Shrike-wielders are referred to as Judges—not snipers, not marksmen, not support. They do not suppress. They terminate.

 

[Darth Virelia]

A-14 "Havoc" Pattern Assault Carbine

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• Intent:
  A compact, high-output carbine designed for droid shock units and shipboard/urban breach operations for a prospective Virelia Fourth Legion.
• Image Source:
  https://www.midjourney.com/
• Canon Link:
  N/A
• Permissions:
  N/A
• Primary Source:
  N/A

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• Manufacturer:
  Legionis Systems
• Affiliation:
  
  • Darth Virelia , Legionis Systems, Fourth Legion
• Market Status:
  Closed-Market
• Model:
  A-14 "Havoc"
• Modularity:
  Yes – Barrel length, grip type, ammo type, recoil damper configuration
• Production:
  Mass-Produced
• Material:
  
  • Reinforced duraplast housing
  • Condensed rail assembly
  • Overcharged slug accelerators
  • Polyceramic impact shielding

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• Classification:
  Coil-Accelerated Slugthrower
• Size:
  Small
• Weight:
  Average
• Ammunition Type: Cased ferromagnetic slug magazines (standard); optional depleted uranium penetrators
• Ammunition Capacity: Very Large (100+ bursts per mag; bursts of 3–5 rounds)
• Effective Range: Average
• Rate of Fire: Very High (selectable: burst, full-auto, dumpfire override)
• Damage Output: High
• Recoil: High

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• Dual-Chamber Coil Accelerator: Fires 3–5 round hypervelocity bursts with armor-shredding kinetic output.
• Burst Override Protocol: Toggleable "dumpfire" mode empties magazine in <1.5 seconds for emergency room-clearing.
• Compact CQB Frame: Designed for close-quarters maneuverability; low snag risk in breach zones, hallways, vents.
• Droid-Optimized Trigger System: Interfaces with Fourth Legion droid cognition arrays for perfect timing, no latency.
• High-Retention Sling Mounts: Compatible with both frame hardpoints and magnetic harnesses.
• Rail-Reinforced Barrel Shroud: Reduces muzzle lift despite extreme discharge pressure.
• Combat Sealant Coating: Resistant to ash, blood, oil, humidity, and battlefield caustics.
• No Optics Required: Optional combat neural link allows fire-by-thought interface for operatives—latency: 0.03s.
• Sound Profile: Emits a distinct howling discharge — half engine scream, half thunderclap — used deliberately for psychological warfare.

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• Devastating at Close Range: Shreds through light cover, armor, and bone in seconds with high-volume kinetic fire.
• Perfect Breach Weapon: Compact, responsive, and terrifying — ideal for shipboard, urban, and corridor fights.
• Droid-Specific Optimizations: Works flawlessly with Legion droids; zero recoil compensation needed for synthetic users.
• Suppressive Superiority: The sound and visual profile are overwhelming, often stunning or demoralizing enemies before the first casualty.

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• Overkill at Range: Lacks precision beyond standard assault distances. Inefficient and inaccurate past medium range.
• High Recoil for Organics: Without a braced exo-frame or droid chassis, recoil becomes difficult to manage under sustained fire.
• Magazine-Dependent: Can burn through entire drum in seconds, requiring frequent reloads or preplanning with supply drones.
• No Stealth Capability: Acoustic and kinetic footprint is extreme; any use reveals position instantly.

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"Pull the trigger. Pull it again. You'll know when to stop."

Developed at Hypori's Industrial Proxy Node, the Havoc originated as a deniable urban warfare platform for droid enforcers under Project VESPER. Its success was so total—and so loud—that Legionis Systems authorized full-scale deployment for breacher units, exo-frame troopers, and close-quarters commandos.

Unlike conventional slugthrowers, the Havoc's twin induction coils hyperaccelerate ferromagnetic rounds into clustered bursts that pulverize whatever they hit. Walls rupture. Doors implode. Targets disappear. And when deployed in full-auto "dumpfire" override, the Havoc does not simply fire—it unloads.

Its unique acoustic profile has become a staple of Fourth Legion doctrine: a rising howl followed by impact thunder that breaks resolve before it breaks bone. Many combatants retreat the moment they hear it. Those who don't, don't last long.

Though brutal in design, the Havoc is not crude. It is built for precision violence within a confined battlespace, optimized for synthetic cognition loops, low-visibility operation, and non-negotiable engagement thresholds.

 

[Darth Virelia]

XR-9 "Warden" Anti-Armor Rocket Launcher

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• Intent:
  A heavy anti-armor rocket launcher for use by Fourth Legion support elements, exo-frame infantry, and droid specialists
• Image Source:
  https://www.midjourney.com/
• Canon Link:
  N/A
• Permissions:
  N/A
• Primary Source:
  N/A

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• Manufacturer:
  Legionis Systems
• Affiliation:
  
  • Darth Virelia , Legionis Systems, Fourth Legion
• Market Status:
  Closed-Market
• Model:
  XR-9 "Warden"
• Modularity:
  No
• Production:
  Minor
• Material:
  
  • Reinforced composite shell
  • Microblast recoil compensators
  • Sensor-shielded launcher core
  • Titanium-laminate casing

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• Classification:
  Rocket Launcher / Anti-Armor
• Size:
  Very Large
• Weight:
  Heavy
• Ammunition Type: 90mm composite rocket (modular payload)
• Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Small (1 per tube, field reloadable)
• Effective Range: Battlefield
• Rate of Fire: Very Low (manual reload)
• Damage Output: Extreme
• Recoil: Very High

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• Tandem-Charge Warhead Compatibility: The XR-9 is optimized for tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads, designed to defeat both reactive armor and hardened durasteel composite. The first charge clears defenses; the second penetrates deep and detonates internally.
• Payload Modularity Collar: Warheads are coded via smart-ID rings that communicate directly with Legion battlefield AI. Operators may select from anti-vehicle, anti-infantry cluster, thermobaric, or EMP-piercing shells, all reloadable in-field.
• Overpressure-Venting Recoil Frame: A vented rear-cascade recoil channel diffuses concussive force laterally, enabling use in confined, breaching, or subterranean environments. Reduces operator injury or structural collapse in corridors.
• Thermal-Masking Shell Coating: High-density IR-absorbent nano-paint masks residual thermal bloom from launch, minimizing post-shot detection by smart munitions or orbital sensors.
• Quick-Detach Field Collapse System: Launcher body breaks into three modular segments, magnetically locking for rapid reassembly, exo-frame mounting, or stowage in breaching packs. Collapsed transport length: 76cm.
• Drone and Droid Sync Linkage: Launcher recognizes Fourth Legion drone units, syncing firing solution, target data, and priority threat designations autonomously. Compatible with heavy droid fireteams and airborne relay scouts.
• Tactile Ammunition Verification Strip: The top rail includes a braille-coded ridged indicator for verifying warhead type in darkness or when helmet HUDs are disabled.
• Enclosure-Safe Launch Dampeners: Incorporates a counterpulse magnetic launch suppression system, preventing flash damage or operator overpressure in tunnels, bunkers, or inside vehicles.
• Integrated Target Optic Cluster: Features a hardened wide-spectrum sensor suite with thermal, motion, and weak-field electromagnetic mapping. The optic auto-retracts into a shroud post-shot to prevent backblast damage.
• Smart Warhead Logging System: Logs each launch with time, target vector, and mission code, syncing to Fourth Legion databanks for retroactive kill confirmation and doctrinal review.

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• Catastrophic Anti-Armor Impact: Punches through heavy walkers, bunkers, tanks, or fortified enemy positions with brutal reliability.
• Semi-Guided Fire: Achieves high accuracy in hostile conditions, even against fast or evasive targets.
• Droid-Optimized Operation: Optics and tactical targeting sync directly with Legion drone scouts and fire-control relays. No human calibration needed when mounted to Legion droids.

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• Slow Reload: Each shot requires manual reload; human users may be vulnerable while rearming.
• High Recoil: Unsuitable for use without bracing or support unless mounted to a synthetic or powered frame.
• Large and Visible: The launcher is cumbersome to carry and paint-scratching loud to use; stealth is not an option.

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"Not every soldier needs a rocket launcher. But when a soldier carries the Warden, they no longer need anything else."

The XR-9 "Warden" was never part of the original Fourth Legion doctrine.

It was introduced later, quietly—after the first wave of field operations revealed that "acceptable attrition" was still too generous a concept. Designed not to balance the battlefield, but to forcibly tilt it, the Warden answers a singular tactical question with brutal overdefinition: How do you remove something you were never supposed to defeat?

It is a self-contained launcher that fires a 90mm modular rocket, each warhead encased in predictive targeting logic and forged under immense pressure in Polis Massa's void-tempered foundries. When unleashed, fortified bunkers crumple. Bipedal walkers detonate from the inside. Shielded command vehicles simply vanish beneath a plume of pressurized thermobaric ash.

Reloading is slow, inefficient, and rarely needed more than once.

 

[Darth Virelia]

L-12 "Specter" Compact Beam Carbine

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• Intent:
  A close-range, rapid-fire laser weapon for infiltration units, commandos, and droids operating in urban or stealth-adjacent environments
• Image Source:
  https://www.midjourney.com/
• Canon Link:
  N/A
• Permissions:
  N/A
• Primary Source:
  N/A

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• Manufacturer:
  Legionis Systems
• Affiliation:
  
  • Darth Virelia , Legionis Systems, Fourth Legion
• Market Status:
  Closed-Market
• Model:
  L-12 "Specter"
• Modularity:
  Yes – Optics, bayonet, fire control group, barrel assembly
• Production:
  Minor
• Material:
  
  • Polyceramic casing
  • Nano-lensed emitter nodes
  • Reinforced thermal channels
  • Reflective internal prism arrays

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• Classification:
  Laser (Continuous Pulse Beam)
• Size:
  Very Small
• Weight:
  Very Light
• Ammunition Type: High-capacity crystal-pumped microcell
• Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Large (240 beams per cell)
• Effective Range: Average
• Rate of Fire: Extremely High (manual reload)
• Damage Output: Average
• Recoil: None

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• Pulse-Stream Laser Emitters: Fires coherent laser pulses in tightly grouped packets, enabling near-zero recoil and precise suppression
• Zero-Recoil Firing System: Beam emission has no kinetic recoil, allowing full-auto fire without spread or instability.
• Soundless Operation: Emits only a faint hum during discharge; no muzzle flash, no traditional firing report—ideal for infiltration
• Heat-Dissipation Frame: Lattice-channeled cooling system maintains beam cohesion even under continuous fire.
• HUD-Linked Smart Optics: Integrated with Legion battle net and ICHNAEA uplink, enabling real-time target priority updates
• Flashblind Suppression Mode: Optional scatter pulse temporarily overwhelms visual sensors in a 15° cone, disorienting droids and helmeted targets.
• Violet Beam Signature: Default setting emits sharp violet beams—instantly recognizable to Legion forces, terrifying to everyone else.
• Subdermal Trigger Patch Compatible: Can be fired via neural-linked commands for cybernetic or Sith agents.
• Temperature-Activated Grip Lock: Weapon locks against unauthorized use via palmprint + thermal biosignature key.

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• Fast, Precise, Silent: Punches through heavy walkers, bunkers, tanks, or fortified enemy positions with brutal reliability.
• High Rate of Fire: Continuous beam output enables tight suppression in confined environments
• Ergonomic and Lightweight: Can be wielded one-handed by organics or paired with secondary weapons in droid loadouts
• No Recoil: Allows pinpoint accuracy, even during full-auto fire

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• Limited Stopping Power: Beam pulses are lethal on soft targets but less effective against dense armor without sustained exposure.
• Heat Saturation Risk: Excessive use may overheat emitter core, especially in poorly ventilated environments.
• Short Effective Range: Energy dispersion renders the Specter ineffective beyond standard carbine ranges.
• Low Shield Penetration: Standard pulse output struggles against personal energy shields unless modified with higher-energy crystals.

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"You never hear a Specter. You just feel the heat. And then you stop feeling anything."

Compact, silent, and disturbingly precise, the Specter is the Fourth Legion's favored subcarbine for infiltration missions, corridor combat, and off-grid assassination. It was first fielded by Black Vault insertion teams during classified deniable operations across the Inner Rim and later refined for droid integration and urban combat.

Firing violet-hued laser bursts from a crystal-pumped microcell, the Specter projects clustered beam packets at extremely high intervals. It does not recoil. It does not echo. It does not flash. In the hands of Legion infiltrators, it simply burns through tissue, armor joints, and certainty.

While it lacks the catastrophic impact of a kinetic or plasma weapon, its advantages are subtler—leaving no casing, no traceable round, and often no witnesses. Its disorientation pulse mode further adds to its psychological profile: moments before death, many targets report only a blinding flash and a sensation of warmth.

 

[Darth Virelia]

VT-5 "Gravemaw" Combat Shotgun

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• Intent:
  A short-range armor-piercing shotgun for use by breacher squads, enforcers, and exo-frame units within the Fourth Legion
• Image Source:
  https://www.midjourney.com/
• Canon Link:
  N/A
• Permissions:
  N/A
• Primary Source:
  N/A

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• Manufacturer:
  Legionis Systems
• Affiliation:
  
  • Darth Virelia , Legionis Systems, Fourth Legion
• Market Status:
  Closed-Market
• Model:
  VT-5 "Gravemaw"
• Modularity:
  Yes – Ammo type, stock unit, underbarrel mount, targeting software
• Production:
  Minor
• Material:
  
  • Reinforced durasteel frame
  • Electromagnetic pulse rails
  • Polycarb slug chute
  • Ceramic dampeners
  • Tungsten Carbide tips

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• Classification:
  Magnetic Flechette Shotgun
• Size:
  Average
• Weight:
  Heavy
• Ammunition Type: Smart-pellet ferromagnetic canisters with micro-vector seekers
• Ammunition Capacity: Small (6 shells, 1 in chamber)
• Effective Range: Average
• Rate of Fire: Low
• Damage Output: Very High
• Recoil: Very High

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• Smart-Flechette Seeker Pellets: Each shell disperses 40–60 armor-seeking micro-flechettes that home magnetically on hostile mass signatures.
• Mag-Vector Burst Rails: Electromagnetically launches flechette clouds with greater cohesion and velocity than chemical propellants.
• Target Attraction Protocols: Internal sensors in the flechettes adjust in microseconds, actively pulling toward powered armor, droids, or vehicle plating.
• Breach-Optimized Spread Pattern: Tri-converging shot cloud ensures small spaces are saturated with a single volley.
• Tungsten Carbide Core Tips: Flechettes pierce durasteel, ceramite, or plastoid with staggered delay ignition for internal fragmentation.
• Rail-Flash Containment Shielding: Reduces visible flash to near-zero, safe for firing in dark/low-visibility combat.
• Biosign Locking Safety: Weapon locks unless held by biometrically keyed operator or droid AI signature.
• Optional Underbarrel Payload Mount: Allows for an under barrel attachment.

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• Anti-Armor Devastation: Flechettes actively seek out and burrow into armored targets; catastrophic to exo-suits and power armor.
• Point-Blank Erasure: Virtually no target at close range survives the initial blast unless shielded by walls or terrain.
• Anti-Droid Tuning: Magnetic lock system prioritizes high-mass composites and synthetic chassis.
• No Overspread: Flechette clustering algorithm ensures tight dispersal; efficient and terrifying.

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• Extremely Loud and Visible Upon Impact: While muzzle flash is suppressed, the resulting target detonation is audibly traumatic.
• High Recoil: Recoil output is punishing; requires mechanical bracing or armor reinforcement for repeat fire.
• Limited Ammo: Shot count is low; reloading under fire is a serious risk unless supported.
• Collateral Lethality: Magnetic targeting means unintentional casualties possible if allies are too close or wearing metal.

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"The Gravemaw doesn't spread death. It focuses it."

Firing high-density microflechettes coated with magnetically active alloy, the Gravemaw uses its proprietary vectoring rails to lock onto high-mass, powered, or synthetic targets mid-flight. Upon dispersal, each flechette adjusts its trajectory within a 2-meter cone, clustering and boring through armor plating in calculated impact spirals.

Initial field tests on combat droids and exo-armored enemies revealed a grim truth: no amount of mobility, plating, or doctrine prevents a direct Gravemaw hit. Bodies don't fall—they collapse.

Though devastating, the Gravemaw is inherently controlled. Its magnetic convergence fields are tuned to avoid overspread, making it possible—though not recommended—to fire in formation. Legion doctrine advises its use only when destruction is required with finality. Droid kill-teams often deploy Gravemaws during breach phase entries, using them to end rooms before anyone inside can scream.