Approved Tech Relovian Rifle

[Wirch Bicket]

Image from here: http://www.creativecrash.com/3d-model/lavender-musket-s-272​

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Intent: To create a standardized weapon for Relovian Infantry and a marketable item
Development Thread: None.
Manufacturer: Durasteel Fist: Galactic Trading Section
Model: Blaster Rifle
Affiliation: Relovian Front Infantry and most Battle-Platform marines
Modularity: No, attempts at modifying often leads to exploding.
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Aluminiam
Description: The Relovian Rifle was originally a modified DC-15A blaster rifle. The Geonosians that took control during the Clone Wars were able to obtain a number of the rifles and modified them into a blaster that fired all of its ammo in a single shot. This leads to the ability to pierce armor that would normally require heavy blasters. The weapon was continually changed for the next few centuries: it was given a bullet shooting capability to avoid the problems of EMP.​

Strengths:​

+ The laser fire of this weapon is considerably more powerful than most heavy blasters and can break through stronger armors than average heavy blasters.​

+ This is relatively accurate weapon, as long as it is used in its range.​

+ The bullet firing capability allows the weapon to still be used even if the gas and powercells are gone.​

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Weaknesses:​

- The gun fires all its ammo in a single shot, meaning it requires reloading after all every fire.​

- The weapon takes almost a few seconds for reloading.​

- The bullets fired can barely scratch harder armors. Also the bullet firing creates a puff of smoke that can cover a small area and show a position quite well.​

- The weapon requires much cleaning after firing bullets.​

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Classification: Blaster
Size: Handheld
Length: 1 meter
Weight: 2.26 kg
Ammunition Type: Bullet, Gas Canister, Powercell
Ammunition Capacity: 1 shot before needing to be reloaded
Effective Range:​

Laser:​

Optimum 100 m​

Limit 300 m​

Bullet:​

Optimum Pointblank​

Limit 100 m​

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Rate of Fire: Good soldiers can make about 4 shots a minute. Is dependent on how quickly a person can aim, fire, and reload the weapon.​

Special Features:​

The Relovian Rifle has a bullet firing capacity that uses a highly explosive powder.​

 

[Valik]

[member="Wirch Bicket"]

So, it's a blaster rifle, that also shoots bullets? How does that happen exactly? Is it a separate barrel and it can fire one or the other or it like a Tusken Cycler Rifle and charges a physical bullet with energy? When reloading do you have reload the powerpack, gas canister, and bullet in order to fire again? Furthermore, these statements seem to contradict each other.

Strengths: + The laser fire of this weapon is considerably more powerful than most others and can break through stronger armors than most blaster rifles.
Weaknesses: - The bullets fired can barely scratch harder armors. Also the bullet firing creates a puff of smoke that can cover a small area and show a position quite well.

 

[Wirch Bicket]

Okay, let's see if I can explain it any better.

The gun can fire either lasers or bullets, utilizing the same barrel. To do so, it can't be loaded with a gas canister or powercell and the bullet.

Example: I take the rifle and load it with the powder and bullet then fire. Then instead of reloading a bullet I load the canister and powercell.

They can't be used at the same time. (Also I forgot to mention this above, because it uses powder the gun needs to be cleaned often.)

Does that help? Or did I make it worse?

[member="Valik"]

 

[Michael Steelfang]

It's a musket in space really cool

 

[Wirch Bicket]

Fundamentally yes.

 

[Valik]

[member="Michael Steelfang"]

Please do not comment on other user's factory submissions. We actually have a rule that only the submitter and the judge(s) can comment in order to stop crass commentary from other members. Your comment was benign and you 're new so it's not a big deal, but in the future PM the submitter if you wish to discuss something.

[member="Wirch Bicket"]

The strengths and weaknesses you mentioned are still contradictory. Furthermore, typical blasters don't fire lasers but instead superheated gas. Laser do exist but are far weaker than blasters canonically. This, along with your power cell only providing one shot that doesn't hit like a truck makes this an extremely underpowered weapon. If this is the intent that's perfectly fine, but I feel bad not giving you a chance to buff the weapon.

 

[Wirch Bicket]

Well thank! I was afraid to make the rifle too strong, and also as my first hand-held blaster I was not sure how strong to make them. My original thought had been to make them hit with lots of strength, but again I was not sure.

Do you have a suggestion as to what level to make these?

[member="Valik"]

 

[Valik]

[member="Wirch Bicket"]

Well it depends on what option you wish to proceed with, you can either up how much ammo the blaster portion of the musket has or you can keep with one shot and just make it a really powerful bolt.

 

[Wirch Bicket]

I would like to keep it with only a single shot.

So the level of armor that this pierces should be higher than most rifles?

[member="Valik"]

 

[Valik]

[member="Wirch Bicket"]

Honestly, at 4 shots a minute, I'm cool with nearly anything that doesn't punch through lightsaber resistant materials or cause significant damage to vehicles. Putting in a line like "Hits with significantly more power than the average heavy blaster" would be sufficient.

 

[Wirch Bicket]

Okay I added this to the description:
This leads to the ability to pierce armor that would normally require heavy blasters.

And changed the first Strength to this:
+ The laser fire of this weapon is considerably more powerful than most heavy blasters and can break through stronger armors than average heavy blasters.

Does that work to make it stronger?

[member="Valik"]

 

[Valik]

Looks good to me. Thanks for working with me through the process. Pending Approval.

 

[Ashin Varanin]

[member="Wirch Bicket"]
Interesting. Not immensely plausible, to my mind, but interesting nonetheless and not really a problem for fairness. Approved.