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Broomstick Shotgun Blaster
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a standardized shotgun for the Commonwealth’s Armed Forces
- Image Source: Sergey Kolesnik, Artstation
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Imperial Commonwealth of Dosuun
- Affiliation: Imperial Commonwealth of Dosuun
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: CWT-CQSBS-BM “Broomstick”
- Modularity: Yes
- Production: Limited
- Material: Reinforced durasteel receiver, high-temperature alloy dispersal chamber, overbuilt focusing ring, duraplast grip and fore-housing
- Classification: Blaster, Shotgun Build
- Size: Large
- Weight: Heavy
- Ammunition Type: High-output power cell with destabilized Tibanna gas feed
- Ammunition Capacity: Small
- Effective Range: Personal
- Rate of Fire: Low
- Damage Output: High
- Recoil: None
- Cone-Bloom Plasma Dispersal Chamber: Fires a single blaster discharge that destabilizes immediately after leaving the barrel, expanding into a wide plasma cone with rapid energy falloff.
- Short-Range Energy Saturation: Delivers overwhelming damage at close distances while losing coherence quickly beyond optimal range.
- Overbuilt Thermal Management: Reinforced chamber tolerates repeated high-stress discharges without catastrophic failure.
- Deliberate Trigger Response: Semi-automatic only; prevents uncontrolled firing in confined environments.
- Extremely effective in confined spaces: Ideal for room clearing, corridors, trenches, and ship interiors.
- Forgiving accuracy profile: Wide energy bloom compensates for stress and poor visibility.
- Immediate fight-stopping capability: High short-range damage rapidly neutralizes resistance.
- Very limited range: Effectiveness drops sharply beyond close-quarters distances.
- Low ammunition efficiency: High energy expenditure per shot reduces sustained engagement capability.
- High collateral risk in close proximity: Not suitable for mixed civilian environments without strict ROE.
The DDS-CQS “Broomstick” Close-Quarters Blaster is a specialist weapon developed for situations where engagement distances collapse to a few meters and hesitation is fatal. Rather than firing multiple discrete bolts, the weapon employs a cone-bloom plasma dispersal system, destabilizing a single blaster discharge into a rapidly expanding energy wave immediately upon exit from the barrel. This produces a shotgun-like effect without violating blaster physics, saturating a confined space with destructive energy while ensuring rapid dissipation beyond short range.
Within Commonwealth doctrine, the DDS-CQS is issued to Marine boarding teams and Army urban assault units tasked with clearing enclosed or fortified environments. It is not intended to replace standard rifles or carbines, but to provide a decisive first-contact option during breaches, ambushes, or defensive holds in tight terrain. The weapon’s low rate of fire and limited capacity reinforce deliberate use, ensuring it is deployed only when close-quarters dominance is required.
The Commonwealth fields the DDS-CQS sparingly. Its presence signals an intentional shift toward immediate neutralization rather than prolonged engagement. Among Marines, it is valued as a brutal but reliable tool for winning the first second of a fight; among adversaries, it is widely feared for its ability to end resistance before tactics can be formed.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a standardized shotgun for the Commonwealth’s Armed Forces
Image Source(s):
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B3zKVm
Canon Link:
N/A
Primary Source(s):
N/A
Technical Information
Affiliation:
Imperial Commonwealth of Dosuun
Model:
CWT-CQSBS-BM “Broomstick”
Modular:
Yes
Effective Range:
Personal
Rate of Fire:
Selective Fire
Material:
Reinforced durasteel receiver, high-temperature alloy dispersal chamber, overbuilt focusing ring, duraplast grip and fore-housing
Ammunition Type:
High-output power cell with destabilized Tibanna gas feed
Ammunition Capacity:
Small
Damage Output:
High
Recoil:
None
Ranged Class:
Shotgun
