Eternal Empress
- Intent: To create a cool pirate pistol for the pirates and selected customers.
- Image Source: Pictures | Headers: Kainan Wolfe
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- Name: The Pirate's Bane
- Manufacturer: Rocksolid Arms
- Affiliation: HPI Consortium | Kraken Coalition | Selected customers.
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: The Pirate's Bane
- Modularity: No.
- Production: Limited
- Material: Druetium | Estrian (wood and crystal) | Archaic Components | Kickback Damper
- Classification: Pistol
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type: Slugs | Different, AP, Cryo, Explosive etc.
- Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Small | 1 cartridge
- Effective Range: Long Range | 190-200 metres
- Rate of Fire: Very Low | Requires recharging after each shot.
- Damage Output: Extreme
- Recoil: None
- General information:
- Autosteady Gyro Gimbal System
- Prismatic Crystal Focusing System / Prismatic Crystal Housing
- Additional information:
- The pistol is archaic in design, meaning it does not contain any electronics, so it is not affected by EMP / Ion attacks.
- The pistol is perfectly balanced, making it comfortable to use.
- Although there is only one cartridge in the magazine, it can be of any type, depending on the user.
- Due to the design, the projectile leaves the pistol at a very high speed, with a very high force and this makes this pistol particularly deadly and dangerous.
- The pistol was given a very nice decoration thanks to the wood and crystals made of estrian material.
- The weapon is equipped with a suitable kickback damper so the pistol has no kickback at all.
- The pistol beautifully represents everything that makes a weapon a perfect fit for a pirate or captain. Noble, elegant, looks great. And when the user fires with it, it is quite loud, and deadly!
- High Damage : It is designed to maximise the damage and injury caused by the cartridge.
- Large Range: It has a fairly long range compared to average, archaic pistols and even within that range it can still do huge damage to what or whom it hits.
- No Recoil: Thanks to its design, the pistol has no kickback at all, making it very comfortable to use.
- Fancy: Who wouldn't want such a good-looking weapon for themselves? There you are!
- Archaic: The weapon is considered archaic, that is, it lacks any extra technological innovation or help. The user can only trust their own talents and skills.
- One Shot: There is only one round of ammunition in the magazine, no more.
- Slow Firing: Because it has a single ammunition, it has to manually refill the magazine after each shot, which greatly slows down the firing rate and is not very efficient.
- Quite Loud: When firing, it is very loud, with no chance of the user avoiding being noticed.
It happened many times that HPI also manufactures limited-edition weapons to order. In the case of Pirate's Bane, too, it was the affair that a single customer requested a large, albeit very limited, number of such weapons. Due to the limited edition, all weapons are handmade, not machine made.
However, fate brought about the fact that the customer found his death before he could take over the pistols, so the HPI had to look for another market where they could sell them. Ironically, it was the pirates who were interested in the weapons; professional pirates and outlaws as well.
The weapon is made for them anyway, a single round of ammunition fits in the magazine, but the pistol, due to its design, is capable of firing the round at a tremendous speed, which makes it incredibly dangerous. Compared to a conventional single-shot weapon, it can be fired quite far away. What makes the pistol especially great is that it has no recoil thanks to the very good quality kickback damper.
The pistol is archaic in design, so it has no electronics and works with a gunpowder solution that gives the weapon an even bigger old pirate or duel atmosphere and vibe. Its design and decoration endow it with noble and graceful features, and it also makes it a commanding authority. All in all, these are beautifully crafted weapons that work well at the start of a battle and have a good chance of finishing countless duels after a single shot.
Not least, the Pirate's Bane are also available to individual buyers through the HPI Consortium's marketplace.
