Approved Ranged Weapon VT-5 "Gravemaw" Combat Shotgun

[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, Dark Court
• 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 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.

 

[Darth Prazutis]

Under Review.

 

[Darth Prazutis]

Darth Virelia

Looks good. Approved.