Varik Ice
The Broken King
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
The X-72 Blaster Rifle is a standardized, mass-produced blaster rifle designed for the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers, army and other ground-based forces. It is designed with mid to long-range engagements in mind, with features and strengths that lean towards including its fire rate and overall damage output, allowing it to be used as a standard blaster rifle or as a Designated Marksman's weapon on the battlefield.
It is this design focus that makes it weaker in CQC however, having a lower rate of fire that can make the difference between a shot landing or missing and simply not being designed with close quarters in mind. The foldable stock to make the weapon smaller and easier to handle in tighter areas is an attempt to counteract some of these issues, but they remain all the same. The stock can also be removed entirely.
The rifle can also be complimented with added features including scopes, rail attachment and underbarrel munitions such as grenade launchers or underbarrel shotguns.
- Intent:To create a standardized Blaster Rifle for the Galactic Empire's ground forces.
- Image Source: Shimmering-Sword
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Galactic Empire
- Model: X-72 Blaster Rifle
- Affiliation: Galactic Empire
- Modularity: Removable stock as well as the capacity for scope, rail and underbarrel attachments.
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel, Duraplast, Blaster components
- Classification: Blaster Rifle
- Size: Handheld
- Length: 53cm(Stock Folded), 62cm (Unfolded Stock)
- Weight: 2.5kg
- Ammunition Type: Power Cell, Gas Canister
- Ammunition Capacity: Power Cell capacity of 70 shots, Gas canister capacity of 400 shots.
- Effective Range: 500 metres
- Rate of Fire: Semi-Automatic
- Charged Shots: The X-72 is able to charge up shots for far more stopping power, up to double the standard amount if the user charges to the limit of about six seconds, but limits the capacity to 10 shots using the Power Cell or 20 using the Gas Canister; it is also prone to overheating if charge shots are repeatedly used in quick succession. If the user charges a single shot for longer than six seconds, the X-72 will most likely overheat and simply not fire.
- Foldable Stock: The stock on the X-72 is able to be folded and unfolded, to make the weapon less wieldy in close quarters.
- Recoil: Thanks to the rate of fire and the stability of the stock, the X-72 has recoil that can be more easily controlled by the user.
- Charged Shots: The X-72 is capable of charging shots for up to twice the stopping power, for punches through harder targets.
- Overheating: If the user charges up a shot for the X-72 for longer than the time of six seconds, the weapon will overheat, be unable to fire and require cooling before it can do so again.
- Close Quarters: The X-72 is less effective in close quarters than it is at mid to long range, especially in comparison to blasters made for CQB or with automatic rates of fire.
The X-72 Blaster Rifle is a standardized, mass-produced blaster rifle designed for the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers, army and other ground-based forces. It is designed with mid to long-range engagements in mind, with features and strengths that lean towards including its fire rate and overall damage output, allowing it to be used as a standard blaster rifle or as a Designated Marksman's weapon on the battlefield.
It is this design focus that makes it weaker in CQC however, having a lower rate of fire that can make the difference between a shot landing or missing and simply not being designed with close quarters in mind. The foldable stock to make the weapon smaller and easier to handle in tighter areas is an attempt to counteract some of these issues, but they remain all the same. The stock can also be removed entirely.
The rifle can also be complimented with added features including scopes, rail attachment and underbarrel munitions such as grenade launchers or underbarrel shotguns.
