Monday, December 13, 2010

Weapons and Technology (just a listing)

  • BE7M: an ordinary soldiers laser rifle used in ground skirmishes. The BE7M comes equipped with a  scope (it can range from 0x to 2x), an ammo counter above the magazine housing. It is a basic warfare weapon, everyone--including commandos, infantry, snipers, air force, marines--are taught how to handle one. The BE7M is the latest from Libertia and Rulnudor Research and Development.
  • Shield generators: they come in all sizes, ranging from hand sized to suitcase size to single story house size. The small hand-sized ones are personal shield generators and protect only the bearer. The suitcase-sized ones are used in small groups of infiltrators/saboteurs; one person carries it with the group to protect from being attacked. The single story house-sized ones are for the battlefield. 
  • Particle cannon: For size, think from your shoulder to your fingertips. That's how long this weapon is. it is black with blue energy pulsing inside the main chamber near the butt of the cannon (think bicep-tricep area). The handle is located atop the main chamber with the strap running around your neck to reattach to the sides of the main chamber. On the strap is twenty green spheres the size of marbles (this is the ammo for the main particle cannon). On the butt of the cannon is a shaft that has a two button firing system. Button one does the main fire (buildup of particle energy; releasing the button sends the buildup out to slam into and send flying backwards). Button Two sends out rapid pulse versions, spraying the area in front of the nozzle with particle energy. 
  • Mini-particle cannons: Slightly more than half the size of a particle cannon. Only difference besides the size is that it is able to blend into its laser rifle cousins and comes with a scope.
  • Disrupting Atomic Rifle (DAR)-2000: Affecting matter at the molecular level, this rifle fires a high-powered burst that rips apart living material with ease and speed. It is mainly used by snipers and assassins for hire (There are black market versions with more advanced settings, but are rarely seen without the presence of a gangster or outlaws). Its primary attack is a single, fast moving shot with a slow rate of fire. The secondary attack is activated through the scope. The longer one holds down the trigger, the further the scope zooms in. Inside the scope is a Charge Indicator; this lets one know when the weapon is powered to its disintegration level with is lethal to a target. 
  • Plasma Splitters: The handgun of Crandox, this is a sturdy weapon for one hand. More commonly called pistols, they come equipped with a 2x scope and fires a single shot of plasma or a rapid burst of five plasma shots.
  • Fragmentation grenades: These grenades are used throughout the battlefield. They are built with scrap metal condensed down into sharp bits and ends, placed together, and set off to explode. Most casualties (aside from energy damage) on a battlefield are caused by frag grenades.
  • Ion grenades: When detonated, fires an electrical shock that will temporarily shut down drones and cyborgs and robots and computers within a ten meter radius.
  • Tamara's BE7M: It is like the normal BE7M used by the soldiers, but with a few modifications. With a small twitch of her eyelids, she enables the scope to zoom into the 2x range, bringing anything closer to her. Another twitch zooms in to 5x, then 10x (maximum range). At 10x a flat disc on the wall is maxed to the size of her fist. Blinking, she resets the zoom at 0x. The ammo counter is in the bottom ring of the scope. While she can zoom with her right eye, her left eye switches vision modes to infrared, night, thermal, and x-ray, thus allowing her to hunt and track her targets, taking them out before they know she's there. She’s had the BE7M equipped with a silencing mode that is enabled by shifting her body into different positions. For instance, if she were to lay prone and gazing out the scope, it would take on the "sniper" mode. Modes include Sniper, Rifle, Silencer, Ranged, and Rest. That doesn’t mean there aren’t problems. Far from it. There have been numerous problems since she first got it. The trigger under the barrel on the regular version constantly gets stuck or jams. The barrel would overheat after ten shots. The ammo counter link would forget to update the total tally of shots still left in the ammo packs. It took her the better part of a year to fix the bugs and upgrade the BE7M to meet her qualifications. Now, she keeps it in tiptop condition, performing maintenance routines on a daily basis, and deconstructing and reconstructing her weapon to clean out the dust and dirt that gets caught in there during engagements or even just resting. It is her pride and joy, her finest piece of work. She will never let it go without a fight. And may the bastard who tries to force the weapon from her die painfully.