Name: Zurrite Shard Gun {Z-Shard Gun}
Owner: Serpentum Imperium
Creator: Serpentum Engineering Corps.
Development Thread: -
Type: Kinetic Shotgun
Ammo: Superheated Zurrite Alloy shards
Rarity: Uncommon
Strengths
- The superheated shards can pierce most armors {Usually those with a rating as high as 7} with one close range shot and break through powerful shielding with a few shots depending on the nature of the shield.
- Relatively easy to handle.
- Modifiable for use by other racials outside of the Varanus's physiology.
- The superheated shards are dangerous to exposed flesh as the shards would burn through it and sometimes rapidly cool inside the body causing internal bleeding.
Weaknesses
- The shards rapidly cool causing them to lose their piercing power thus the further away the weapon is from the target the less effective it will be. {Effective distance 20 meters}
- Pump action:The weapon needs to be cocked back to open the cooling sinks otherwise the rapid fire of superheated shards would cause the weapon to malfunction or in worst cases backfire into the weapon.
- The cooling action takes 1.5 seconds to complete.
- Small clip capable of firing 4 rounds.
- Magical shields that utilize the ability to cool projectiles can disable the piercing effect of the shards.
Description
Developed by the Arsenalists of the Serpentum Engineering Corps shortly after the rise of the Imperium in 2 A.W for the newly formed Serpentum Legion as a deadly kinetic shotgun.
Utilizing the common metal Zurrite common to the Varan belt and Old Serpentum a metal that was as easy to heat as it was found,after several tests a new form of weapon was developed by the Varanus...The Shard Gun.
The 1.8 meter shotgun consists of a compact coilgun that is fed 10cm long serrated spikes made from Zurrite/Zoda-Zurrite {Synthetically made from repurposed metals found in the milky way} or metals with similar traits.The process of superheating the shards is the same as the plasmic gladius,using a energy cell to expel vast amounts of energized heat used to superheat the shards.The flaw of the process is that the user must manually expel the heat caused by it via pulling back the holding rail causing a part of the weapon to open to expel heat through internal vents as the cooling sinks kick in to rapidly cool the weapon for another round. The holding rail as well as the trigger,grip and stock is isolated to prevent the resulting heat from burning the user's hands.
When firing the shard piece upon exit of the barrel will break into various superheated particles of Zurrite into deadly clusters in a 240 degree arc.
This weapon despite being designed by the Varanus is rather unpopular among the legionarres who prefer to engage close range targets with melee weapons.
Subject: Zurrite Shard Gun 