Post by MikDaTv on Dec 14, 2016 15:10:14 GMT -5
Imperial BlastStaff
The Imperial BlastStaff was designed by Aleph Needa and other members of the Royal Imperial Guard as a replacement for their usual Force Pike. It is manufactured in limited numbers by the Imperial Arms Company. Purely a ceremonial weapon, the BlastStaff is powerful, but inaccurate, short range, unwieldy and dangerous. It requires practice and training to operate efficiently as well as a certain amount of strength as it is fairly heavy.
Appearance
It is a staff approximately two meters length. The bottom of it is where the weapons impressive power cell is stored within a thick, heavy, armored compartment. This compartment is bulbous and its exterior is decorative.
The other end of the staff is dominated by the blaster emitter which is covered in a shell when not in use. When the blaster is armed, the shell retracts, revealing the barrel of the weapon and allowing it to fire. When the shell retracts there is a slight flash caused by the weapon capacitor charging to fire.
The middle of the staff has a thick grip and the mechanism for firing the blaster.
The weapon itself is made from a brown/bronze color metal. Often, the metal is engraved and inlayed with gold or silver but an even more limited number of them were inlayed with a Cortosis blend that makes them lightsaber resistant.
Operation
The power cell for the blaster function is stored in the bulbous portion at the base. It is a large powercell, the size usually used for aerial drones or some small vehicles. It needs this large powercell in order to power the staffs blaster weapon which is exceedingly powerful. The casing in which the powercell is housed is made to be rugged and armored which is what gives it that bulbous shape and hefty weight making it very useful in close melee combat as a club and acts as a counter weight for the to the blaster emitter on the other end.
The blaster emitter must have its shell retracted before it can fire. This is a safety feature as well as an aesthetic one. Once the shell retracts back, power from the energy cell floods forward through the staff to the weapon capacitor which gives the weapon its signature flash upon the shell opening.
The firing mechanism is composed of a thick, rugged trigger which must be pulled and held down to arm the weapon. This causes the shell to retract. A button for your thumb on "top" of the weapon must then be depressed which fires the weapon. Both the trigger and button must be pressed at the same time or the weapon will not fire. This duel trigger approach is a safety system that allows the user to swing, spin and otherwise maneuver the staff without danger of accidently firing it.
Once the shell has been retracted, and the blaster emitter is ready to fire, triggering it will launch a blaster bolt much more powerful than the standard blaster rifle would. It's yield is on par with the medium blaster cannons on the AT-ST's chin mount, but at much shorter range. Indeed it's maximum range is only a hundred yards before the blaster bolt loses cohesiveness.
Recoil is extensive. People unfamiliar with the weapon should definitely brace themselves before firing in order to better absorb the recoil, but those who use the weapon regularly should be able to fire it while moving without much risk. The recoil is an accuracy issue though as firing successive shots at the same location requires practiced re-aiming. There are also no iron sights or any sort of aiming device making accuracy even more of a problem.
The Imperial BlastStaff was designed by Aleph Needa and other members of the Royal Imperial Guard as a replacement for their usual Force Pike. It is manufactured in limited numbers by the Imperial Arms Company. Purely a ceremonial weapon, the BlastStaff is powerful, but inaccurate, short range, unwieldy and dangerous. It requires practice and training to operate efficiently as well as a certain amount of strength as it is fairly heavy.
Appearance
It is a staff approximately two meters length. The bottom of it is where the weapons impressive power cell is stored within a thick, heavy, armored compartment. This compartment is bulbous and its exterior is decorative.
The other end of the staff is dominated by the blaster emitter which is covered in a shell when not in use. When the blaster is armed, the shell retracts, revealing the barrel of the weapon and allowing it to fire. When the shell retracts there is a slight flash caused by the weapon capacitor charging to fire.
The middle of the staff has a thick grip and the mechanism for firing the blaster.
The weapon itself is made from a brown/bronze color metal. Often, the metal is engraved and inlayed with gold or silver but an even more limited number of them were inlayed with a Cortosis blend that makes them lightsaber resistant.
Operation
The power cell for the blaster function is stored in the bulbous portion at the base. It is a large powercell, the size usually used for aerial drones or some small vehicles. It needs this large powercell in order to power the staffs blaster weapon which is exceedingly powerful. The casing in which the powercell is housed is made to be rugged and armored which is what gives it that bulbous shape and hefty weight making it very useful in close melee combat as a club and acts as a counter weight for the to the blaster emitter on the other end.
The blaster emitter must have its shell retracted before it can fire. This is a safety feature as well as an aesthetic one. Once the shell retracts back, power from the energy cell floods forward through the staff to the weapon capacitor which gives the weapon its signature flash upon the shell opening.
The firing mechanism is composed of a thick, rugged trigger which must be pulled and held down to arm the weapon. This causes the shell to retract. A button for your thumb on "top" of the weapon must then be depressed which fires the weapon. Both the trigger and button must be pressed at the same time or the weapon will not fire. This duel trigger approach is a safety system that allows the user to swing, spin and otherwise maneuver the staff without danger of accidently firing it.
Once the shell has been retracted, and the blaster emitter is ready to fire, triggering it will launch a blaster bolt much more powerful than the standard blaster rifle would. It's yield is on par with the medium blaster cannons on the AT-ST's chin mount, but at much shorter range. Indeed it's maximum range is only a hundred yards before the blaster bolt loses cohesiveness.
Recoil is extensive. People unfamiliar with the weapon should definitely brace themselves before firing in order to better absorb the recoil, but those who use the weapon regularly should be able to fire it while moving without much risk. The recoil is an accuracy issue though as firing successive shots at the same location requires practiced re-aiming. There are also no iron sights or any sort of aiming device making accuracy even more of a problem.