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Item Mass Avail Cost Quantity Beam weapons skills training and accreditation - - 100 per 5 days Beam Lvl 1Beam Lvl 2Beam Lvl 3Beam Lvl 4  Projectile weapons skills training and accreditation - - 100 per 5 days Projectile Lvl 1Projectile Lvl 2Projectile Lvl 3  Customer:

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Beam Weapons:
Electrostunner. An electrostunner looks like a large pistol. It is a short-range weapon. It fires an arc of electrons that looks like a lightning flash. It is commonly called a zapgun because of the noise it makes when fired. An electrostunner has two settings, stun and blast. A blast causes 4d10 pnints of damage. A stun can knock a creature unconscious for d100 turns. Anyone hit by a stun beam can resist the stun by rolling a number less than or equal to its current Stamina. A zapgun uses two SEU per shot. It holds a 20 SEU clip, but can also be connected to a beltpack or powerpack with a 1.5 meter powercord. A gauss screen will block the electrostunner's beam. An anti-shock implant will nullify a stun but not a blast.

Beam Weapon Mass Avail Cost Quantity Electrostunner 1   500   Laser Pistol 1   600   Laser Derringer 0.25   750   Laser Rifle 3   800   Sonic Disruptor 4   700   Sonic Stunner 1   500   Heavy Laser 20   6000   Sonic Devastator 15   5000   Customer:

Laser Derringer. . A laser derringer is a non-standar  item.  Designed as a small 'last resirt' weapon, it is made to be used and thrown away.  It does not have replaceable powerclip: this is built into the weapon.  As a result the derringer can only fire at two settings: two 4d10 shots or one 10d10 shot.  If the lower setting is chosen the second shot will be the same.  It cannot be recharged; the laser crystal burns out when used.  Several corporations build models but the BYK Disposable Laser is most popular..

Laser Pistol. A laser pistol is a large handgun. It fires a pulse of bright light. Laser pistols are commonly called blasters. A laser pistol has a dial that can be set from 1 to 10 to control how many SEU are fired by each shot. Each SEU fired causes 1d10 points of damage. For example, when the dial is set at 3, the shot uses 3 SEU and causes 3d10 points of damage. Players must tell the referee what setting they are using before rolling the dice to see if the shot hits. Laser pistols use 20 SEU clips but can be attached to beltpacks or powerpacks. An albedo suit or screen halves the damage from lasers.

Laser Rifle. A laser rifle is a rifle-sized version of a laser pistol. It has a longer range and the SEU dial can be set from 1 to 20 instead of 1 to 10.

Sonic Disruptor. A sonic disruptor is a type of rifle. It is commonly called a disruptor. A sonic disruptor generates a focused sound beam. The damage it causes depends on the range. At closer ranges, it causes more damage. It causes 6d10 at point blank range, 4d10 at short range, 2d10 at medium range, and 1d10 at long range. It has no extreme range. It uses a 20 SEU clip but can also be attached to a beltpack or powerpack. A disruptor uses 4 SEU per shot. Only a sonic screen can stop its deadly beam.

Sonic Stunner. A sonic stunner is a type of pistol. It is commonly called a stunner. It will stun a victim for d100 turns. The victim can avoid the effect of the hit by rolling his current Stamina or lower. One shot uses two SEU. It uses a 20 SEU clip, but can be attached to a beltpack or a powerpack. A target with an anti-shock implant can not be stunned. Otherwise, only a sonic screen can stop the stunner's sound beam.

Heavy Laser. A heavy laser is about the size of a machine gun. It must be mounted on a tripod or a swival mount to be fired. It has longer range than a laser rifle, and a minimum SEU setting of 5. Otherwise it operates the same as the laser rifle.

Sonic Devastator. A sonic devastator is a heavy weapon that must be mounted on a tripod or a swival mount to be fired. Except for its greater range and damage, the sonic devastor operates just like the sonic disruptor.

Laser Weapons: The Ke series represents the latest generation of lasers. Their beams are a bright orange. The Ke-1000 is a small pistol version, the Ke-1500 is a 40-cm-long pistol, the Ke-2000 is a standard rifle, and the Ke-5000, which has recently been released, is a larger version that is pwoered by a 100 SEU pack or parabattery and is usually mounted on a vehicle, defensive position, or field mount (though a character with a Strength of 75 can use it like a rifle to defend himself in times of dire need.). Albedo suits and screens still defend against laser weapons as described on page 44 of the STAR FRONTIERS® Alpha Dawn game book. Also see Defensive Suits, Gridsuit in this book.

Proton Weapons: Proton weapons are usually refereed to as "rafflurs" (RApidly FLUctuating Radiation). All proton beams are bright white and emit a powerful blast of protons toward the target. Rafflurs are unusual in that most take only minipowerclips and cannot be attached to powerpacks (they have a nasty habit of backcharging and blowing up any power source heavier than a minipowerclip). Proton beams can be deflected or bent away from their target by powerful magnetic fields.  See the Power Screen sction, and DefensiveSuits section in this booklet for the defenses against rafflurs.

Rafflur M-1: This personal defense device is the size of a cigar and contains an SEU microdisk. It only fires once at an extremely limited range.  After it is fired, the microdisc must be ejected and a fresh one inserted before it can fire again.

Rafflur M-2: The proton pistol is a handgun that is slightly larger than a Ke-1000 laser pistol. Each shot uses 2 SEUs.

Rafflur M-3: This extremely limited production model was specifically designed for Star Law Forces. It is a 45-cm-long pistol that provides more room for attachments. It has design modifications such as a folding stock and energy modulator that increases its range and accuracy (+1 Column Shift modifier). Anyone other than a Star Lawman would have a great deal of difficulty locating a M-3.

Rafflur M-4: The official weapon of the "Hoppin' Hundred and Eighth" Humma Elite Forces, the main advantage of these 75-cm-long rifles is that they release all 10 SEUs at once in an area effect. Their range, however, is extremely limited (as that of a pistol). Their beam is cone shaped with the point at the gun's muzzle. The beam width increases by 1 meter for every 2 meters from the muzzle (5 meters wide at 10 meters from the muzzle, 13 meters wide at 26 meters, etc.). Any target in the blast path receives a maximum of 40 points of damage (is a Cobalt result is obtained on the attack roll). If the first target is within 2 meters of the muzzle, it totally blocks the beam and nothing behind the first target can be damagfed. Otherwise the M-4 can damage any target in the beam. The weapon's circuits superheat when fired, requrieing the weapon to cool three turns before reloading with a new minipowerclip.

Rafflur M-6: This proton rifle is slightly larger than the Ke-2000 laser rifle.

Rafflur M-8: This long-barreled, long-range beauty comes equipped with a built-in telescopic sight. It cannot be aimed accurately at anything closer than 15 meters. An expensive break-down version is often used by hunters.

Rafflur M-10: The M-10 is the proton counterpart of the Ke-5000 laser. It comes equipped with a folding quadpod mount that safely holds the 100-SEU pack or parabattery used in its operation. Unlike the rest of the rafflur M series, this weapon has a special capacitor baffle fitted to prevent feedback when using a power source more powerful than a minipowerclip. Two human-sized or one large bioform are needed to transport it. Optional swivel mounting equipment for vehicles, fortifications, etc., can also be purchased.

Electrostunner: This electrostunner is very similar to that in the Alpha Dawn rules, except the amount of daamge caused is a maximum of 40 points, not 4d10. The gauss screen (on page 44 of the Alpha Dawn rule book) and the gridsuit (in the Defensive Suits section of this book) both reduce the damage from an electrostunner attack.

Sonic Weapons: Sonic weapons fire concentrated blasts of sound that do terrible damage to living organisms. They are treated, for the most part, as they were in the Alpha Dawn rules. The sonic stunner and sonic screen are identical to those presented in the Alpha Dawn rule book.

Sonic Disruptor: A sonic disruptor is an exotic-looking weapon the size of a rifle that does a maximum damage of 30 points to most materials, but double that amount to living tissue.

Sonic Devastator: A sonic devastator is a medium-ordinance piece that is much larger than a rafflur M-10. It does a maximum damage of 40 points to most materials, but double that to organic life forms. A sonic devastator must be mounted on a fixed mount before operating: it is too large to drag into battle, set up for a few shots, then move again.

Maser Weapons: Masers are amplified microwave emitters. Though the microwaves are emitted over a wide area, the major concentration is a tight invisible beam. The maser beam cannot be seen unless a character is wearing a pair of IR high-resolution goggles (not to be confused with normal IR goggles). Anyone wearing IR high-res goggles may be temporarily or permanently blinded if looking at the maser when it is fired at them. Maser fire only does damage to living organisms, but it can heat up liquids. Maser fire penetrates any type of defensive suit or screen except maser mesh or a gridsuit (see the Defensive Suit section of this booklet).

Maser Penetrator: The maser penetrator is a handgun that is slightly larger than a rafflur M-2 pistol. It uses minipowerclips.

Maser Penetrator II: The MP II is the size of a small rifle and also uses minipowerclips.

Bolt Weapons: Bolt weapons resemble 50-cm-long tubes with a black handgrip at one end and a firing button mounted on top. Their butt ends unscrew and their power source is either a minipowerclip or a normal powerclip, depending on the type. The bolt is an invisible beam of heavy ions that creates a thunderclap that can be heard for hundreds of meters. Bolt weapons cannot be attached to powerpacks. Only a gridsuit, found in this book's Defensive Suits section, protects against bolt weapons.

WarTech Alpha-Bolt: This weapon has an adjustable dial that allows the character to select how many SEUs are used each time it is fired. The maximum damage is 12 points per SEU used. The alpha-bolt uses a minpowerclip.

WarTech Omega-Bolt: WarTech developed this as a sporting weapon, but it was never popular. Each shot from the weapon uses 5 SEUs and does between 1 and 100 points of maximum damage (roll 1d100 to determine the maximum damage). 

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