Blaster Cannon

About the Blaster Cannon

A blaster cannon is what happens when infantry weaponry stops pretending to be portable and commits to raw firepower. Heavy enough to strain even a strong soldier, it fires bolts with enough energy to punch through cover, light armor, and anyone crouched behind either, laying down fire that dominates a battlefield lane. It is a support weapon in the truest sense, hauled forward by the strongest trooper in a squad or mounted on a bipod to anchor a defensive line. Once it opens up, it forces everyone downrange to keep their heads down or lose them. The tradeoff is mobility: it is slow to bring to bear, punishing to carry any distance, and useless in a sudden knife-fight. But in the hands of a braced gunner covering an approach, few weapons short of a vehicle deliver more sustained menace.