D-17 Longblaster

About the D-17 Longblaster

Built for reach, the D-17 stretches an infantry blaster's effective range out to two hundred feet, giving a marksman the standoff distance to work a battlefield from a ridge or a rooftop. Long-barreled rifles in this family favor the patient shooter, their beams staying tight and true across ground where a carbine's bolts would already be scattering. Frontier lawmen, planetary defense units, and skilled hunters carried longblasters for exactly this discipline of engagement, picking targets rather than trading volleys. It is a two-handed weapon that rewards a steady position and a cool head, its slower rhythm the trade for its accuracy at distance. In a straight brawl it gives ground to faster, closer weapons, but at range it belongs to whoever holds it, and it makes crossing open ground a lethal proposition for the enemy.