E-Web Repeating Blaster

About the E-Web Repeating Blaster

The heaviest man-portable weapon in the Imperial arsenal, the E-Web is a crew-served repeating blaster that turns a fixed position into a kill zone. It is famously a two-being job: one soldier hauls the tripod-mounted cannon while another wrestles the bulky generator that feeds its ravenous power draw, and setting one up under fire is a test of nerve. Once emplaced, it throws a torrent of heavy bolts at a rate that pins entire squads and cuts through light vehicles. Imperial forces deployed E-Webs to anchor defensive lines and choke off approaches, most memorably in the frozen trenches of Hoth's Echo Base assault. The setup time and the exposed crew are its great weaknesses; a fast enemy overruns it before it speaks. But once the generator spins up, few positions can be held against it.