Heavy Repeating Blaster

About the Heavy Repeating Blaster

When infantry need to make an entire corridor impassable, they bring up a heavy repeating blaster. This is the tripod-and-brace class of weapon, a belt-fed or drum-fed energy gun that lays down a torrent of bolts thick enough to pin an advancing squad and chew through cover. It is the descendant of a hundred emplacement guns, from Imperial garrison defenses to the crew-served pieces mercenary bands haul into fortified positions. The weight and appetite for power make it a poor choice for a fighter on the move; it does its best work fired from a fixed, braced position where its suppressive volume can dominate an approach. Anyone caught in the open before one learns quickly to find a wall. Handling it well is less about aim than about controlling the beast, walking its stream of fire across a target zone until nothing dares cross it.