Magna Caster

About the Magna Caster

This launcher hurls a magnetically accelerated projectile rather than a bolt of energy, driving a dense slug or spike downrange at velocity enough to punch clean through plate and bulkhead alike. Magnetic-acceleration weapons prize armor penetration above all, ignoring the deflector-screen tricks and energy resistances that blunt a conventional blaster, which makes them a favorite for gunners who expect to meet heavily protected foes. The magna caster is a two-handed piece, its coils and capacitors demanding a braced stance and a moment to cycle between shots, so it rewards the patient marksman over the volume shooter. Bounty hunters and specialist troopers carry them precisely for the jobs where a target's armor is the whole problem, trusting the piercing slug to solve what energy weapons cannot.