Scattergun

About the Scattergun

The scattergun is the galaxy's answer to the shotgun, a solid-projectile weapon that flings a spreading cone of pellets or fléchettes instead of a single bolt. At close range it's devastating, the spread guaranteeing hits and shredding an unarmored target in one thunderous discharge, and its wide pattern makes it forgiving for a shooter who values stopping power over marksmanship. Because it throws physical shot rather than energy, it works where blasters falter, punching through certain shields and firing in conditions that scramble energy weapons. Shipboard security, frontier settlers, and close-quarters brawlers keep them for exactly that brutal reliability. Two hands steady the kick of a full load. Its weakness is distance, where the cone spreads too thin to matter, but inside a corridor or a doorway there are few weapons a person would less like to be standing in front of.