Sonic Rifle

About the Sonic Rifle

Scaling sonic technology up to a rifle frame produces a weapon of unsettling battlefield presence. The sonic rifle projects a tight, long-range beam of concussive sound that pulps flesh and shatters brittle materials while sliding past the energy-dispersing armor that stops blaster bolts cold. The Geonosians engineered such weapons into their culture, and their static pikes and sonic blasters became the terror of anyone forced to fight in the hives. Because the effect is a pressure wave rather than a bolt, targets behind cover or clad in reflective plate find little comfort. The two-handed rifle throws its punch farther than any sonic pistol, though sound still weakens with distance and the weapon lacks the raw kill-per-shot of a heavy blaster. Against armored infantry, though, or in the echoing tunnels its makers preferred, the sonic rifle turns the very air into a weapon.