Starfinder: Westinghouse M-27 Phased Plasma Pulse Rifle

Westinghouse M-27 Phased Plasma Pulse Rifle (Longarm)

Weapon	Level	Price	Damage	Range	Critical	Cap	Usage	Bulk	Special
M-27 20 Watt Rifle	1	1000	1d8 E&F	75 ft.	Burn 1d6	80 (2 40 charge batteries)	4	2	Automatic, burst fire, unwieldy
M-27 40 Watt Rifle	5	8,000	2d10 E&F	75 ft.	Burn 2d6	160	4	2	Automatic, burst fire, unwieldy
M-27 60 Watt Rifle	10	35,000	3d12 E&F	75 Ft.	Burn 3d6	160	4	2	Automatic, burst fire, unwieldy
M-27 80 Watt Rifle	15	180,000	5d12 E&F	125 ft.	Burn 5d6	160	4	2	Automatic, burst fire, unwieldy
M-27 100 Watt Rifle	20	1,000,000	10d12 E&F	150 ft.	Burn 10d6	160	4	2	Automatic, burst fire, unwieldy

Burst Fire

This is an optional rule which allows the shooter to fire a single ‘burst’ of rounds. The average burst is usually 3 rounds or charges (depending on the usage of the weapon in question) per pull of the trigger. Firing a burst incurs a penalty of -2 to hit, but the damage of the attack is increased by 25% (round down). This consumes the equivalent of 3 full shots (rounds or charges, so that if the weapon would use 4 rounds or charges for a single shot, using it on burst fire will now consume 12 charges). The burst will affect only a single target.

Introduced nearly at the same time as the new T-800 Infiltrator Terminators, the M-27 became the standard weapon used by Skynet’s forces on the battlefield.

Based on theoretical designs that were discovered by the AI known as Skynet, the Westinghouse M-27 Phased Plasma Pulse Rifle went through a large number of changes and modifications before at long last the final model was put into production.  It is a plasma-based weapon, which can burn through most types of armor. The bullpup configuration allows for a larger magazine capacity (taking two 80 charge power cells at a time), and the weapon is quite heavy and difficult for most human’s to wield, although this is not an issue for the Skynet forces.

The weapon was designed to send heavy firepower downrange, and each pull of the trigger would send a burst of intense purple, which could blow a human-body apart. Few could survive the wounds inflicted by these weapons. Often the weapon would cause combustible materials to burst into flame, which could spell the doom of the hapless soul who happened to be struck by a glancing blow.

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