The Vulcan Weapons System

The Vulcan Weapons System

The sole product of a rogue Imperial Scientist who, for a time, traveled from world to world selling unique weapon artefacts, doing business as Olympiad Arms Ltd.   The Vulcan, at least, is believed to be the product of his last (successful?) voyage into and out of the Federate No-Go Zone.

Most often taking the form of a pair of bulky, seemingly very heavy and unbalanced pistols, the components may be combined into a single artefact in a variety of configurations or an as yet undefined number of smaller configurations of multiple components.

Type: Technological (?) Artefact              Power Source:  Divine energy

Woke: No                                                     Intelligence  neg.

Restrictions:   Soul locked - only one config. Unlocked per character level or HD

May only be used/operated/manipulated by one individual at a time.

 

Known Configurations included

Default – Hephaestus Pistols             Range 15/20/25

Designed to be alternately or dual  wielded by a single user, each fires a bolt of pure ‘creative’ energy – the divine fires of making, as wielded by the Gods of the Forge – inflicting 3d5 damage on any living, mortal thing such an energy blast strikes.

 

Contratitanic Rifle                                  Range 130/270

Combining the components, attaching one into the other and then extending them (1-2 rounds depending on familiarity). 

Inflicts 3d12 damage per hit

 

Monster sighting carbine                    Range 50/100

Combines one into an augment for the other, extending the barrel and fanning out a variety of analytic and computer functions. Strikes a single studied target at +2, inflicting 5d5 damage, or any other target at +0, doing 3d4 with each hit.

 

Hades Blaster                                           Range 5/10

The one pistol eats the other and transforms into a single bulky projector that fires a combined spiral blast of negative material energy and tidal (gravitational) force. 

Fires every other round for 6d6+1/die damage on anything material in the universe.

 

Fury configuration                                 Range 60

Blaster, Armor arm, partial helm and targeting reticle

Single blaster firing bolts of concussive omni force striking for 3d6 pk damage. Strikes at +3 to hit, and grants +2 to AC while engaged.

 

There is believed to be at least three other settings – a web like projector that can be used to get around and travel as much as capture and immobilize opponents, a charged electric purple hood that allows the sighting of invisible creatures and fires eye blasts of light energy, and that of a lengthy rod or “Radio Staff” that redirects up to 2d4+1/level electrical or light attack energy and can fire bolts of same each round, while also inflicting 1d7 damage in a fight.

When inactive, often appears as a pair of off colour porcelain bracelets.

“This article is reproduced in Apocrypha Obscura – Transmissions from the Dreaming Gynoid, available  (drive thru link)  

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