Coilgun Arsenal

» Item Name: Electromagnetic Round Propulsion Rifle [Mostly referred to as the Coilgun]
» Item Type: Vanguard/Vastime

» Used For: Offensive

» Item Description: The Electromagnetic Round Propulsion Rifle - generally known as a Coilgun, after an ancient prototype that used copper-wire coils to achieve it's propulsion - jumps off the successful use of Magnetics in the Vanguard's Veðrfölnir range. Three power packs below the gun provide the required electromagnitism to the barrel above, and can launch a bullet several times faster than convential gunpowder. With the barrel itself being used as the propellent, and no physical addition to the bullet required, the bullet can be made caseless, and circumvent the general issues of most caseless ammo in one swoop. With the power source and general bulk of the gun making up a considerable weight, any reduction gained from shorter rounds due them being caseless is negligable, and so the rounds retain full sized relative to their cased brothers, allowing them to hit with much greater force.

The charge in the barrel stays lit for a second or two after each trigger pull, allowing for burst-firing rather than strictly semi-automatic. But a fully automatic mode has yet to be introduced to the weapon, staying lit long enough to allow more that four rounds to be fired off in a single burst strains the power packs, leading to the safety being clicked on for several moments to prevent the supply from blowing out of strain.

The other problem, lies with the gun itself. For while standard firearms are made by the millions, each Coilgun demands perfection throughout the weapon, as the consequence of missfire is vastly worse than that of a normal firearm. Every part has to be rated to not only survive the repeated recoil, but also be able to absorb it enough as to not break the users shoulder at the first burst. The barrel must also be accurate to the millimeter, as even a quarter of an inch off can cause the exo-sonic round to tear the gun to pieces. Such issues lead the gun to be less than standard issue, only being used for the more experienced special forces as a mere handful of these weapons can be made every month in comparison to the mountian of standard firearms.

» Obtained From: Vanguard/Vastime

» Yen Price: 10,000,000

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» Item Name: Brahmastra
» Item Type: Vanguard/Vastime

» Used For: Offensive

» Item Description: Because why stick to Nordic all the time? Hindu mythos has cool stuff as well. Probably also a sign that a certain fluffy sponsor named all the gear. However, in this case, it is quite an apt name.

The Brahmastra is a Coilgun variant, modified for extreme range sharpshooting. It has a longer barrel, four power packs instead of three, and a scope rated to magnify up to four miles. And such magnifying power is needed, since the enhanced velocity allows the sniper rifle to enjoy a terrifying Point Blank range of up to 1,600 yards, as well as a velocity of three to four times that of conventional sniper rifles. It suffers from the same constraints as it's brother Coilgun, and so is rarely seen outside of elite solider deployments.

When you need to headshot a Tank, use the Brahmastra.

» Obtained From: Vanguard/Vastime

» Yen Price: 8,000,000

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» Item Name: Ichaival
» Item Type: Vanguard/Vastime

» Used For: Offensive

» Item Description: Returning to Nordic after a brief one-night with the Hindu Mythology - they said they would call, but they never do - The Ichaival was a bow owned by Odin, said to fire ten arrows for every shot. For this weapon, such a mythos is incredibly well suited.

This Coilgun variant is the cousin of a Shotgun, a much slower velocity than the Coilgun or it's Sniper brothers as it only has a single power pack, but still substantually more than a convential weapon. The shot, has been primed to explode just after leaving the barrel, creating a storm of supersonic pellets capable of shreading a man, or a group of men, depending how how it is fired and without the issue of the round traveling too far before the storm of pellets are released. It does away with the idea that a shotgun is a short range weapon, as the vastly improved velocity allows the pellets to be flung a great distance, with a great deal of force.

It can also load in a slug, in case the user feels that there is something he is pointing at that would look much more beautiful with a massive hole in it. It has a reletively simple design compared to the other two Coilguns, and so is the most likely to be seen arming standard infantry, but it will not be common, as each weapon still requires a substantual degree of investment for each gun.

» Obtained From: Vanguard/Vastime

» Yen Price: 4,000,000

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Cannon:

» Item Name: Bjorn Klor
» Item Type: Vanguard [limited] /Vastime

» Used For: Offensive

» Item Description: 'Screw Subtlety, what did it ever do for me?'

And with that thought, the Bjorn Klor came into being. A truly monsterous cannon, it chambers .50 caliber caseless rounds, and unlike every other Coilgun, comes with Fully automatic capabilities. Spitting out rounds at incredible speed and rate, with a full 10 power packs shouldering the strain of sustained fire. This, is a weapon who's fury causes the very ground itself to shake.

However, to make such a thing possible, there had to be certain compromises in the creation of the Bjorn Klor. Namely, there is no recoil control. At all. Anyone who manages to pick up this hefty beast will have their skeleton shaken to pieces in short order after firing. The only people that can fire this thing without turning their bones to dust, is pliots of the Bjorn Rex armour [or mount it on a vehicle but that's totally boring]. The servo-motors and electro-motivated muscle bundles are a perfect counter to the soul-shaking recoil of the Bjorn Klor. With such naming, it was almost as if this was the inital plan.

Designed as bigger, nastiest XR-23, it is also dramatically more expensive, and requires the most work out of any Coilgun to be completed. So this weapon is rare, even within elite operations. And a good job too, because it makes a damned mess.

» Obtained From: Vanguard/Vastime

» Yen Price: 20,000,000

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