The Heavy Flash Stinger is a one-handed automatic energy weapon utilizing Flash Tech to discharge rapid, high-output beams from its reinforced refraction cell. Engineered with increased mass and amplified emission strength, it delivers enhanced lethality and superior armour penetration for its class, though it demands greater physical control from the operator. As with most directed-energy sidearms, individual flashes exhibit less concussive stopping force than ballistic equivalents, but compensate through sustained, precise material degradation at short to mid-range. Despite elevated acquisition costs, its rechargeable power system limits logistical strain, making it a formidable assault option when decisive, repeated penetration is required.
Since the onset of the modern Capitalist Era, demand for personal defence instruments has risen to unprecedented levels, with private armament becoming as much an aesthetic declaration as a practical necessity. While Flash Tech has been present across Federation space for much of the Era, its miniaturization into civilian-compatible sidearms marked a cultural turning point, particularly among status-conscious sectors. The emergence of Flash Repeating systems further accelerated adoption, offering rapid armour-penetrating capability in a comparatively sleek profile that appealed to both corporate security divisions and image-driven professionals. Though once considered experimental, the Heavy Flash Stinger now occupies a prominent place among contemporary defence trends, its popularity fuelled as much by market momentum as by battlefield performance.
| Heavy Flash Stinger | ||||
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| [WyvernWorks Studios] - Your childhood, copyrighted. | ||||
| Archetype | [Weapon] | Subtype | [Energy] | |
| Skill | [Coordination] | Mastery | [Rock 'n' Roll] | |
| Value | 2,000c | Upkeep | 10c | |
| Requirement | Damage | Range | Ammo | Hardpoints |
| Brawn: 5 | D4 + 3 | 3 - 12 | 2 | 3 |
| Traits | ||||
| [Armour Piercing], [Balanced], [Brutal], [Dangerous], [Fortuitous] & [Full-Auto]. | ||||
| Effects | ||||
| You may perform the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] with this [Weapon] against [Targets] inside of [Optimal Range] as if it were a [Close Combat] [Weapon]. Whenever this [Weapon] performs the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] it gains the benefit of the [Full-Auto] [Ability]. In addition, If you are dual-wielding a pair of these [Weapons], you may perform two [Opportunity Attacks], one with each, as a single [Action]. Fortuitous: When triggered, you may cancel the [Attack] immediately and automatically inflict an [Injury] or [Malfinction] instead, as [Appropriate]. Dangerous: When triggered, you suffer a [Weapon Jam], as [Appropriate]. |
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| Heavy Flash Stinger | ||||
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| [WyvernWorks Studios] - Your childhood, copyrighted. | ||||
| Archetype | [Weapon] | Subtype | [Energy] | |
| Skill | [Coordination] | Mastery | [Rock 'n' Roll] | |
| Value | 8,000c | Upkeep | 20c | |
| Requirement | Damage | Range | Ammo | Hardpoints |
| Brawn: 10 | 2D4 + 6 | 6 - 24 | 2 | 3 |
| Traits | ||||
| [Armour Piercing], [Balanced], [Brutal], [Dangerous], [Fortuitous] & [Full-Auto]. | ||||
| Effects | ||||
| You may perform the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] with this [Weapon] against [Targets] inside of [Optimal Range] as if it were a [Close Combat] [Weapon]. Whenever this [Weapon] performs the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] it gains the benefit of the [Full-Auto] [Ability]. In addition, If you are dual-wielding a pair of these [Weapons], you may perform two [Opportunity Attacks], one with each, as a single [Action]. Fortuitous: When triggered, you may cancel the [Attack] immediately and automatically inflict an [Injury] or [Malfinction] instead, as [Appropriate]. Dangerous: When triggered, you suffer a [Weapon Jam], as [Appropriate]. |
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| Heavy Flash Stinger | ||||
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| [WyvernWorks Studios] - Your childhood, copyrighted. | ||||
| Archetype | [Weapon] | Subtype | [Energy] | |
| Skill | [Coordination] | Mastery | [Rock 'n' Roll] | |
| Value | 18,000c | Upkeep | 30c | |
| Requirement | Damage | Range | Ammo | Hardpoints |
| Brawn: 15 | 3D4 + 9 | 9 - 36 | 2 | 3 |
| Traits | ||||
| [Armour Piercing], [Balanced], [Brutal], [Dangerous], [Fortuitous] & [Full-Auto]. | ||||
| Effects | ||||
| You may perform the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] with this [Weapon] against [Targets] inside of [Optimal Range] as if it were a [Close Combat] [Weapon]. Whenever this [Weapon] performs the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] it gains the benefit of the [Full-Auto] [Ability]. In addition, If you are dual-wielding a pair of these [Weapons], you may perform two [Opportunity Attacks], one with each, as a single [Action]. Fortuitous: When triggered, you may cancel the [Attack] immediately and automatically inflict an [Injury] or [Malfinction] instead, as [Appropriate]. Dangerous: When triggered, you suffer a [Weapon Jam], as [Appropriate]. |
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| Heavy Flash Stinger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [WyvernWorks Studios] - Your childhood, copyrighted. | ||||
| Archetype | [Weapon] | Subtype | [Energy] | |
| Skill | [Coordination] | Mastery | [Rock 'n' Roll] | |
| Value | 32,000c | Upkeep | 40c | |
| Requirement | Damage | Range | Ammo | Hardpoints |
| Brawn: 20 | 4D4 + 12 | 12 - 48 | 2 | 3 |
| Traits | ||||
| [Armour Piercing], [Balanced], [Brutal], [Dangerous], [Fortuitous] & [Full-Auto]. | ||||
| Effects | ||||
| You may perform the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] with this [Weapon] against [Targets] inside of [Optimal Range] as if it were a [Close Combat] [Weapon]. Whenever this [Weapon] performs the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] it gains the benefit of the [Full-Auto] [Ability]. In addition, If you are dual-wielding a pair of these [Weapons], you may perform two [Opportunity Attacks], one with each, as a single [Action]. Fortuitous: When triggered, you may cancel the [Attack] immediately and automatically inflict an [Injury] or [Malfinction] instead, as [Appropriate]. Dangerous: When triggered, you suffer a [Weapon Jam], as [Appropriate]. |
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| Heavy Flash Stinger | ||||
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| [WyvernWorks Studios] - Your childhood, copyrighted. | ||||
| Archetype | [Weapon] | Subtype | [Energy] | |
| Skill | [Coordination] | Mastery | [Rock 'n' Roll] | |
| Value | 50,000c | Upkeep | 50c | |
| Requirement | Damage | Range | Ammo | Hardpoints |
| Brawn: 25 | 5D4 + 15 | 15 - 60 | 2 | 3 |
| Traits | ||||
| [Armour Piercing], [Balanced], [Brutal], [Dangerous], [Fortuitous] & [Full-Auto]. | ||||
| Effects | ||||
| You may perform the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] with this [Weapon] against [Targets] inside of [Optimal Range] as if it were a [Close Combat] [Weapon]. Whenever this [Weapon] performs the [Opportunity Attack] [Action] it gains the benefit of the [Full-Auto] [Ability]. In addition, If you are dual-wielding a pair of these [Weapons], you may perform two [Opportunity Attacks], one with each, as a single [Action]. Fortuitous: When triggered, you may cancel the [Attack] immediately and automatically inflict an [Injury] or [Malfinction] instead, as [Appropriate]. Dangerous: When triggered, you suffer a [Weapon Jam], as [Appropriate]. |
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