Nucleonic Beams
Nucleonic Beams
Like nuclear dampers, these weapons interfere with the strong or weak nuclear forces that bind matter together.
Disintegrators (TL12^)
Disintegrators fire a beam that causes matter to disintegrate. The process is not instant, but most weapons can destroy a man-sized target in a second. Denser materials take a bit longer to flash out of existence, but the hardness doesn't matter.
Disintegrators use a narrow focusing beam, but the disintegration effect can encompass a larger area, and may be selectively specified at the moment of firing. A shot can disintegrate a person without affecting the floor he's standing on, or vaporize someone's weapon, or even take out two people standing together. This is an area effect attack with the Selective Area enhancement.
Disintegrators inflict corrosion damage with a cosmic armor divisor (∞) that ignores DR, except for force screens and stasis webs. Force screens protect with 1/10 of normal DR; stasis webs completely block them. Anyone reduced to -10×HP or less is disintegrated; otherwise, the beam bores a hole into or through the victim.
They inflict large-area injury; unless noted otherwise, they can focus on a one-yard radius.
Disintegrators require tremendous amounts of energy, and use cosmic power cells.
Weapons
- Disintegrator Pistol (TL12^): Perhaps the ultimate handgun, this weapon fires a beam that can obliterate a man.
- Disintegrator Rifle (TL12^): This rifle can destroy a light armored vehicle in a single shot, or completely disintegrate smaller targets such as people.
- Heavy Disintegrator Cannon (TL12^): This terrifying weapon may be the main armament of TL12^ military starships and main battle tanks. Almost any target will be annihilated unless protected by force screens; a barrage can lay waste to a city.
- Holdout Disintegrator (TL12^): A small, easily concealed weapon of unmatched destructive power for its class.
- Light Disintegrator Cannon (TL12^): A smaller version of the heavy disintegrator cannon. It is still capable of disintegrating a tank-sized target in a single shot.
- Semi-Portable Disintegrator (TL12^): An oversized weapon carried by powered troopers, or mounted on a tripod or vehicle. It can disintegrate a car-sized vehicle, or drill a hole several feet across through a larger target.
Disintegrator Table
BEAM WEAPONS (PISTOL) (DX-4, other Beam Weapons-4, or Guns (Pistol)-4)
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Acc | Range | Weight | RoF | Shots | ST | Bulk | Rcl | Cost | LC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12^ | Disintegrator Pistol | 6d×6(∞) cor | 6 | 1,000/3,000 | 2.5/2C | 10 | 22(3) | 4 | -2 | 1 | $5,000 | 2 |
| 12^ | Holdout Disintegrator | 7d×5(∞) cor | 3 | 500/1,500 | 1/C | 10 | 17(3) | 3 | -1 | 1 | $1,500 | 2 |
BEAM WEAPONS (RIFLE) (DX-4, other Beam Weapons-4, or Guns (Rifle)-4)
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Acc | Range | Weight | RoF | Shots | ST | Bulk | Rcl | Cost | LC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12^ | Disintegrator Rifle | 6d×7(∞) cor | 12 | 5,000/15,000 | 5.6/2C | 10 | 10(3) | 5† | -3 | 1 | $4,600 | 1 |
GUNNER (BEAMS) (DX-4, or other Gunner-4)
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Acc | Range | Weight | RoF | Shots | ST | Bulk | Rcl | Cost | LC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12^ | Heavy Disintegrator Cannon | 6d×200(∞) cor | 18 | 720,000/2,200,000 | 8,000/10Fp | 10 | 83(5) | 200M | -10 | 1 | $40M | 0 |
| 12^ | Light Disintegrator Cannon | 6d×100(∞) cor | 18 | 180,000/540,000 | 1,000/Fp | 10 | 66(5) | 70M | -10 | 1 | $5M | 0 |
| 12^ | Semi-Portable Disintegrator | 6d×40(∞) cor | 18 | 30,000/90,000 | 70/Ep | 10 | 100(5) | 18M | -8 | 1 | $320,000 | 1 |
Conversion Beams (TL12^)
These weapons convert a few milligrams of the target into antimatter or energy. Either way, the result is a devastating explosion. Conversion beams are almost identical to the disintegrators described above, but they have a (10) armor divisor instead of ignoring DR. They also inflict follow-up dice of burning damage equal to their corrosion damage, with no armor divisor but with the explosion, radiation, and surge damage modifiers.
Conversion Beams Table
BEAM WEAPONS (PISTOL) (DX-4, other Beam Weapons-4, or Guns (Pistol)-4)
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Acc | Range | Weight | RoF | Shots | ST | Bulk | Rcl | Cost | LC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12^ | Conversion Beam Pistol | 6d×6(10) cor | 6 | 1,000/3,000 | 2.5/2C | 10 | 22(3) | 4 | -2 | 1 | $5,000 | 2 |
| follow-up | 6d×6 burn rad sur | |||||||||||
| 12^ | Holdout Conversion Beam | 7d×5(10) cor | 3 | 500/1,500 | 1/C | 10 | 17(3) | 3 | -1 | 1 | $1,500 | 2 |
| follow-up | 7d×5 burn rad sur | |||||||||||
BEAM WEAPONS (RIFLE) (DX-4, other Beam Weapons-4, or Guns (Rifle)-4)
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Acc | Range | Weight | RoF | Shots | ST | Bulk | Rcl | Cost | LC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12^ | Conversion Beam Rifle | 6d×7(10) cor | 12 | 5,000/15,000 | 5.6/2C | 10 | 10(3) | 5† | -3 | 1 | $4,600 | 1 |
| follow-up | 6d×7 burn rad sur | |||||||||||
GUNNER (BEAMS) (DX-4, or other Gunner-4)
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Acc | Range | Weight | RoF | Shots | ST | Bulk | Rcl | Cost | LC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12^ | Heavy Conversion Beam Cannon | 6d×200(10) cor | 18 | 720,000/2,200,000 | 8,000/10Fp | 10 | 83(5) | 200M | -10 | 1 | $40M | 0 |
| follow-up | 6d×200 burn rad sur | |||||||||||
| 12^ | Light Conversion Beam Cannon | 6d×100(10) cor | 18 | 180,000/540,000 | 1,000/Fp | 10 | 66(5) | 70M | -10 | 1 | $5M | 0 |
| follow-up | 6d×100 burn rad sur | |||||||||||
| 12^ | Semi-Portable Conversion Beam | 6d×40(10) cor | 18 | 30,000/90,000 | 70/Ep | 10 | 100(5) | 18M | -8 | 1 | $320,000 | 1 |
| follow-up | 6d×40 burn rad sur | |||||||||||