# Kinetic Weapons *The Stellar Armory, Space Opera Weapons and Armour for Exodus NDS. Source: https://exodusnds.com/sourcebooks/stellar-armory/kinetic-weapons* Weapons that throw a solid projectile: chemical slugthrowers, magnetic accelerators, flechette guns, and gyrojets. Their damage type is **Ballistic**. Kinetic weapons are the cheapest and most common arms in settled space. They work in any atmosphere and in none, they are the only family with **Auto-Fire** at every size, and they are loud. | | | |:--|:--| | **Stopped by** | Hard plate: the Security Vest, Combat Armour, and anything heavier. Gravitic Deflectors | | **Goes through** | Reflec Coats and Deflection Screens, which are built for beams | | **Weakness** | Recoil in free fall, and they run dry | **Zero-g recoil.** A kinetic weapon fired in microgravity by a shooter who is not braced or anchored adds 1 Bane Die, and the shooter drifts. Weapons with **Recoilless** ignore this. **Running dry.** The GM may spend a Calamity, or 3 Bane, from an attack to empty a kinetic weapon; 2 Bane after Auto-Fire. Reloading is a maneuver. **Skill:** Light Ranged for pistols, Heavy Ranged for long guns, Gunnery for the two support weapons. ##### Holdout Slugger Pocket pistol, sleeve gun, last resort
5 4 Short 1
Light Ranged 200 Common Ballistic Concealable 2
A small chemical-propellant pistol. It is the cheapest weapon in the book that hides, and nothing in a customs scanner's library flags it as military. **Concealable 2** on light-pistol numbers. ##### Slug Pistol Slugthrower, powder pistol, colonial sidearm
6 4 Short 1
Light Ranged 200 Common Ballistic None
A plain cartridge pistol, made on every world that has a machine shop. Damage 6 at Short range and Crit 4, with no qualities and no drawbacks. It is the baseline sidearm of the frontier. ##### Service Sidearm Caseless pistol, officer's sidearm, standard sidearm
6 3 Medium 1
Light Ranged 300 Common Ballistic None
A well-made kinetic pistol firing caseless or cased ammunition from a large magazine. Damage 6, Crit 3, Medium range. This is the reference handgun: every other sidearm in the book is this entry with something traded. ##### Heavy Sidearm Hand cannon, magnum slugger, breaker
7 3 Medium 2
Light Ranged 350 Restricted Ballistic Inaccurate 1, Limited Ammo 4
A pistol chambered for a cartridge meant for carbines. Damage 7 is the top of the kinetic handguns. **Inaccurate 1** and **Limited Ammo 4** are the cost. ##### Flechette Pistol Needle pistol, dart pistol, sliver gun
4 2 Short 1
Light Ranged 500 Restricted Ballistic Pierce 2, Vicious 2
Fires a bundle of hardened darts. The damage is low. **Pierce 2** and **Vicious 2** with Crit 2 are the point: it wounds badly through light armour. ##### Gyrojet Pistol Rocket pistol, microjet, vac pistol
6 4 Medium 1
Light Ranged 450 Restricted Ballistic Recoilless, Point Blank 1
Fires small self-propelled rockets. There is no recoil, so it is the kinetic sidearm of choice in free fall. **Recoilless**. **Point Blank 1**: the rocket is still accelerating at arm's length, so add 1 Bane Die at Engaged range. ##### Machine Pistol Submachine gun, room broom, corridor gun
5 3 Medium 2
Light Ranged 400 Military Ballistic Auto-Fire
A compact automatic in a pistol cartridge. Damage 5, Medium range, **Auto-Fire**. It is the standard weapon of ship security teams, because it will not hole a bulkhead. ##### Slug Carbine Militia carbine, colonial rifle, burst rifle
7 4 Medium 3
Heavy Ranged 375 Common Ballistic Auto-Fire
A cheap automatic carbine. Damage 7 with **Auto-Fire** at Medium range, and Crit 4. It arms colonial militias and most pirates. ##### Combat Rifle Assault rifle, service rifle, line rifle
8 3 Long 4
Heavy Ranged 1000 Military Ballistic Auto-Fire
The standard kinetic infantry rifle. Damage 8, Crit 3, Long range, **Auto-Fire**, and nothing else. It is the reference long gun. ##### Scattergun Shotgun, spread gun, boarding gun
8 3 Short 3
Heavy Ranged 700 Common Ballistic Blast 4, Knockdown, Vicious 2
A smoothbore firing shot. Damage 8 at Short range with **Blast 4** and **Vicious 2**, and **Knockdown** for 2 Boons. It is the classic boarding weapon. ##### Flechette Launcher Sliver gun, shredder, dart thrower
4 2 Medium 3
Heavy Ranged 800 Restricted Ballistic Blast 4, Pierce 2, Vicious 3
A long gun that throws a cloud of darts. Damage 4 with **Blast 4**, **Pierce 2**, and **Vicious 3**. It clears a corridor of lightly armoured targets and does little to a hardsuit. ##### Gauss Pistol Coil pistol, mag pistol, rail sidearm
6 3 Medium 2
Light Ranged 900 Military Ballistic Pierce 2, Cumbersome 2, Silent
A magnetic accelerator in a pistol frame. There is no propellant, so it is **Silent**, and the slug arrives fast enough for **Pierce 2**. The capacitor makes it heavy: **Cumbersome 2**. ##### Gauss Rifle Coil rifle, mag rifle, needle rifle
10 2 Extreme 5
Heavy Ranged 2000 Military Ballistic Pierce 4, Cumbersome 3, Slow-Firing 1
A magnetic accelerator rifle. Damage 10, Crit 2, Extreme range, **Pierce 4**. It needs Might 3 and a round to recharge after each shot (**Slow-Firing 1**). ##### Support Slugthrower Squad gun, heavy slugthrower, belt gun
10 3 Long 6
Gunnery 1750 Military Ballistic Auto-Fire, Pierce 2, Vicious 2, Cumbersome 3
A belt-fed automatic carried by one soldier. Damage 10 with **Auto-Fire**, **Pierce 2**, and **Vicious 2**. It needs Might 3.
##### Rail Lance Rail Lance Heavy gauss, anti-armour rail, mass driver
14 2 Extreme 7
Gunnery 4000 Military Ballistic Pierce 6, Breach 2, Cumbersome 4, Prepare 1, Slow-Firing 1
A shoulder-braced magnetic accelerator built to hole vehicles and light hulls. Damage 14 and **Pierce 6** at Extreme range. It needs Might 4, a maneuver to set up, and a round to recharge.