Gotta Have Gear

I believe that one of the keys to good sci-fi is slick gadgets and gear. So I started toying with the technical level of the setting. Of course, all the images posted here will be of a "conceptual" nature. Final revisions would have to be done to make them "original."

Playing with some pics has thusfar led to this:

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Name: Quill-Fire Mk VII Pistol
Description: The ammunition for this weapon is a needle-like shell typically loaded with phosphorous tips. Because of their size, they are capable of accelerated rapid fire. Their mini-warheads add a minor explosive element. The weapon has two modes: rapid- and single-shot. Rapid-fire mode sprays a stream of single “quills.” Single-shot mode shoots a small cluster at once. This is a prized weapon especially for combat inside starships because of the limited damage it does to structures. Alternative warheads include various poison-tipped quills. For “take down” procedures, Neural Incapacitation Poison (NIP shells) can be used. However, because of their frailty, only phosphorous tips are effective against even the lightest body armor. Electro-Magnetic Pulse warheads are available to combat AIs, droids, and drones.

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I like the way doing this sort of thing is helping me to "feel" out the universe I'm going to write about.