Knuckle Buster
Knuckle Buster |
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Model |
ISBSCH-4 (Internally Suppressed Burst System Concealable Handgun – Type 4) |
Rate of Fire |
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Class |
Resolver |
Ammo Capacity |
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Caliber |
.45 |
Effective Range |
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Magazine Capacity |
36 rounds, magazine |
Armor Penetration |
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Ammo Type |
.45 FMJ |
Destructive Power |
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Fabrication |
Metal, wood |
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Role |
Sidearm for undercover Intelligence Legion operatives. |
Knuckle Buster: Overview
An outlier of a weapon, the Knuckle Buster is given to undercover legionnaires to be used as a last resort if their identity is compromised. Being non-plasmatic, the Knuckle Buster gives some measure of plausible deniability to GDS in the event of a firefight.
Ages ago when the Intelligence Legion was first starting off, we were trying to figure out a good way of keeping our intel guys strapped with the best tech, yet ensuring it was on the down low. You’re not gonna get a lot of espionage and observation done when you’re rocking a GDS overcoat and an Antler on the hip. Not a lot of options there, and as far as body armor and similar shit goes we had to (at the time) settle for discrete ballistics vests and bullet resistant clothing (not bullet proof, bullet resistant, it’ll still hurt like hell). Ideally, they’d keep their cover intact as the primary layer of defense, and if bullets start flying then their main goal is to extract to safety while a recovery team flies in to handle the pursuers.
Now how about those scenarios where they gotta stand their ground until help arrives? Or deal with an imminent threat to their life? Yoinking out a semi-plasmatic weapon would make for the shortest game of “Guess who sent the spy”, meaning we had to settle for something that used real boy bullets.
Our weapons lab figured that an internally suppressed .45 caliber handgun
would do great, but I felt that wasn’t quite enough. Sure, the intel boys
can likely dome someone across a parking lot with iron sights and a slight
breeze, but I wanted assurance. I wanted 100% results that if they pull
that trigger, their pursuers or anyone in the way is gonna be eating dirt.
I strolled into the lab, and made it clear it needed to have a burst fire
system, three shots for each trigger pull. One of the techs got sassy and
said “Yeah, how about six while we’re at it?”. Good point pal,
it’s a six-shot burst now and it’d better stay on target the whole time, so
hop to it.
A few weeks later we got back a nice piece of hip jewelry, easily concealable, internally suppressed, a double stack magazine, and a mechanism that “eats” the spent brass and flattens it out to be stored in the grip for later recycling. That means no mess left behind, save for whatever happens to the torso of whoever ends up on the receiving end of six .45 bullets in under a second.
Gave it a test run at the lab’s firing range and felt pretty satisfied that the burst was capable of punching through level V plates if your aim was steady. Shit, I was downright surprised and pleased that for once in my godforsaken life we’d have a weapon design go from concept to reality without something or someone shitting the bed along the way. I even got a slight, damn near invisible nod of approval from Iza when I showed up with the cost projections for manufacturing and upkeep.
Guess what I discovered one incredibly terse message later?
Undercover Intelligence Legion operatives in the field don’t carry fucking
guns or weapons of any kind, and what they actually do instead of carrying
a weapon is something I’m not allowed to talk about.
Knuckle Busters get issued to NCOs as rewards for career milestones.
Not my fault those spooky jackoffs never talk to anyone.
- FrW Nahli Lok-Riveria
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