Airsoft GI Custom XF-12A Blaster Rifle AEG Airsoft Rifle

The XF-12A is an experimental repeating blaster manufactured by the Sonn-Blas Corporation to fill a need for anti-armor capable multi-role blasters to be deployed without the need for specialized troopers. Currently in testing phases with First Order Elite Troopers, the blaster employs a radical combination of old and new technology....

Most common blasters use energized plasma particles to neutralize or disable targets. With lethal accuracy and blazing concussive force, these type of weapons are notoriously effective against personnel and light armor. However a major drawback is that the energized plasma is easily countered by magnetic seals and deflector shields as well as being deflected and, in some cases, even reflected by the plasma blade of a lightsaber or other conducted-energy weapons.

Slugthrowers were weapons that used an explosive chemical to launch a solid projectile (a "slug") at high velocity. Slugthrowers were often looked down upon due to their use of projectile ammunition following a ballistic trajectory, resulting in the shooter needing reasonable amount of practice to accurately utilize the weapon. However, they remained popular for the unique advantages they offered. A slugthrower could be silenced, while a blaster usually could not. Slugthrowers were surprisingly useful against lightsabers, as when a slug made contact with a blade, it simply melted instead of being deflected like a blaster bolt. These melted embers could then fly toward the face or hands of the lightsaber user, and harm them if they were not careful.

Utilizing energized plasma beams to 'pocket' HE(High Explosive) slugs within a hardened case, the XF-12A Blaster rifle combines these two weapons technologies to devastating effect. The energized plasma serves to disrupt shields and magnetic seals enough to allow the slug to pass through to impact the intended target. The plasma bolt burns or melts through thick armor plating carrying the HE slug into the target. Once through the armor, the slug detonates sending fragments of the hardened case to tear through tissue as well as ricocheting inside the armor. Even with the limited amount of explosive inside the small slug, the blaster more than compensates with its impressive rate of rife. Testing shows that a lightsaber's blade is still unaffected by the plasma but causes the slug to detonate upon contact, sending shrapnel to disrupt or disable the user.

True to its multi-role objective, both features can be used independently to satisfy mission and target constraints. The blaster can use its energized plasma in a controlled fashion, retaining the "stun" and "sting" of the previously issued F-11D Blaster rifle. Conversely, if the energy portion of the weapon is disabled due to a planet's hostile or humid environments(as would be the downfall of most blasters) the slugthrower function of the weapon can still be utilized with the specialized HE slugs, standard or riot control slugs.