Chapter 12, Page 5
The following excerpt was taking from the fall edition of Superior Arms, a monthly publication featuring news, reviews, and specifications on the latest firearms, military-grade tech, and cutting-edge gear available on the market.
Reviewing the Vekton III
By Aven Rode
Unless you’re military, private security or, in some cases, law enforcement, you’ll likely never get your hands on a heavy laser rifle. Most models are notorious for being unwieldy and require cumbersome battery packs, making them practically inadequate for combat use—but not the Vekton III. Aside from its comparatively small size, the rifle is also lightweight and has a built-in battery generator. The laser output rivals the best on the market and can link with tactical AR goggles for pinpoint accuracy. Of course, some of these advanced features come with a price (and we’re not talking the exorbitant price tag), the main downside being that the Vekton III is only able to fire one shot put charge. It takes a whopping ten minutes between each full charge which, for most, is an instant deal breaker. With that in mind, the Vekton III is still an impressive piece of weaponry, and quite possibly the best HLR manufactured to date.
Danger Zone One. Story by Midnight. Art by Sikretwepon.
That 10 minute recharge really limits that guns usability. Maybe if it was adjustable to different settings: a low setting for anti-infantry (with near instant recharge), a medium setting for anti-power armor (with a recharge time of 30 seconds or so), and perhaps even an anti-tank setting (with a 5 minute recharge time). This setting is maxed out.
BTW, love your work. Between the comic and the additional texts, you put a LOT into this. Well done. 🙂
Thank you for the very kind words! Glad to hear you’re enjoying the comic and supplemental texts 🙂
It looks like it’s no heavier than an FGM-148, which is a single use weapon. So if it has the ability to 1-hit heavy armor, it seems like it would have a niche.
Javeleins arent one use though, the actual missile is but the clu is multi use. We’d run w/ two or three of them per squad when we’d expect anti armor. I’m also skeptical you’d get similar effects on target from a laser rifle as from a warhead.
If you set up a battery of 10 of those guns, you could get a continuous firing rate of 1 shot per minute by firing a different one each minute. By the time you fire the 10th one, the first one will be recharged and you can start over.