Restricted Weapon AMS-M1 Municipal Disintigrator

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AMS-M1 MUNICIPAL DISINTEGRATOR

AFFILIATION
Infection control personnel.

MANUFACTURER
Blackwell-BlasTech.

SIZE
1.3 meters.

WEIGHT
5.5 kilograms.

COMPOSITION
Steristeel.

WEAPON TYPE
Disruptor.

DAMAGE TYPE(S)

• Disintegration.

AMMUNITION CAPACITY
20 shots per power pack.

FIRE SELECTOR
Semi-automatic.

MAX RANGE
70 meters.

DESCRIPTION​

The AMS-M1 municipal disintegrator is a shoulder-fired disruptor weapon developed and manufactured by a partnership between Blackwell Munitions and BlasTech Industries. Designed for use by personnel combating the spread of the Anabolic Myohypertrophic Stimulator virus, it is intended primarily to be employed against large groups of infected "walking dead" who have progressed beyond the point of treatment. It is also useful for disposing of infected corpses and other biologically hazardous materials.

Although disruptor-type weapons are highly illegal in the present day, the AMS-M1 has been granted a type exemption by the New Republic and Free Worlds Alliance, albeit with a number of stipulations. The weapon is cleared solely for use by emergency response personnel, and is keyed to the chain code of a specific individual upon being issued; the individual can be changed by using an official armorer's override code to clear the system. Additionally, the weapon is fitted with an integrated homing beacon, allowing its location to be tracked at all times. The penalty for an individual not cleared to use an AMS-M1 found in possession of one outside extraordinary circumstances is severe, consisting of a minimum of 5 year in prison.

All these precautions are somewhat justified, however, given the AMS-M1's impressive capabilities. Weighing in at 5.5 kilograms, it is a heavy weapon in more ways than only its classification, with a rear shoulder rest and an amidships pistol grip for handling. The weapon has a maximum range of 20 meters, and can fire 20 shots from its high-charge power pack before requiring a reload. The weapon inflicts disintegration damage; bolts from the AMS-M1 ignore body armor and destroy organic material down to the molecular level, reducing any being they hit to a pile of genetically unidentifiable ash, and leaving behind clothes, armor, weapons and other items. The bolts can "reduce" a being up to the size of an adult wookiee; larger beings may have chunks taken out of them, which is equally deadly. Any being hit by a disruptor bolt and not killed outright will eventually die, slowly crumbling to dust as their molecules are unraveled by residual radiation.

Due to the severe level of damage disruptor weapons can inflict, being who carry them are generally given a wide berth by others. Their utility against the infected is undeniable, however.

LEGALITY​

Restricted. AMS-M1 municipal disintegrators, like all disruptor weapons, are heavily regulated. Their use is prohibited by anyone not specifically cleared for it, and illicit possession of this weapon carries a harsh mandatory prison sentence outside extraordinary circumstances.

INTENT​

To create a weapon specifically for use against the walking dead; I.E. those infected with the AMS virus.

RESTRICTIONS​

The AMS-M1 municipal disintegrator is cleared solely for use by beings fighting the spread of the AMS virus, and under no circumstances may be used against player characters in combat.