Neo-Jovian Arsenal

Gunnery Weapons

Linear Carbine

Size: 4

Type: +0 Kinetic

• Glancing: 3
• Solid: 6 (+4)

Range: Moderately Near (-1 Attack)

A common lightweight electromotive weapon firing midcaliber slugs at high velocity.

Linear Rifle

Size: 6

Type: +0 Kinetic

• Glancing: 3
• Solid: 7 (+4)

Range: Moderately Far (-1 Attack)

A heavier version of the carbine, using the same ammunition but propelling them at higher velocity giving flatter trajectories and slightly superior terminal effects.

Sniper Rifle

Size: 8

Type: -4 Kinetic

• Glancing: 4
• Solid: 10 (+4)

Range: Extremely Distant (-1 Attack)

Tags: Sniper

A modified linear rifle with a longer barrel and more powerful magnetic accelerators and tweaked for maximum precision. While its slow-firing nature means that it makes a poor in-close weapon, when used properly it can be extremely lethal.

Heavy Railgun

Size: 10

Type: -6 Kinetic

• Glancing: 4
• Solid: 8 (+4)
• Smashing: 16 (+8)

Range: Distant (-1 Attack)

A cut-down naval railcannon, the heavy railgun was deployed early and often by Space Independence Alliance mobile suit units to bombard Solar Federation warships from a distance.

Giant Gatling

Size: 10

Type: +0 Kinetic

• Glancing: 4
• Assault: +2 (Max 10)

Range: Moderately Near (-1 Attack)

Tags: 3 Bursts, Assault

A massive multibarreled linear gun that can unload a prodigious amount of fire in a short span of time. Additional magazines (3 shots per) take up 1 space each. Changing magazines takes one action.

Flak Gun

Size: 6

Type: +6 Kinetic

• Glancing: 2
• Concentrate: +1 damage (+1)

Range: Moderate (-1 Attack)

Tags: Armor/Shield Weakness (x2), Concentrate (max 10 damage)

A modified large-caliber linear gun firing proximity-fuzed shells. Effective at hitting evasive targets, not so effective at penetrating armor.

Pulse Carbine

Size: 3

Type: +0 Energy

• Glancing: 2
• Solid: 6 (+4)

Energy Use: 1/shot

Range: Moderate (-1 Attack)

A compact one-handed particle-pulse gun, Solar War era. Shaped like a particular large pistol (or particularly compact submachinegun).

Pulse Rifle

Size: 5

Type: +2 Energy

• Glancing: 2
• Solid: 7 (+4)

Energy Use: 1/shot

Range: Moderate (-1 Attack)

A pulse gun featuring a longer acceleration chamber, giving it a bit more punch and superior accuracy.

Megaparticle Spray Gun

Size: 4

Type: +4 Energy

• Glancing: 2
• Assault: +2 (Max 4)

Energy Use: 2/shot

Range: Moderately Near (-3 Attack)

Tags: Armor Piercing (2), Shield Weakness (x2), Assault

The Space Independence Army's first overtechnology energy gun, originally chest-mounted to the Carolean. While short-ranged it could pack a punch if the full spray hit.

Megaparticle Gun

Size: 6

Type: +0 Energy

• Glancing: 2
• Solid: 7 (+4)

Energy Use: 2/shot

Range: Moderate (-1 Attack)

Tags: Armor Piercing (2), Shield Weakness (x2)

An early Overtechnology energy gun, built to punch through heavily-armored Jovian mobile suits with a coherent-matter beam. Only a modest improvement over pulse rifles of the era.

Heavy Beam Gun

Size: 8

Type: -2 Energy

• Glancing: 4
• Solid: 10 (+4)

Energy Use: 3/shot

Range: Distant (-1 Attack)

A powerful if not especially efficient particle beam gun, capable of long-range fire.

Plasma Gun

Size: 4

Type: -4 Energy

• Glancing: 5
• Solid: 10 (+4)
• Smashing: 15 (+8)

Energy Use: 1/shot

Range: Moderate (-1 Attack, -1 Damage)

Tags: Shield Weakness (x2)

Stubby assault gun used for light antishipping work. Plasma bolt dissipates quickly over range. Normally capacitor-fed (not included)

Panzerfaust

Size: 2

Type: +0 Kinetic

• Glancing: 1
• Solid: 7 (+4)
• Smashing: 15 (+8)

Range: Not So Close (-2 Attack)

Tags: Armor Piercing (4), One Shot

Disposable unguided warhead launcher.

Bazooka

Size: 6

Type: -4 Kinetic

• Glancing: 4
• Solid: 8 (+4)
• Smashing: 16 (+8)

Range: Not So Close (-2 Attack)

Tags: 3 Shots

Smoothbore launcher firing semiarmor-piercing explosive shells. Additional magazines (3 shots per) take up 1 space each. Changing magazines takes one action.

Heavy Bazooka

Size: 10

Type: -6 Kinetic

• Glancing: 6
• Solid: 12 (+4)
• Smashing: 25 (+8)

Range: Not So Close (-2 Attack)

Tags: 2 Shots

Smoothbore launcher firing larger semiarmor-piercing explosive shells. Additional magazines (2 shots per) take up 1 space each. Changing magazines takes one action.

Dumbfire Pod

Size: 4

Type: +0 Kinetic

• Glancing: 4
• Assault: +2 (Max 5)

Range: Not So Close (-2 Attack)

Tags: Assault, 2 Shots

A conventional multiple launcher pod firing explosive rockets. Not especially accurate, but dangerous if they all hit.

Guided Weapons

Smart Grenade Launcher

Size: 6

Type: +0 Electronic

• Glancing: 1
• Solid: 7 (+4)

Range: Not So Close (-1 Attack)

Tags: Armor Piercing (2)

A stubby automatic grenade launcher style weapon capable of firing various different types of ammunition. Statistics are for standard anti-MS shaped-charge grenades.

Smart Bazooka

Size: 8

Type: +0 Electronic

• Glancing: 4
• Solid: 8 (+4)

Range: Moderately Far (-1 Attack), Minimum Range (Very Close)

The Smart Bazooka is a large magazine-fed bazooka-style weapon firing small guided missiles.

Swarm Missile Pod

Size: 2

Type: +8 Electronic

• Glancing: 2
• Assault: +2 (Max 8)

Range: Moderately Near

Tags: One Shot, Assault, Atmospheric Problems (-6 attack)

A cluster of swarmer missiles, ripple-fired in a second or two. Poorly optimized for atmospheric use.

Light Missile

Size: 2

Type: +4 Electronic

• Glancing: 2
• Solid: 4 (+4)
• Smashing: 8 (+8)

Range: Moderately Near

Tags: Limited Ammunition (2)

A small launcher holding a pair of lightweight dogfight missiles.

Medium Missile

Size: 3

Type: +0 Electronic

• Glancing: 3
• Solid: 6 (+4)
• Smashing: 10 (+8)

Range: Moderately Far

Tags: Limited Ammunition (2)

A larger rack mounting two longer-range missiles.

Antishipping Missile

Size: 8

Type: -6 Electronic

• Glancing: 10
• Solid: 20 (+4)
• Smashing: 40 (+8)

Range: Extremely Distant

Tags: One Shot, Anti-Ship

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Brawl Weapons

Alpha Edge Sword

Size: 2

Type: +0 Melee

• Glancing: 3
• Solid: 6 (+4)
• Smashing: 12 (+8)

Range: Brawl

Tags: Shield Ignore, Parry (+4)

A long sword with integrated forcefield reinforcement and energy sink.

Plasma Blade

Size: 1

Type: +0 Melee

• Glancing: 4
• Solid: 8 (+4)
• Smashing: 16 (+8)

Range: Brawl

Tags: Shield Weakness (x2), Parry (+2), Cannot Parry Physical

Conventional plasma cutting blade sized up for an 18 meter robot.

Ivy Blade

Size: 2

Type: +4 Melee

• Glancing: 1
• Solid: 4 (+4)

Range: Brawl

Tags: Shield Ignore, Entangle

The 'Ivy Blade' is an electromagnetically hardened whip-sword with a semiautonomous thruster package. This makes it difficult to defend against and the thick cable of hypertensile fullerenes can be used to effectively entangle enemies, but the lack of weight behind it makes it a poor choice for inflicting damage.

Pilebunker

Size: 3

Type: -2 Melee

• Glancing: 1
• Solid: 6 (+4)
• Smashing: 12 (+8)

Range: Brawl

Tags: Shield Ignore, Armor Piercing (3)

A superhardened metal spike on an explosive launcher, designed to penetrate heavy armor.

Radiant Surge

Size: 3

Type: +4 Melee

• Glancing: 2
• Concentrate: +2 damage (+2)

Energy Use: 1/shot

Range: Special (half damage at Point Blank and Very Close)

Tags: Shield Weakness (x2), Concentrate, Antimissile, Fixed Only

This unusual weapon launches a blast of concentrated microwaves out of a specially-modified emitter with a variable focus.

Weapon Upgrades

There are dozens of major arms manufacturers across the human galaxy and innumerable small ones - not to mention one-off custom work done by technicians in the field. Unsurprisingly with so many different manufacturers there are variations both large and small on the common weapon families.

All weapons are defined by their generation, the general era in which they were introduced. For every generation that they are built at past the generation they are introduced, they gain +1 on their attack roll and 1 automatic upgrade point.

Additional upgrade slots may be 'purchased' for +1 Weapon Size each, increasing by a further +1 cumulative for every subsequent upgrade slot 'bought'.

Ranged Upgrades

Accurized

Upgrade Slots: 1

Effect: +1 on attack rolls

Longshot

Upgrade Slots: 1

Effect: +2 maximum range brackets, +1 on attack rolls past Moderate range

Piercing

Upgrade Slots: 1

Effect: +1 to Armor Piercing, -1 on damage bracket seperation

High Caliber

Upgrade Slots: 1

Effect: -1 on attack rolls, +1 damage, +2 weapon size

Magnum

Upgrade Slots: 1

Effect: +1 Damage (+2 out to Close), double range penalty

Smart

Upgrade Slots: 2

Effect: Sensor added to attack rolls

Enhanced Power

Upgrade Slots: 2

Effect: +1 Damage

Melee Upgrades

Balanced

Upgrade Slots: 1

Effect: +1 on attack rolls, +1 to Melee defense if the weapon already provides a parry bonus

Buster

Upgrade Slots: 1

Effect: -1 on attack rolls, +1 cumulative damage per damage tier, +2 weapon size

Piercing

Upgrade Slots: 1

Effect: +1 to Armor Piercing, -1 on damage bracket seperation

Enhanced Power

Upgrade Slots: 2

Effect: +1 Damage (+2 on Smashing)