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Skipped officer training and remained in his position as an NCO with the 17th. Volatile. Near-Ace. | Skipped officer training and remained in his position as an NCO with the 17th. Volatile. Near-Ace. | ||
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| + | ==Busters== | ||
| + | Buster technology is very simple in concept: a plasma charge is shaped inside of a compression field such that its own electromagnetic field enters a stable configuration. This efficient process yields a highly effective payload that is difficult for many defensive systems to effectively diffuse. A buster shot is not a true plasma weapon, for its real strength is in the thermally-mediated electromagnetic shear that occurs on contact.<br> | ||
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| + | Some busters are configured to yield a higher thermal output or greater penetration of defenses. The most famous buster configuration, however, is the charge: an intense overcompression of a larger plasma field that, when released, undergoes violent explosive decompression, propelling a deadly and self-sustaining payload at lethal velocities.<br> | ||
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| + | The most prominent manufacturer of blaster weaponry and the trendsetter in blaster standards is Prosser Corporation. Their flagship product, the P-series integrated buster and buster rifle (portable armament), remains the mainstay of the Maverick Hunters.<br> | ||
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| + | '''P100 Series'''<br> | ||
| + | P100 Buster: The most basic model of buster, a nonmodular integrated forearm buster unit with a low cycle rate. Civilian Reploids can pick these up for personal installation. The P100 has an inferior payload designed to reduce collateral damage rather than deliver a strong punch. It has no features.<br> | ||
| + | P110 Modular Arm Buster: The most popular basic model, this buster can revert to a functional hand and forearm when not in active use. Transition time is about 18 seconds.<br> | ||
| + | P119 Modular Configuration Buster: A design sold as a supplemental sidearm for Reploids with a primary armament, this buster is a modular configuration of an existing arm-mount weapon. It does not have a hand mode.<br> | ||
| + | P160 Anticollateral Buster: A favorite of civilian Reploid law enforcement and the Maverick Hunter 10th Unit, this buster is primed to have a payload compatible with conventional CHAT and R/UFF standards, diffusing harmlessly on collateral impact. | ||
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| + | '''P200 Series'''<br> | ||
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| + | ==Construction Technology==<br> | ||
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| + | '''CHAT'''<br> | ||
| + | Construction Hazard Ablation Treatment refers to any number of chemical, mechanical, materials and electrical methods used to reinforce structures against the devastating impact of a Maverick attack or other serious event. Some CHAT protocols are highly individual countermeasures, while others are combination products intended to package numerous protections in one.<br> | ||
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| + | '''R/UFF'''<br> | ||
| + | Pronounced "rough," Risk/Usual Factor Fortification is an internal set of construction and architectural protocols sold as a product by many vendors. R/UFF measures protect against common or predictable external hazards, including but not limited to serious thermal stress, kinetic attack and high radiation.<br> | ||
=Mechaniloids= | =Mechaniloids= | ||
