Squad Support Phaser Weapon

Star Fleet Marine Corps realizing the need, resolved to manufacture a lighter, more rapid firing version of the common phaser rifle. The result was the SSPW . The differences between it and its distant cousin the Type IV Phaser Rifle is that the SSPW is designed for rapid pulse Phaser fire. In order to accommodate its additional mechanisms, its height had to be expanded (although its width was unchanged).

The SSPW uses high strength polymers in its construction in an attempt to cut down on weight yet still retain strength. Also on the top of every unit, there is a hard point for any sight deemed tactically necessary. Like its cousin, the Type IV Phaser Rifle, the SSPW has one grip forward of the butt, and a collapsible bipod near the muzzle. The is the new rapid firing capability.

The SSPW utilizes not one, but five firing chambers with associated emitter crystals to avoid crystal recovery/reload time when expended. The firing chambers are arranged internally in a "Gatling" arrangement around an elliptical axis. The unit also has two over/under tandem subspace transceiver assemblies to help with the increased firing load. In order to save weight and size, the power cell for the unit is not built very large to hold energy for tremendous intensive shots that can detonate solid material or vaporize living material. The danger of destroying a high value target or ricochets off shielded items is not a necessary risk.

Size: .92 m x .2 m x .1 m Weight: 5 kg Power: Enlarged Sarium Krellide power cell

Power consumption: Variable according to setting Casing: Classified organic sensor-opaque covering Range: 450 m Maximum setting: 7 (Damage index: 50)