Rochey wrote:Hm, I'm a bit dubious about this design, personaly. I have a few questions and a bit of criticism. No doubt by the end of this post Kendall and Seafort will by groaning at my lack of knowledge of gun terminology.
1) Where's the trigger? Is it fired by that button just under the setting controls? If it is, then it'd be a lot harder to purposefully fire (due to its positioning) and a lot easier to set off by accident than a trigger (unless the button is difficult to depress, which makes it even harder to fire for the soldiers). I'd suggest reverting to the good old fashioned trigger. There's a reason we still use them today instead of buttons.
It is the button, I was umming and erring on whether to have a trigger or a button. I think you could be right, I can modify it if necessary
2) How do you hold it? I'm right handed, so I'm guessing I put my left hand on the fore-grip, and then....what? Where do I put my right hand? There's no grip for my right hand to hold it with.
I had intended that you would grip the underside of the Stock close to the trigger, but again i could modify with a small grip.
3) Is there another set of power controls on the opposite side of the gun? If there's not, that would make it difficult to use for left handed people (they'd have to take their left hand off the trigger/firing button to change settings which isn't a good idea).
There is a second set.
4) Does it have a safety? You have three buttons for power settings, but none that I can see that would turn the gun off that doesn't involve removing the power core.
Depending on model, the early models have a double press function on the red setting which closes off the plasma feed from the firing chamber
5) While we're on the subject of the buttons, I'd advise changing the ammo setting method from three different buttons to a single switch that you can flick with your thumb, similar to the fire mode selector switch on modern firearms. Buttons are far to easy to be pressed by accident in combat.
Good point, i did this 1) for modern-ness and 2) for ease of drawing.
6) Does it have different modes of fire? Semi-auto, burst, full-auto, etc?
Semi-automatic, one press one blast. A more expensive automatic version has been developed the A-10-CX, but because it is burst/full auto it is no longer a carbine, and is classified as a combat rifle by Triumvirate Security services.
7) How do you remove the power core? I see what looks like some sort of lever at the back, is that it?
the entire grey bit on the bottom of the stock is the core. theres a small opening in the underside of the stock that you slide the core, and twist to port to lock in.
8) The design of the weapon itself doesn't look very flexible. I see nowhere to mount add-ons like a torch or grenade launcher.
the weapon is modular in construction, the stock clips on the barrel, the sight clips on the barrel, the front mount clips on the barrel. For a grenade launcher, the fore grip is removed, and the grenade launcher is mounted directly below the weapon with a leather grip directly on the grenade chamber. On the sight, the only actual laser sight is the red bit. the Blue bits represent a two cone torch rated and lighting at a maximum distance of 50 ft.
9) Does the targetting laser thing function as a magnifying scope as well?
No, scope is attached to the top of the laser sight. Sniper versions are normally tweaked slightly to increase the firepower at expense of the Semi-automatic firing speed because of the increased temperature strain on the barrels.
