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A heavy blaster pistol, or heavy blaster, was a more powerful version of the standard blaster pistol.
Description
Heavy blaster pistols were basically cut-down blaster rifles,[1] utilizing a more highly powered gas chamber, firing larger, more damaging bolts with a wider beam. Though bulkier and heavier than a standard blaster pistol, the heavy blaster's advantage was firepower.[1] It had the destructive power of a blaster rifle without the longer range that a rifle typically provided. The power pack was generally the same size as a standard pistol and was consumed at a considerably higher rate than a typical blaster pistol. Due to the weapon's formidable power it was heavily restricted in most systems if not entirely illegal.[1]
Heavy blaster pistols were very popular with soldiers and mercenaries of all sorts.
History
The Arkanians were the first to experiment with creating blaster pistols with the same energy output as blaster rifles around 5,000 BBY. It took some time for the concept to be widely adopted, and it wasn't until the time of the Jedi Civil War that power output of heavy blasters around the galaxy began to match Arkanian standards.
ARC troopers, the elite clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic, were trained in wielding two heavy blaster pistols at the same time.[5] Han Solo used the BlasTech DL-44 heavy blaster pistol.[2]
Appearances
Sources
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- Star Wars Campaign Pack
- Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
- Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi
- Cracken's Rebel Field Guide
- Star Wars Gamemaster Kit
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
- Star Wars Miniatures Battles
- The Star Wars Planets Collection
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
- Galladinium's Fantastic Technology
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire|Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Pack: Boba Fett vs. IG-88) (backup link)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire|Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Pack: Swoop) (backup link)
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- Arms & Equipment Guide
- "A Traveler's Journals of Ralltiir" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars Roleplaying Game
- "Aargau: For All Your Banking Needs" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars: Movie Heroes (Pack: Rebel Heroes) (backup link (Battle_Pack-Rebel_Heroes.asp) not verified!)
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
- Suns of Fortune