Shotgun
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The shotgun was a powerful, heavy, and compact blaster or slugthrower that emitted several bolts at once when fired. They could often hit multiple targets or eliminate one target with a single blast. However, its damage decreased as range to the target increased, since the energy pellets scattered if fired from too far away; this made the weapon more suited for close-quarters combat.
A common shotgun weapon was the blast cannon, used by Imperial engineers during the Galactic Civil War. The TriShot could be considered the pistol form of a Shotgun, since if fired multiple laser bolts, but only three instead of the usual five. The elite Rebel SpecForces team Renegade Squadron used both shotguns and tri-shots. Trandoshan slavers sometimes used them, as did some B1 battle droids of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and Republic clone troopers during the Clone Wars.
A flechette launcher could also be considered similar to a shotgun in functionality, throwing hundreds of razor-sharp flechettes over a small area.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Star Wars: Galaxies
- Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
