The Tsumi SS Tube, more commonly referred to as simply a tube or an SS tube, is a kind of piston-powered launcher for the family of Star Splitter munitions, consisting of simply a Tsumium tube with a piston to propel the Star Splitter and an arm for arming it. They are of rather simple design yet exceedingly effective at what they do.

The SS Tube is a rather barbaric yet effective weapon designed and developed by the Tsumi to combat armored troops, mechs, vehicles, and smaller space crafts.

Below is nomenclature information for the SS Tube:

• Designer: Tsumi
• Manufacturer: Tsumi
• Name: Tsumi SS Tube
• Type: Kinetic Ordinance Launcher
• Role: Ordinance Launch Tube
• Length: 3x as long as the Star Splitter
• Height: 1.25x as tall as the Star Splitter
• Width: 1.25 as wide as the Star Splitter
• Mass: Varies
  • Price: Varies
  • Damage Rating: Tier 4 - Tier 11

The SS Tube is a rather unassuming cuboid of Tsumium with a circular hole as round as the intended Star Splitter is, with the Star Splitter itself only taking up a third of the Tube’s length and the rest of it being the hydraulic ram and mechanized arm as well as a rather simple trigger mechanism intended to be used by either personnel or mechanized systems.

• Muzzle Flash: None

• Retort: A quiet click by the mechanical arm and a loud “PUNG” sound in an atmosphere as the hydraulic piston extends rapidly.

• Projectile Appearance: A Star Splitter of a variable size being flung out the SS Tube’s open end.

• Effective Range 500 meters¹⁾, 750 meters²⁾, 1,250 meters³⁾, 2,000 meters⁴⁾ or potentially infinite in space.

• Rate of Fire: 1 shot every 2 seconds when paired with an autoloaded, varies when dependant on personnel to reload but generally shot every 4-6 seconds.

The SS Tube is chambered in Star Splitter ordinance.

• Loading Mechanism: Star Splitters are through a sliding port into the side of the weapon either by mechanised means or hand-loaded by an individual.

• Mode Selector: Being a simple weapon the SS Tube itself is either firing or deactivated, a small mechanized arm on the inside twists the Star Splitters selection dial as one of four corresponding buttons is pressed.

• Safety Mechanism: The SS Tube is rather sturdy and should take most of the force from a misfire by splitting and directing most of the force out the weapon’s muzzle, though this will still kick back and ruin most of the weapon’s systems as well as potentially detonating the weapon’s ammunition stores.

• Weapon Sight: The weapon has no built-in sights and therefore relies on the age-old method of pointing and firing, or linking up to external targeting systems.

SirSkully created this article on 2018/10/06 04:14.

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