Infinite Repeater

Overview

The TIW Infinite Repeater energy weapon is used in some form or another by virtually ever arm of ZMI's military establishment in roles varying from heavy squad support, armour suppression, point defence, and anti aircraft fire.

The infinite repeater is a repeating high energy weaponised charged particle beam. The Infinite Repeater uses an extremely dense (5 MeV) electron based charged particle beam generated from a rotary super cooled forward section, with power transmission, recoil and conversion handled in the rear section. The Infinite repeater requires coolant (in most cases liquid nitrogen), a silicon based lubricant (though heavy versions tend to have frictionless electromagnetic or force field suspended components) and power to operate, with most conventional infantry carried ZMI energy weapon power cells being simply to weak to fill the voracious power appetite (though the unit has integral adapters to a very wide range of energy storage and transmission systems). Vehicle power cells are often used in this role to supplement the Infinite repeaters ultra heavy cell 12.8 Gigajoule storage units (often called by the troops dead weights as when struck and penetrated the discharge though contained still tends to be lethal and the unavoidable fact they weigh 8 Kilograms).

Details

The ultra light TIW infinite repeater shown above primary targets tends to be vehicles with its heavy fire seen as overkill against conventional infantry, though a single well timed burst of infinite repeater fire has been known to stop even the most determined infantry charge. Light infinite repeaters generally fire in short sweeping power conserving bursts, medium and heavy infinite repeaters supplied with a permanent power source or heavy duty power storage can keep continuos fire up for weeks with minimal engineering support.

As an electron based charged particle beam extremely strong electromagnetic’s do have an active effect on the path of the beam. The primary defensive measures against the infinite repeater are ablatives or in the case of several police actions heavy water cannon firing over SWAT teams heads. Though heavy rain has been known to put a damper on infinite repeater operations it is still even in such conditions effective due to its intensity but does loose a highly noticeable amount of effective range with some reports from the battle of Sartin in the Gastin's World Colonial revolt during the storm season deluges of individuals simply being bowled over and getting up stating that it felt no worse than "A cattleprod" Though indeed this low level of intensity though sometimes survivable generally leads to similar conditions as are found in lightening strike victims but with a lower survival rate of 10 to 8 percent.

Effects

Infinite repeaters on high powered settings tend to violently detonate infantry due to rapid violent thermal and kinetic exchange.

Infinite repeaters on medium powered settings tend to reduce the struck portion of the body to ash, with extensive and usually post mortem third level burns. They also tend to cause the combustion of any flammable materials in close proximity.

Infinite repeaters on lower anti infantry settings or dispersed shots at the edge of maximum range tend to generate critical injuries to the circulatory system, the lungs, and the central nervous system. Many victims suffer immediate cardiac arrest and will not survive without prompt emergency care, which, it is worth noting, is safe to administer, due to the fact that the victim will not retain any electrical charge. Others incur myocardial infarction and various cardiac arrhythmias, either of which can be rapidly fatal as well. The intense heat generated by even glancing infinite repeater fire can cause lung damage, and the chest can be damaged by the mechanical force of rapidly expanding heated air. Either the electrical or the mechanical force can result in loss of consciousness. Amnesia and confusion of varying duration often result as well. A complete physical examination by paramedics or physicians may reveal ruptured eardrums, and ocular cataracts may develop, sometimes more than a year after an otherwise uneventful recovery.

TIW Ultra Light Infinite Repeater (click to enlarge).

TIW Infantry Portable ultra light Infinite Repeater specifications:

Beam Diameter: 14mm

280 Megajoules per Discharge

Maximum Rate of fire: 1,230 Discharges per minute.

Weight:26 Kilograms