SAG N.01 Needler
N.01 Needler Personal Defense Weapon
Built from a joint Armatech and Sag Industries concept, the design is simple in concept, but innovative in its creation. Small (2mm) micro-darts, or "needles", wrapped in a molded explosive, are fed from a clip just in front of the molded pistol grip. The first round is loaded, and when the trigger is pulled, a small spark (generated from the rear-inserted battery) strikes the explosive and detonates it. This fires the bullet through whichever of the three barrels is currently aligned. The vaccuum pulls the next round into the chamber, and the recoil is diverted to spin the next barrel into alignment. This in turn, charges the spark chamber, and triggers the next round. The current is checked by many sources, including a resistor plate over the clip, the removal of the trigger/primer, and an alignment groove on the barrels. In such a method, this gun fires at speeds of over sixty rounds per second.
With a flip of a switch, the clip falls away, and the tri-barrel assembly detatches. To load another assembly while the first cools, one must simply push the barrels into the receiving end and turn them, much like one loads bits into a drill. SAG has incorporated many redundant current safeties into the gun to prevent misfire or misuse, including palm-coding and an overheat breaker that prevents firing into a fused barrel. Each of the 2mm "Needles" is made of Tungsten Carbide, designed to slide through armored vests, and this gives the gun it's nickname, the "Needler".
The clips are available in 30, 60, and 120 round variants, double-stacked. More could be loaded, but the barrels generally fuse at about 200 rounds continuous, and with the firing speeds, that is no time at all. This gun is designed for defense only, as it depletes its clip in under a second with 60 or less rounds. It is a guaranteed kill on the target, but in a multi-target engagement, the firing rate becomes a deficiency rather than a boon.
As such, later versions of the N.01 come standard with a five-shot burst. Other features of the Needler PDW are the molded front clip. Do to the rapid rate of fire, many users are forced to use the forward-set clip as a grip, and SAG responded to this by coating all clips in a heat-resistant polymer, molded to be held steady. The N.01 can readily accept and occluded or laser sights on its dovetail mounts, and various vents can be mounted to either increase or decrease noise of firing.
It has gained the street nicknames of "Buzz-saw" and "Banshee" because of its screech when fired, and the distinctive arc of blue flame from the muzzle has made it a favorite weapon of gangs for intimidation purposes.Categoty:Infantry Weapons
