Company Name: Aywen Industries
Market Share: $325
Cash: $88 +$40 +$150 -$125 - $110 +$60 +$36 -$10 -$81 -$15 = $25
Weapon Designs: Commie Crusher '18 (by contact from SPOKANE)
It is a typical blowback-operated open-bolt design, with little in the way of bells and whistles. The stock can be folded down along the side of the weapon (opposite the bolt) allowing for it to both be stored easily and hip-fired. It fires at roughly 350 rounds per minute and features fixed sights at 100m. Accuracy is pretty poor (the barrel is unrifled) and reliability is similarly "meh." The gun doesn't particularly excel at anything, nor does it have any particularly damning drawbacks. The only notable flaw is that the magazine release is near the magazine, and the foregrip is the magazine itself. This can result in the user accidentally bumping the release mid-use.
Cost is $10
AI M27-HC
The switch to a drum magazine is easy enough, as is the pistol grip to make up for the lack of a place to hold. The gun now bears a striking resemblence to the Thompson, invented 10 years prior.
No price change.
Halflight Lance Projector
The Halflight is the embodiment of an individuals gut reaction and instincts overtaking their better judgement and decision-making processes.
It is a shoulder-fired break-action rifle with a one-inch bore firing impact-fuse ammunition. Testers describe the use of the weapon akin to being struck by lightning - there's an enormous flash and boom, and you may very well find yourself on your back in serious pain. The rounds exit the barrel with roughly the same force and speed as a run-away freight train...that is to say, not very fast, but very deadly. The impact fuse relies on the French technology for direct-impact detonation. A steel hammer on the end of a spindle protrudes from the end of the round and only detonates when hitting a target flat and square; deflections or deaccelerations do not result in detonation. Moisture or high humidity results in the CP-270 ammunition fuses going bad and reaching prohibitively high rates of failure-to-detonate. On the other hand, if the round manages to actually hit its target, detonation tends to be a bit over-kill.
The barrel is without rifling and as a result (not to understate things here) the Halflight can be "less-than-accurate". Luckily, the ball-bearing and explosive composition makes near-misses an acceptable outcome, if the fuse doesn't fail. The sheer concussive force of firing has been known to stress and weaken the hinge. Although our testers stopped before such a failure could occur, the Halflight's break-action will inevitably fail after a dozen or so rounds have passed through it. Additionally, there is no extractor for the enormous brass casing, and the brass tends to tightly form-fit the internals and become hard to remove. An "extractor rod" is provided with the weapon: a broom handle, with which the user can poke the spent round back out. The Halflight does not come with sights, and the user must simply aim down the barrel's length.
Cost per Shipment: $25
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Revision: CP-270i Harpoons
Ammunition: CP-270 Harpoons
-CP-270i Harpoons have their internal dynamite and igniters waxed to ward off moisture related issues. Stylish oilskin carrying pouches should be commissioned for spare ammo.
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Revision: Unification, 'Halflight' Lance Projector, Variant: Cunoesse (Shortened form: 'Halflight V:CE')
Rifle: 'Halflight V:C', CP-270i Harpoons, CP-270i-BÜM Harpoons
-Merges the revisions of the 'Halflight V:C', CP-270i Harpoons, CP-270i-BÜM Harpoons, into a single package.
Halflight V:C
Simple rifling is added to the barrel - three grooves spiraling clock-wise from the action to the muzzle. A simple ladder sight is purchased whole-sale and bolted to the top of the barrel, giving a rough estimate for drop and aim. Rounds may now land in the same zipcode as their target. The additional work and purchase of sights has slightly increases the cost of production.
Cost per Shipment: $26
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Halflight CP-270i Harpoons
Waxing the igniters, fuses, and anything else sensitive to moisture drastically improves the harpoon's chances of detonating after exposure to moisture. Additionally, the ammo now comes in oilskin pouches to further decrease the chance of moisture contamination (a clever deal with a local tannery means the oilskins won't increase the price of the Halflight, but the pouches must now include the Happy Calf™ logo on the front).
No price change.
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Halflight CP-270i-BÜM Harpoons
The Halflight's harpoons receive an upgrade! The fuses on the harpoons now require firing in addition to a sudden change in inertia in order to explode. The round will still bounce and "blind" the fuses at oblique angles, but around 45 degrees or less the fuse will reliably detonate the barbed charge. The improved charges require a minor increase in technical expertise and parts, and the cost is eaten by the Halflight.
Cost per Shipment: $26
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Halflight V:CE
The three branches of Halflight revisions are unified under one name - the Cunoesse. The rifling, sights, and improved harpoons all now exist under this single version.
Cost per Shipment: $27
Production Line #1: AI M27-HC
Production Line #2: Halflight V:CE
Production Line #3: Halflight V:CE
Production Line #4: Halflight V:CE
Ammo Press #1: CP-270i-BÜM Harpoons
Ammo Press #2: CP-270i-BÜM Harpoons
Ammo Press #3: CP-270i-BÜM Harpoons
Ammo Press #4: 9x20mm ammunition
Ammo Press #5: 9x20mm ammunition
Warehouse: 1 Occassio Company Charter – Aywen Industries.