Sure, you look at a big, lazy Dalef razorback lying around the Imperial zoo and you think to yourself, "Gee, it's just an overgrown house pet." You wouldn't think that if you were out in the bush trying to tranq one and the creature took a notion to charge you. It's not the easiest thing to hold a weapon lock while 200 kilograms of muscle and fangs are bearing down on you at full speed. That just goes to show that it's not the weapon that makes the hunter; it's the person using the right weapon.
The HB-4 projectile hunting rifle uses a special wire-guided sensor system that assists the user in making a clean, one-shot attack. As the projectile is fired from the HB-4, a mono-filament trace-wire trails out. The HB-4 feeds flight adjustment information to the mini-missile. The trick is to maintain a steady hand, keeping direct line-of-sight on the quarry until impact. Not everyone is skilled enough to use this superior long-range targeting system, but then only the most discriminating shop Galladinium!
Model: Praxx Arms HB-4 Projectile Rifle
Type: Longe-range hunting weapon
Scale: Character
Skill: Missile weapons
Ammo: 6 (with individual wire-guided relays)
Cost: 1,500, 150 (ammo)
Availability:4, F or R
Fire Rate: 1
Fire Control: 1D+1 (at ranges of 1 kilometer or more)
Range: 50-1/4/8 km
Damage: 5D
Game Notes: In order for fire control bonus, user must maintain line-of-sight contact with target for the duration of projectile's flight (moves at 1 kilometer per round). Inside this minimum range there is no benefit from fire control. The wire-guide cut-off on the HB-4 releases shells.
