Centauri Kriegwerke Special Operations Weapon
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The Centauri Kriegwerke Special Operations Weapon, or the CKW-SOW, is the personal weapon of Fleet Admiral Cataphrak Stormraider. The CKW-SOW is a specialty weapon, not meant for the untrained. The SOW originates from Baseline Echo-Three, a baseline variant that is currently over 2000 years ahead of Baseline in absolute time. Echo-three is a timeline where the manufacture of slug-throwing weapons have evolved into a fine art. Even among thousands of finely made weapons, the SOW is a masterpiece. Complex, yet reliable, the SOW's signature chrome-plated casing and elegant design make it a favourite choice for the Schattenritters, the elite unit of bodyguards, spies, commandos and assasins of the local government.
First Deployed: 4876 AD (Baseline Echo-Three)
Classification: Automatic Pistol, Special Issue (Recoilless)
Length: 29 cm
Weight: 3.1 kg
Effective Range: 1500m
Optimal Range: <250m
Rate of Fire: 300 rounds/min
Ammunition: 9.6mm Caseless Imperial. 32 rounds/magazine
Fire Modes: Single Shot
Overview and Function
The SOW is a weapon prized by assasins and master pistoleers for three main reasons. The most important is it's vacuum silencer. The vacuum silencer is a unit which can be activated at will. Although, it cuts the weapon's rate of fire in half, it projects a magnetic field all the way to the target. As the trigger is pressed, the vacuum silencer removes the air from inside the field, allowing the bullet to travel without air resistance, and contains the sounds of the bullet clearing the muzzle and accellerating to relativistic speeds. The only sound made is a quiet hiss.
The second, is the sheer stopping power of the ammunition. A standard round fired by the SOW is capable of killing at nearly a kilometre and a half. At anything closer than 250, it creates a gigantic entry wound. A vacuum silenced round only creates a tiny hole, but causes even more hydrostatic shock due to it's higher velocity.
Finally, the SOW is a ridiculously versatile and durable weapon. One model has been recorded to have suffered a direct hit by an anti-tank weapon and continued to function perfectly, despite it's intricate design.
