Marine Phaser Rifle
Firing Type: Pulse
Size: 100cm x 20cm x 20cm
Weight: 6kg
Range: 450m (accurate) 900m (maximum)
Settings: 1-16
The Marine Phaser rifle is a more sophisticated weapon than its Type 3 Phaser rifle counterpart. Unlike its Starfleet issue counterpart it is only capable of firing Phaser energy in pulses. This was desired as it allows more damaged to be applied to the targeted area (improving on energy and kinetic transferal) It utilizes a computer controlled oscillating frequency shift to allow the beam characteristics to be modified automatically, a measure clearly important when dealing with the Borg. As well, the addition of a fifth pre-fire energy compression chamber allows for faster fire rate than previous models. The Marine Phaser rifle also includes a much more effective and elaborate targeting system, and a larger energy reserve. The Rifle is equipped with a gyro-stabilized targeting unit; this is linked into the marine’s m3 armour's targeting software. This allows a marine to fire from the ‘hip’ with greater accuracy than would be allowable with normal sighting systems, and provides the ability to utilize short-range sensor sweeps without having to take his attention away from the battlefield. Images of the targeted life forms would be displayed on the marine's headset. The frequency of the beam can be varied so that on settings 1 to 6 the phaser beam can be set on a special wide-beam setting that only effects carbon-based living tissue. Though this is an exceptionally useful feature, it uses significantly more energy than required by normal beams.
The Marine Phaser Rifle is often equipped with a clip-on grenade launcher.