Design Phase, Turn 0Trench Broomstick
Based on the Sava rifle, the Trench Broomstick is a magical modification that installs a couple enchantments on different parts of the rifle. First of all, the bolt is no longer worked by human hands. Instead, an enchantment holds closed a straight bolt (i.e., it doesn't get locked into vertical positions, simplifying the bolt travel but requiring a different source of force to keep the firing chamber closed during operation) during firing. This enchantment uses the force of recoil plus a little magical force redirection/force-providing to work the bolt. This enchantment is always active, triggered by firing the weapon (duh). It is expected to have a low enough draw to be near-constantly recharged by the Mage's own mana with minimal effects on the Mage's combat capability.
A second enchantment lies on the rifle itself. When activated by a Mage's will, it jerks the rifle's barrel to point directly at what the Mage is looking at, as a sort of adaptation of the motive power of Gauntlets of Force, the calculation and small-movements power of Rabbit's Foot, and the vision aspects of several of our other spells. This spell is only meant to work when the Mage's point of view and the rifle's sights are relatively closely aligned, as attempting to allow a Mage to "hipfire" their rifle using this spell to correct for the abysmal accuracy of such a shooting position would require additional components allowing the spell to do trigonometry. Regular trigonometry is bad enough, magical trigonometry is a truly horrifying concept. This spell is partly powered by stored Mana in the enchantment, but the primary source is expected to be the Mage's own mana, hence why this enchantment is meant mostly to be used in emergencies, or for the last little bit of adjustment on an extremely long-ranged shot.
The only thing this gun doesn't do is fire itself, the perfect weapon for lazy mages.
Design: Trench Broomstick (2) [Normal]
The Sava '00 was named after King Gioffre II's father (glory to his name, King Sava Gioffre I), and during its unveiling the young King made a rather...
impulsive decree in order to preserve the sanctity of the weapon.
Technically it's treason to modify an Abbraccio Sava '00.
Thanks to our valuable contribution to Abbraccio (i.e. the flag), King Gioffre II has decided to turn a blind eye to our little foray into illegal weapon modifications and design work goes underway. The Trench Broomstick (or 'Boomstick', as some Mages have taken to calling it) features two key differences from a standard Sava '00.
The first is a modified bolt, which features engravings filled in with copper and the bolt handle filed off. A small enchantment borrowing knowledge gained from the Gauntlets of Force applies force to the bolt, holding it in place during firing. After firing, the bolt automagically cycles, ejecting the shell casing and chambering a new round. Without the bolt handle it can be a little difficult to work the action outside of firing, such as to clear a jam or for cleaning. The enchanted bolt essentially turns the Sava '00 into a semi-automatic carbine.
The second difference is to the tip of the barrel, to which an additional copper-filled engraving is applied. The enchantment automagically aligns the sights with the focus of the users eye by mapping a Mana Tracer down the iron sights and applying a small amount of force to get it to line up. This proves to be a bit of a disaster - mapping the focus of an eye is not terribly precise, and the barrel can only get into the rough ball-park of where the user is looking. Even worse, the human eye tends to twitch quite often - especially when under stress. In combat conditions the barrel will be snapping to every thing the user glances at; an explosion, a nearby ally's movement, a glance downward, etc. The movement is so frustrating Mages typically don't bother refreshing the enchantment and deliberately letting it run down. Users report an enchantment to stabilize the barrel would be more useful, or perhaps one that could make a glowing dot appear on whatever you're pointed at - a ridiculous fantasy, of course, but everything's possible with magic.
Thankfully, the modifications don't add too much more expense to the gun beyond what a typical Sava '00 costs, and they're not too difficult to develop.
Progress: (0/7) (3 per turn)
Cost: [6]
Skill Level: [Rookie]
Type: Enchantment
Progress AdvancementFulcrum Armor V2: [2] We get a supplier for decent quality steel wire at reasonable prices who can deliver sooner than we expected. At the current rate of progress, it should now complete 1 turn sooner. (3 Turns)
It is now the Revision Phase, Turn 0.2 Dice Available.
Galilei Lensing | (11/14)(3) | 4 Dice Spent | [Rookie] | [4] | Sorcery
Gauntlets of Force | (6/12)(3) | 3 Dice Spent | [Competent] | [5] | Sorcery
Fulcrum Armor V3b | (8/14)(2) | 7 Dice Spent | [Rookie] | [6] | Enchantment
Thaumic Radio | (3/15)(3) | 3 Dice Spent | [Competent] | [8] | Enchantment
Trench Broomstick | (0/7)(3) | 3 Dice Spent | [Rookie] | [6] | Enchantment
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