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[NAV]

The Scalpel autocarbine is an automatic pistol-calibre carbine. It has a simple blowback, open bolt mechanism with a high rate of fire. For safety it has a selector switch with safe, semi, and full auto settings as well as a safety notch for the charging handle. It has a 235mm barrel.

The weapon's 34 round double stack, double feed magazine sits to the left of the barrel, tilted upward at a 45 degree angle. This can be easily fired and reloaded from a prone position, and gravity helps the magazine feed even more reliably.

The weapon features a pistol grip and a foregrip carved from one single piece of wood. It has a folding stock which folds under the gun, and can be fired with the stock extended or folded. A small hook near the front of the barrel can be used to hook onto walls, firing ports, or similar things to help control recoil.

"Talon" Submachine gun: (1) Taricus
"Comet" Submachine gun: (2) Vostok, m1895
"Scalpel" Autocarbine: (1) NAV

[Jilladilla]

A vote to CHANGE HISTORY!
EDIT: Changed vote

"Talon" Submachine gun: (1) Taricus
"Comet" Light Automatic Carbine: (3) Vostok, m1895, Nemonole
"Scalpel" Autocarbine: (1) NAV

[NAV]

For what it's worth.

"Talon" Light Automatic Carbine: (2) Taricus, NAV
"Comet" Light Automatic Carbine: (3) Vostok, m1895, Nemonole
"Scalpel" Autocarbine: (0)

[Sensei]

The Comet is a simple blowback, open-bolt submachine gun designed from the ground up to be reliable and controllable in full auto. Unlike the Mod 2 Valturia, this weapon adopts a form factor much closer to that of a rifle for ease of handling, with a conventional buttstock and 32-round double-stack/double-feed box magazine that feeds from the bottom of the weapon. Charging handle is on the right side with a notch at the rear for use as a bolt hold-open and safety.

The weapon has an 24cm barrel screwed into a barrel shroud, and a two-point sling attachment system. Provisions are made for the optional addition of a bayonet lug for the weirdos who want one on a submachine gun and radium sights for use at nighttime, should the purchaser request them. A particular emphasis is placed on the magazine assembly, with interchangeability of the magazines and reliable feeding being top priority for the design team.

Roll: 3
Difficulty: 0

Your first proper submachinegun is sensibly a simple blowback, open bolt design, probably the simplest way of designing the weapon. Unfortunately, your engineers spent a bunch of time playing around with radium paint for the prototype sights, and then some of them got sick for a while and couldn't work too. This meant that most of the gun didn't get enough iteration and testing, particularly the new double-stack magazine. Radium sights were canceled after this incident.

Comet Submachine Gun: This is a simple blowback, open-bolt automatic weapon, chambered in 8mm Behrens. It's about the size of a carbine with a rifle stock, and the receiver is a lathed cylindrical piece which contains all of the working parts. There is a long spring housing behind the receiver, and a 32-round double stack magazine sits below. The barrel is 24cm, a small portion of the gun's overall length, and it sits in a shroud of sheet metal with drilled holes. It fires from an open bolt, so the trigger simply holds the bolt open when not depressed. When the bolt slams closed, it chambers a round and fires, and there is a charging handle on the bolt. A safety notch can hold the bolt in the open position. It's not compatible with existing Behrens magazines, and feed through the magazine is poor. It jams relatively often. Simple feed jams are not hard to clear, but occasionally a cartridge becomes disoriented inside the magazine which could take minutes to fix. There are occasional issues with burst brass which becomes stuck partially in the chamber as well, the firing pin may be prematurely igniting rounds. Furniture includes simple notch sights, a wooden shoulder stock with a rear pistol grip and flat foregrip under the receiver, and a detachable bayonet which screws into place. Costs 37 credits per batch.

[Kashyyk]

Spoiler: 1913 Contracts (click to show/hide)

Crovem's Ministry of Ordnance is looking for a portable automatic weapon: They are interested in creating an experimental unit to use automatic weapons which can be operated by individuals. Since there's probably not a big war coming up or anything, this is an open-ended contract. Autorifles, machine pistols, or anything in between might be acceptable, and they want to figure out what sort of combat roles they can fulfill by experimentation. 1 batch @ up to 70 credits, though they expect to pay less for small caliber weapons compared to larger ones. 8 prestige. Available until 1914.

The Kingdom of Vostoy is looking for an assassination weapon: In an unusually frank request, King Vostok VI has personally written a letter requesting a batch of weapons "for assassinations against members of Fabrique Riviere, who are traitorous warmongers committing high treason against the kingdom of Vostoy". They want a weapon pistol or rifle which can be concealed (so a rifle should at least disassemble), and possibly has a suppressor. The weapon should have sufficient power "to slay inhuman beasts" and either be concealable enough for a user to get very close to the target or effective from a long range. 1 batch @ 55 credits, though they expect to pay less for pistols than rifles. 4 Prestige. This contract is not open to Fabrique Riviere.

Valturia's Royal Bank is seeking weapons for armed guards: Banks guards either spend most of the day standing watch at bank locations themselves, or operating the armored trucks and loading/unloading money and other valuables. They're not expected to use their weapons often, so the primary concern is that they be easy to carry and simple to use. They're also highly visible to the public, so the weapons are part of their uniform and should communicate wealth and sophistication. Something like a gold-plated finish might be ideal. Accuracy, effectiveness, and reliability are secondary concerns, though repeating weapons with a large ammo reserve are ideal. 1 batch @ 55 credits, 8 Prestige.

Ira's Infantry wants to adopt machine guns: Just ordinary machine guns for defensive lines, no bells and whistles. The more range and power, the better. Besides range and power, long term use is the main gauge of performance. The more it can resist overheating, the better. The easier it is to keep bullets fed into the gun, the better. It should also be reliable in operation, sturdy, and insofar as it's possible for a machine gun, easy to maintain. 2 batches @ 60 credits, 7 Prestige.

We also have exactly 0 credits, so hopefully we can get a loan to revise the Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol, so we can ensure it is competitive.

[Sensei]

Loan Offer: His majesty is displeased to see that your efforts have not been profitable so far, but if it is necessary to get your company on its feet, he is willing to offer 20 credits, the amount needed for a revision. This will cost 10 prestige.

[Vostok]

The designers responsible for the radium paint incident were firmly reprimanded once they finished puking their guts out into the office toilet and put back to work getting the Comet up to scratch.

After the out of battery detonations and ruptured case heads were fixed, the vast majority of engineer time was put towards getting the magazine feed to be as crazy consistent as they could get away with short of redesigning the whole gun. The parts of the design team that weren't busy making the gun and magazine as stupidly reliable as possible were working with the in-house machinists to see how we could simplify the design and streamline production to make it cheaper and quicker to manufacture without compromising performance.

The designers responsible for the radium paint incident were firmly reprimanded once they finished puking their guts out into the office toilet and put back to work getting the Comet up to scratch.

After the out of battery detonations and ruptured case heads were fixed and the feed system was finagled up to “good enough,” everybody in the design team and machining staff was tasked with finding every possible way of making the gun cheaper and simpler to manufacture within reason, from introducing stamped parts where possible to cutting the number of machining steps needed for the bolt.

[Taricus]

Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol Mk. II Mod 0 (0):
Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol Mk. II Mod 1 (1): Taricus

[NAV]

Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol Mk. II Mod 0 (0):
Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol Mk. II Mod 1 (2): Taricus, nav

[Kashyyk]

Just to be explicit, I've added a vote on the loan as well. I assume you two are saying yes to that.

Take the loan?
Yes (3): Taricus, NAV, Kashyyk
No (0):

Revision?
Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol Mk. II Mod 0 (0):
Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol Mk. II Mod 1 (3): Taricus, NAV, Kaahyyk
None (0):

[Vostok]

Take the loan?
Yes (4): Taricus, NAV, Kashyyk, Vostok
No (0):

Revision?
Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol Mk. II Mod 0 (0):
Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol Mk. II Mod 1 (4): Taricus, NAV, Kaahyyk, Vostok
None (0):

[Sensei]

The designers responsible for the radium paint incident were firmly reprimanded once they finished puking their guts out into the office toilet and put back to work getting the Comet up to scratch.

After the out of battery detonations and ruptured case heads were fixed and the feed system was finagled up to “good enough,” everybody in the design team and machining staff was tasked with finding every possible way of making the gun cheaper and simpler to manufacture within reason, from introducing stamped parts where possible to cutting the number of machining steps needed for the bolt.

Roll: 5
Difficulty: 0

Stopping the premature detonations requires a partial redesign of the hammer and bolt. Some alteration in the geometry of the receiver improves the feeding, it's still prone to occasional misfeeds but it usually fires for a while and jams are easy to clear. This doesn't leave a lot of time for cheapening the weapon, but some minor tooling alterations are made. Weird magazine jams still happen, but seemingly less often in proportion with the more common feed jams.

Comet Heavy Automatic Pistol Mk. II Mod 1: This is a simple blowback, open-bolt automatic weapon, chambered in 8mm Behrens. It's about the size of a carbine with a rifle stock, and the receiver is a lathed cylindrical piece which contains all of the working parts. There is a long spring housing behind the receiver, and a 32-round double stack magazine sits below. The barrel is 24cm, a small portion of the gun's overall length, and it sits in a shroud of sheet metal with drilled holes. It fires from an open bolt, so the trigger simply holds the bolt open when not depressed. When the bolt slams closed, it chambers a round and fires, and there is a charging handle on the bolt. A safety notch can hold the bolt in the open position. It's not compatible with existing Behrens magazines. Like most automatic weapons it suffers occasional feed jams. Simple feed jams are not hard to clear, but rarely a cartridge becomes disoriented inside the magazine which could take minutes to fix (or a fresh magazine). Furniture includes simple notch sights, a wooden shoulder stock with a rear pistol grip and flat foregrip under the receiver, and a detachable bayonet which screws into place. Costs 35 credits per batch.

[Sensei]

Vote on contracts or get deported

[NAV]

Bank Guards:
Comet HAP: (1) NAV

Portable automatic weapon:
Comet: (1) NAV

Assassinate the FR:
Original small Valturia pistol: (1) NAV

Sorry for the shitty votebox i just finished work and im very tired.

[Vostok]

Bank Guards:
Comet HAP: (2) NAV, Vostok

Portable automatic weapon:
Comet HAP: (2) NAV, Vostok

Assassinate the FR:
Original small Valturia pistol: (1) NAV