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| * .50 KD **O**pus - An enormous cartridge with a heavy lead slug, reducing the number of chambers from 6 to 5. | * .50 KD **O**pus - An enormous cartridge with a heavy lead slug, reducing the number of chambers from 6 to 5. | ||
| * .44 KD **M**agnum - The most popular chambering amongst private buyers, and most brand recognisable amongst the public. | * .44 KD **M**agnum - The most popular chambering amongst private buyers, and most brand recognisable amongst the public. | ||
| - | * .357 KD **R**evolver - . Revolvers in this chambering can also accept .38 KD Special ammunition. A standard of police forces across the Aleph Cluster. | + | * .357 KD **R**evolver - A standard of police forces across the Aleph Cluster. Revolvers in this chambering can also accept .38 KD Special ammunition. |
| * .38 KD **S**pecial - Intended for revolvers made with lighter, cheaper constructions and materials. | * .38 KD **S**pecial - Intended for revolvers made with lighter, cheaper constructions and materials. | ||
| * Battery powered, toggle-able Mass Driver runs parallel to the barrel, making bullets fly faster and further. | * Battery powered, toggle-able Mass Driver runs parallel to the barrel, making bullets fly faster and further. | ||
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| This range of pistols fires a bullet composed of copper-jacketed lead or steel, held in a brass case containing an active chemical propellant, and a primer on the base. When struck, the primer releases a spark which ignites the chemical - creating a pressure which pushes the bullet out of its case and through the barrel. | This range of pistols fires a bullet composed of copper-jacketed lead or steel, held in a brass case containing an active chemical propellant, and a primer on the base. When struck, the primer releases a spark which ignites the chemical - creating a pressure which pushes the bullet out of its case and through the barrel. | ||
| - | If the user has the gun's firing mode set to Mass Driver, the bullet moves through a mass driver coiling around the barrel - propelled even faster. Batteries for the mass driver are held in the handgrip, and one battery is good for thirty mass-driven shots. | + | If the user has the gun's firing mode set to Mass Driver, the bullet moves through a mass driver coiling around the barrel - propelled even faster. Batteries for the mass driver are held in the handgrip and inserted much like a magazine. One battery is good for thirty mass-driven shots. |
| A popular modification that became officially adopted by Kiloton Dynamics is the ' | A popular modification that became officially adopted by Kiloton Dynamics is the ' | ||
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| The Kiloton Dynamics Big Kill revolvers came from Greaseheart designs which go back for centuries. Before the advent of space travel, it is believed that human designers had believed to have perfected the design of a six-shooting. After leaping into the great unknown and developing other technologies further, the antiquated weapon fell out of favour with people for lasers, particle blasters, and other exotic sidearm designs. | The Kiloton Dynamics Big Kill revolvers came from Greaseheart designs which go back for centuries. Before the advent of space travel, it is believed that human designers had believed to have perfected the design of a six-shooting. After leaping into the great unknown and developing other technologies further, the antiquated weapon fell out of favour with people for lasers, particle blasters, and other exotic sidearm designs. | ||
| - | Thus the designers at weapons company Kiloton Dynamics, famed for working with mass accelerators for space elevators and large starship weapons decided to scale down and bring the revolver with it. Miniaturising a mass driver lead to a thicker barrel and a distinct profile which follows the cylinder and tapers off with the barrel, and a considerable increase in weight adapted to absorbing the recoil. Even so, powerful chamberings of the Big Kill demand a trained shooter - anything less is asking for embarrassment. | + | Thus the designers at weapons company Kiloton Dynamics, famed for working with mass accelerators for space elevators and large starship weapons decided to scale down and bring the revolver with it. Miniaturising a mass driver lead to a thicker barrel and a distinct profile which follows the cylinder and tapers off with the barrel, and a considerable increase in weight adapted to absorbing the recoil. |
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| + | Even so, powerful chamberings of the Big Kill like the .50 Opus demand a trained shooter - anything less is asking for embarrassment. | ||
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| + | Capacitor models of the Big Kill absorb some of the gun's recoil back into a smaller battery. This gives the gun an ounce of resistance when moved around, making it feel unnaturally heavy when drawn, but easy to stabilise once pointed for distance shooting. | ||
| ===== Where do I get one? ===== | ===== Where do I get one? ===== | ||
| The Kiloton Dynamics Big Kill is sold at most reputable gun shops in the Aleph Cluster for AC1500.00 to AC2250.00, depending on chambering, additions, secondhand status and wear. | The Kiloton Dynamics Big Kill is sold at most reputable gun shops in the Aleph Cluster for AC1500.00 to AC2250.00, depending on chambering, additions, secondhand status and wear. | ||