Something from late 2019 that I forgot to cross-post to Fur Affinity and Weasyl, this is a sheet of Cygnian Federation weaponry, featuring four examples of Jeroban weaponry. I know there's some interest in world-building details like these, and I like having random little references to world-building details readily available, so I've decided they're probably worth cross-posting after all.

While drawing Deneb with his blaster back in 2019, I decided while I was at it I wanted to try designing some more weapons for his race, and then I decided to throw together a quick weapons sheet as a bit of a reference for Jeroban pulse weaponry.

As the Jeroban expanded, interacting with other races and forming the alliances that would eventually become the basis of the Cygnian Federation, the Jeroban shared their weapon technology with the Almaki, Kurakalak, and Thuabans, making such weapons a common site throughout Federation space and beyond.

Jeroban "Pulse" weapons generally function by firing a pulse of charged particles through an energy field which encapsulates it, giving the weapons impressive range and damage output. Upon impact, the energy field is broken and deals some initial damage, while the mass of charged particles penetrates and burns through its target to devastating effect. This mild "double-tap" effect makes these weapons quite effective against many types of armor and even some types of deflector shield. Larger pulse cannons are used as artillery, point-defense and primary cannons onboard Cygnian Federation vessels and prove highly effective against other spacecraft, making quick work of even shielded targets.
The drawback of these weapons is their energy consumption, as they effectively require two energy sources (one for the field emitter and one for the pulse generator), and they are prone to overheating. This often requires the user to keep the weapon in a sort of "standby" mode, and in the second or two it takes for the weapon to charge to its ready state, it cannot be used.

Other "pulse" colors exist, but most military-grade pulse weapons emit a blue-green light. The body color of the shown weapons is factory standard, although some come with unique paint jobs and additional accessories not shown here.

Included weapons:

·Pulse Blade: A sword composed of pulsing energy held in shape by an energy field. While sharing some similarities with other energy-based blades from well-known science-fiction media, the main purpose of this weapon is to serve as a compact melee weapon for Federation Shocktroopers, the hilt being the projector array for the blade and easily stowed in a holster. Its composition means it's actually fairly hot, and can cut through some common types of armor with relative ease, but the idea of deflecting blaster bolts with it would be considered absurd.
·Pulse Rifle: Standard Cygnian Federation assault rifle. Markeb will make use of one of these rifles, although modified with additional heat radiators and an amplified pulse generator, giving his blaster bolts a purple hue rather than the standard greenish color.
·Pulse Carbine: A scaled-down version of the Pulse Rifle, serving a role comparable to a carbine or submachine gun. This is an updated version of the blaster rifle I drew Rigel with a couple of times back in 2015/2016.
·Pulse Blaster: Standard Cygnian handgun, used by law enforcement, military personnel, citizens and criminals alike. Its compact size makes it far less powerful than its larger cousins, but it's still powerful enough to tear through light armor and some lighter construction and vehicle materials.

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