- "Take ten warriors to the nearest weapons lockers and gather all the charrics and extra energy packs you can carry. Bring them here. The pirates will soon come through the breach. We must be ready for them."
- ―Commander Kres'ten'tarthi
Charric rifles were a type of charric. Chiss sharpshooters were armed with charric sniper rifles.[1]
History
- "Tlarik, help Jag Fel gather the weapons. All others, queue up. Take as much as you can carry at a run, then return to Commander Stent for instructions."
- ―Cadet commander Shawnkyr Nuruodo
The charric disruptor rifles were exceedingly rare in the galaxy during the Dark Wars, a string of conflicts[5] that were fought between leftovers of the Sith Empire and the forces of the Galactic Republic.[4] In 3951 BBY,[5] they could be found on the planets such as Onderon and Nar Shaddaa.[4]
In 19 ABY,[8] when the Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo training academy was attacked by pirates, cadet commander Shawnkyr Nuruodo commanded cadets Fenlish and Khana to gather eight charric weapons and energy packs. The cadets ran to a nearby weapons cache, which they could not open, asking Nuruodo to open it; however, she was unable to do so. Human cadet Jagged Fel then opened the cache with a blaster, giving part of its contents to the cadet commander. Fel continued to gather the weapons and giving them to cadets, while he strapped the remaining charric rifles over his shoulders until he could barely stand under their weight. Shortly after, under Nuruodo's directive, cadets fled to the academy's forests. The battle ended with the pirates' defeat.[7]
In 36 ABY, during the Battle of Tenupe[1] Chiss sharpshooters were armed with charric sniper rifles that capable of firing a maser bolt for several hundred meters—significantly farther than its smaller handgun counterparts—the rifle possessed considerable more range, and was also equipped with a sensor rod for electronic magnification.[1]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
"Red Sky, Blue Flame" — Star Wars Gamer 7 (First appearance)- The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee
- The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion
- Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
- Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
- Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (First identified as charric rifle)
Sources
- "The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Chiss" — Star Wars Gamer 5 (First mentioned)
- Ultimate Alien Anthology
- Voss Parck on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 137 CHI 1-4: Chiss
- The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Prima Official Game Guide
- The Essential Reader's Companion (Picture only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Ultimate Alien Anthology
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
"The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Chiss" — Star Wars Gamer 5
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
- ↑ Ultimate Alien Anthology gives the Charric a range increment of eight, while the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook states that all ranged energy and projectile weapons have a maximum increment multiplier of ten at the Battle of Tenupe during the Swarm War.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Red Sky, Blue Flame" — Star Wars Gamer 7
- ↑ The events of Red Sky, Blue Flame take place in 19 ABY according to The Essential Reader's Companion.