Kewu R'shi'k-pattern plasma rifle

This article is about Jiralhanae variant Plasma rifle. For standard variant, see Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle.

Kewu R'shi'k-pattern plasma rifle
Production overview
Manufacturer:	Sacred Promissory
Type:	Directed energy rifle
Specifications
Length:	66 centimetres (26 in)
Width:	17.8 centimetres (7.0 in)
Height:	37.9 centimetres (14.9 in)
Weight:	5.9 kilograms (13 lb)
Ammunition type:	Superheated plasma
Feed system:	100 battery units (400 shots per cell)
Rate of fire:	Semi-automatic, automatic (360–540 shots/min)
Muzzle velocity:	126 m/s (413 f/s)
Effective range:	50 metres (160 ft)
Service history
In service:	Human-Covenant War Great Schism Post-Covenant War conflicts

The Kewu R'shi'k-pattern rifle (UNSC Type classification: Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle, T-25 DER) is a design pattern variation in the plasma rifle series of weapons employed by the Covenant and its remnants. In common lexicon, the Kewu R'shi'k is colloquially known as the "blood-hand" by Jiralhanae, and consists of a modification of the standard Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle intended for Brute use—earning it the moniker of Brute plasma rifle among human forces.

Unlike the standard plasma rifles, historically constructed by Iruiru Armory, the Kewu R'shi'k plasma rifle was specially-commissioned for manufacture in the Sacred Promissory by the Prophet of Truth.

Design details

Main article: Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle

A Plasma Rifle's schematics.

Aesthetics

The Kewu R'shi'k-pattern plasma rifle is visually almost identical to the standard Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle employed by standard Covenant infantry. While identical in overall shape and form to the Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle, the variant employed by the Jiralhanae features a distinctive crimson red outer shell, as opposed to the traditional blue-purple of most Covenant weaponry including the original plasma rifle. The white to red indicator lights on the original plasma rifle are replaced with blue to purple indicators to better stand out against the recolored body. Like other plasma rifles, the precise surface texture and grip design varies from model to model (presumably dependent on design pattern differences), though all function very similarly. Due to its origins in Covenant design language rather than those of the Jiralhanae (such as the Jovokada Workshop brute shot or the Paegaas Workshop Spiker), it is one of few Jiralhanae weapons that doesn't retain a primitive design language and the iconic blades found on almost all other Jiralhane weaponry.

Mechanism

As its name suggests, the Jiralhanae plasma rifle fires plasma as opposed to ballistic ammunition. The weapon is powered from an internal battery cell, and when firing has a power output of 100-150 KV @ 2~3 dA, and can fire 360~540 rounds per minute in fully-automatic fire thanks in part to its dual plasma collimator design. Placed atop one another, these collimators fire in a "stagger" taking the slow automatic fire of each individual collimator and combining it, this design allows a faster rate of fire and more rounds per second. The Kewu R'shi'k-pattern rifle design boasts a far greater rate of fire than standard Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle variants, alongside a more powerful plasma projectile—though this is mitigated by the more rapid rate of overheating.

Variants

While two major designs of "standard" the Kewu R'shi'k-pattern plasma rifle have been seen observed in use, several major sub-variants additionally exist;

• Sorrow of Teash - an improved Kewu R'shi'k-pattern plasma rifle design with better heat dissipation and accuracy.
• Scale of Soirapt - a rare Kewu R'shi'k-pattern plasma rifle built in the image of the lifeless corpse-moon that orbits Doisac, with secrets that only the most cunning Jiralhanae can unlock.

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  One major design pattern variation.
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  Another major design pattern variation.