The apparatus, which can also be used to breath in a vacuum or poisonous atmospheres, provides its wearer with a steady oxygen supply. Breathers are standard issue in Jedi field kits. The common blaster uses high-energy gas as ammunition, activated by a power cell and converted into plasma. The plasma is released from a magnetic bottle effect to fire through collimating components as a coherent energy bolt. Inherant instabilities limit the ability to precisely aim a blaster bolt, but knowing one's weapon well can strengthen marksmanship.
Plasma energy is dissipated as the bolt travels, limiting range as the energy becomes incoherent.
Longer range is developed by longer blast tubes, which align the plasma energy carrier waves more closely through additional galven circuitry , lens crystals, or collimating devices. The assassin's blaster is small and compact so it can be carried under clothes without creating a bulge. It also has a flash and noise suppressor and the entire handle can be dismantled for extra concealment. This is a simple blaster used by many across the galaxy. It is small and designed for simple self-defense.