Dart shooter

Dart shooters were commonplace where stealth was necessary, designed to fool security systems with their discreetness. They were also favored by citizens who felt the need to arm themselves inconspicuously. Prax Arms was a notable manufacturer of dart shooters.
The weapon itself was very simple in design, using a high tension spring to launch a metal dart coated in nerve toxin. The palm weapons had only a very short range of three to four meters, but their compact size made these shooters easily concealable until the target was in range. Many dart shooters had the ability to carry three darts, while more could be easily stowed away in a false comlink or wristband.
More typical dart shooters had an optimum range of up to ten meters, though some of the more sophisticated models, which used compressed air to launch their darts, could reach ten times that range. These weapons were larger and less easily hidden, but had larger ammo capacity, with most able to contain up to six darts. The weapons themselves were only around 100g in weight.
The darts themselves were commonly around five centimeters long, and could be coated in a variety of substances from stun chemicals such as concentrated Symoxin to deadly Malkite themfar and Fex-M3 nerve toxins able to kill in less than ten seconds.The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
==Notable models==
*Protector PRP-502 hold-out dart shooter
*Stealth-2VX palm shooter
*Velocity-7 dart shooter
*Concealed dart launcher
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic
*Boba Fett: Maze of Deception 
*Boba Fett: A New Threat
*Boba Fett: Pursuit
*Han Solo and the Lost Legacy 
*Rebel Force: Target
*Rebel Force: Trapped
*Slave Ship 
*Hard Merchandise 
*Tatooine Ghost
*Legacy (2006) 2
==Sources==
*A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
*Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
*Galladinium's Fantastic Technology
*Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
*The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
*The Far Orbit Project
*The Essential Guide to Droids
*The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
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*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Dart weapons
Category:Personal weaponry