The Armory (Spartan-D042)

The Armory is a running list of weapons either entirely created by or at least visually imagined by myself using Blender. These weapons, and the lore (be it purely fanon, or a canon expansion) attached to them, are free to be used by any and all who wish to use them. This page will largely serve a catalouge of these ideas and their associated art pieces, as I don’t plan on making full pages for them.
==Weapons==
===SA23 Modular Assault Weapon System===
The SA23 Modular Assault Weapon System is an assault rifle actively developed by Sevine Arms and supplied primarily to corporate entities for security forces and in small supply by elements of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Initially developed to compete with Misriah’s MA-series of rifles, the SA23 was designed to support a wide variety of Sevine-produced attachments and upgrades which they also intended to sell CMA and UNSC officials on. However, concerns with production methods and reliability caused the rifle to lose to the Misriah platform. Even so, the SA23’s low cost and frequent bundling with the numerous supplementary weapons and attachments developed for the it made it appealing to corporate entities for their security forces. In the years following the Human-Covenant War, many private ventures sought to re-enter the colonization business ahead of their competition, aggressively settling or resettling worlds. This inevitably brought them into conflict with all manner of hostiles, be it local fauna, Covenant remnants, or even entrenched human settlers who would not sell their lands. The rifle’s cheap price was also appealing to certain elements of ONI Section IV, who purchased SA23’s in bulk to provide as standard issue to their penal units deployed on particularly dangerous new worlds.
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===M99-X Special Application Scoped Rifle===
Extremely costly, only a handful of M99-Xs were ever built. Designed to be used in tune with orbital satellites, the advance optics system and specially constructed ammunition allow the shooter to eliminate targets at ranges thought impossible with accuracy no less baffling. A Spartan once employed the rifle to kill a target from low orbit.
===M642 Squad Assault Weapon===
Formerly the standard SAW for UEG-affiliated forces, the M642 was designed as the Interplanetary Wars came to a close and saw heavy use on all sides during the Insurrection. Largely abandoned by the UNSC, numerous Colonial Militas made use of the M642 during their struggles against the Covenant, and the weapon never fell out of favor with rebel groups. It is a common staple in the ranks of anti-UEG forces, and often mounted on the doors of aircraft ‘appropriated’ for the cause.
===VK80 ‘Marauder’ Combat Rifle===
Vakara, in an effort to usurp Misriah’s dominance in the Special Operations community, developed the VK80 in the last years of the Insurrection. Though it failed to truly shake the Mars-based manufacturer’s dominance, the VK80 became extremely popular in the UNSC Army’s SOF groups, particularly Rangers and the elite SABERs. Those who transitioned to Spartan Operations brought their love of the weapon with them, and VK80’s are increasingly the subject of special requests by Spartan Teams.
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===BR65 Battle Rifle===
It is said that one of Misriah’s greatest feats was successfully convincing each branch of the UNSCDF that they needed their own distinct variation of their Battle Rifle platform following the Human-Covenant War. Shorter and stockier than its kin, the BR65 was marketed successfully to the UNSC Air Force and is favored by gunship crews and security personnel in particular. Some have also become well loved by select Spartans. 
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The prototype variant of the well known BR55, the XBR55 was not meant to see long service. however the veterans of first contact with the Covenant made frequent demands to have the initial variant pressed into service, particularly their own. Private Wallace Jenkins tallied nearly a hundred confirmed kills on Jiralhanae during his 25 years of service with his specially issued XBR55. Misriah still produces the XBR55 on special orders only, and notably a large number were ordered by an enigmatic ONI project called ‘JAVELIN’ in the 2530s. 
===Sniper Rifle System 99D-Series 4 Anti-Matériel===
Developed in the last year of the Human-Covenant War, this variant of the SRS-99 was constructed as per the specifications of Spartan sharpshooters. Fielded by a select few from Gamma Company the 99D-S4 would become a favorite in Spartan Operations. Featuring an expanded magazine and a variety of other tweaks, the weapon was as effective as it was expensive due to the nature of said modifications. 
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A mid-war development, this model of the SRS 99 series featured an emphasis on noise suppression and visibility reduction. Favored by many a SPARTAN-III and marine scout snipers, the weapon was extremely popular, but prone to malfunction and required frequent maintenance. Its weight was also a source of complaint with non-augmented users.