Lendran Revolver (ARCHIVED - NON-CANON)

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== Original Article Below ==
"Sometimes you just need a simple, reliable, classic firearm." Strinnal commenting on her old fashioned Lendran Revolver.
The Lendran Revolver is an antique, but still in relatively common use, firearm used by certain Lendran officers.
==Overview==
With 7 shots, the Lendran Revolver was a weapon that revolutionised warfare when it first came out, meaning a Lendran soldier no longer had to reload her gun after every shot.
The weapon survived in one form of another from the first's introduction, through the introduction of cartridges (although the foregrip and stock had been removed to turn the revolver into a side arm) and was still seeing use through the unification war when energy weapons started to see use in battle. Once the Lendran species stood united prepared to venture into space, the revolver took one last transformation, reverting back to the original design (Lenda Arms Model 864 Revolving Carbine) but built with modern technology and packing unique rounds that contained a micro shield generator, designed to make the bullet a hybrid energy and kinetic weapon. The modern weapon was used almost exclusively by officers who prized their marksmanship and wanted a traditional firearm due to it's higher hitting power (the special rounds did more damage to targets than an energy weapon, but cost more to make than the energy weapon's powercells).
As with all Lendran weapons, the revolver came in 2 sizes so that the 2 subspecies of Lendrans could use them. Like nearly all DragonKin designed revolvers, a frontal blanking plate was added to prevent an accidental discharge of all chambers of the ammo drum at once. While this became much less likely with the introduction of cartridges, the blanking plate was kept out of tradition and was used mainly to keep the drum in line with the barrel.
==Firing and Accuracy==
As usual for a long barreled revolver, the Lendran Revolver is accurate enough to be used as a quickshot's weapon of choice while providing a stable platform and a completely controllable rate of fire due to the revolver needing to be re-cocked after every shot.
In the hands of a novice, the weapon performs rather poorly as it's too big for a sidearm, but too slow firing for a rifle. However, in the hands of an expert marksman, the revolver's size is perfect for quick re-aiming, being not as long or heavy as normal rifles, as well as having the ability to shove all 7 rounds down range at alarming speed.
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