Ubergun

The Ubergun was one of the earliest STCs recovered on Atlantis, and has gone through several iterations.

## Ubergun Mk.1

Selica has made a tremendous breakthrough while investigating the ruins of the Alpha-1 site. She was successful in covertly discovering the schematics for a more powerful form of lasgun as well as a cache of other STCs albeit ones requiring massive efforts before yielding anything useful. Still you can’t help but feel pride with your sister.

Armcus is thrilled to hear about the Uber-lasgun , more than the fact it is an STC; this gives them more firepower against enemies at a cost not much higher than that of a regular lasgun. Though he would love to equip all PDF with it immediately he will defer to you on what to do with them.

## Ubergun Mk.2

Not satisfied with the current performance of the Ubergun, and inspired by her recent experiences with various high-power weapons technologies, Selica has proposed a new Ubergun model. The Mark 2 is based on a novel two-stage las firing mechanism, in which the laser shot is preceded by a weak one that ionises the air before the main shot goes through it, meaning it loses less power and is more deadly upon hitting the target. This comes at the cost of fire rate and higher power depletion, to which she suggests the new model supplement rather than replace the old one.

### Completed

Selica is happy to tell you that the Mark 2 Uberguns are now ready for deployment. While she was able to partially mitigate the reduced shot by adding larger power packs, this means that the carry weight went up. There are now two variants, the Ubergun-2A and 2B, the A which is lighter with normal power packs, and the B which has the heavier power pack assembly. The B has already been recommended as a weapon for power armor-using infantry, turrets, and possibly vehicles in the near future.

### Rewards

Ubergun Mk.2 available for mass production.

## Ubergun Mk.2 Variants

High off of the success of both the Ubergun-2 and numerous Turret designs, Selica wishes to develop an entire suite of infantry weapons systems based off of Ubergun technology, such as SMG/carbines, antipersonnel/sniper rifles, and heavy anti armor/lascannon variants. She feels that by diversifying the ubergun’s efficient mechanisms across variations, the tactical weapons available to Atlantis’ soldiers will increase, thus benefiting the varied battlefields Atlantis will soon face.

### Completed

The Ubergun variants have been successfully designed and tested. They are now quickly entering mass production and being distributed to all manner of troops.

### Rewards

Ubergun-2 tactical weapons suite ready for deployment. +20% combat power PDF, Auxilia, and Skittari.

## Grey Ubergun

While Selica is not pleased that her ubergun designs have been modified, she is curious what the effects of the modified weapons are. Tests are needed to determine if Gray Uberguns are worth anything by Atlantis’ standards, and worth adopting.

The Gray ubergun is in many ways like regular Mark 1 uberguns, but vastly improved using psy-tech in many of its mechanisms. Somehow the Grey Ubergun is empowered through its user’s willpower, as Selica has noted that its firing rate and power were vastly increased when test subjects were angry, among a whole other host of other effects. Lastly it seems that the weapon’s crystollogy has been improved, with xenotech giving it better power storage capabilities.

In a comparison with the Ubergun-2 and its variants, the Gray Ubergun was found to be almost as powerful as the 2 series, but lacking the refinement and lessons learned by Selica and the Mechanicus. However, Selica noticed with deep interest, the psy-tech improvements and the Ubergun-2’s improvements are not incompatible, so it may be possible to merge the designs for a hybrid better than the sum of its parts.

## Ubergun Mk.3

In many ways the development of the ubergun has been the development of Atlantis, and indirectly the Dominion. First handed a magnificent gift of knowledge, the door was slowly opened to a new way of thought, one of curiosity instead of fanatical dogma, of looking for answers actively instead of accepting one’s lot.

The Ubergun-2 has been a cornerstone of Atlantean and Dominion military warfare for countless campaigns, shaping its victories and losses, indeed all of its history. The development of the Ubergun-3 has begun a similar new age, with psyker teams working closely with the Dominion’s top researchers, travelling to nearby worlds, sharing thoughts on the latest developments.

In this manner mind has provided a shortcut to a much more advanced infantry weapon than would normally be possible, using the trickery of the Warp as a bizarre shortcut. Psykers now man the beginning of production lines, exerting comparatively minute energies to become the catalyst for something much greater. The Ubergun-3 is in production, already swapping out the latest Ubergun-2s.

### Psykana

Uberguns are essentially a mass produced variant of the enchanted ranged weapons project team. Ubergun technology is one of the Dominion’s oldest STCs ever found, and having developed multiple variants incrementally improving the technology, the subsystems are well understood by many.

The two teams working on the Ubergun-3 were both psykers and mundane tech-smiths of the oldest of the former Mechanicus, now the DRC. Both pooled their collective knowledge together, with the occasional interruption or advice from Thot or Lajevard on further improvements. The resulting weapon has a higher production value, meaning less can be made per run, but the quality is the highest the Dominion has yet undertaken for a mere infantry weapon.

Small teams of lesser-power psykers, often Epsilon-class or lower in power, now work in nanoforge factories, applying the lessons learned from the enchanted ranged weapons to their new permanent job. The enchantments are not as powerful as the enchanted ranged, the ubergun-3 being specifically designed for “psyker catalysis” of pre-manufactured components. Thus more can be made for very little risk from the psykers, the minimal exertion allowing for many of them to be imbued per day.