The KiSteer 1284 projectile rifle was a slugthrower used during the last decades of the Galactic Republic. The Clawdite assassin Zam Wesell was known to carry a KiSteer 1284.
Description[]
The KiSteer 1284 was a long-range rifle favored by bounty hunters since its projectiles did not leave a visible trail as with blaster weapons. However, the rifle could be configured to produce tracer fire if necessary. Although its penetration power was not great, the rifle's top-mounted optical scope made it highly accurate, and since it contained no powered machinery or minute sensor arrays, it could not be jammed. Also, the 1284 featured a cleaning rod, a recoil-dampening stock and an electromagnetic pulse barrel to shut down tracking devices. The rifle was also fitted with power amplification circuitry to increase its fire rate.
History[]
Zam Wesell began using her KiSteer 1284 on the advice of her associate Jango Fett, who believed she needed to augment and diversify her arsenal with a long-range weapon. Zam grew to admire the weapon, which she commonly kept in a secret compartment on the wing of her Koro-2 exodrive airspeeder. Zam outfitted her rifle with a Thermal/Optical-imaging scope[1] that was configured to display targeting information in the same script as her electro-goggles.[2][3][4] Her rifle was also equipped with power amplifier circuitry to increase the firing rate as well as a recoil-damping stock to account the increased power.[1]
Following the second failed assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Zam used her rifle to destroy ASN-121 from a distance of twenty meters, in order to dislodge Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi. Although the assassin droid was blown apart, Kenobi survived the fall as he landed in an airspeeder driven by his padawan, Anakin Skywalker.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 73 (WES3-4, Zam Wesell's Weapons)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Official Star Wars Fact File 73 (WES3-4, Zam Wesell's Weapons)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Holographic Artist: Philip Metschan on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Philip Metschan's portfolio