Sporting blaster rifle
The sporting blaster rifle was a less lethal version of the blaster rifle that was popular with the galactic elite as well as among fringers living in isolated colonies.
Description
The sporting blaster rifle was the rifle version of the sporting blaster pistol. It was very similar to the hunting blaster.[3] They were primarily intended for game-hunting on frontier worlds with high wildlife populations.[3] They were light, easy to carry, and very accurate. Sporting blaster rifles had a shorter range and packed less power than a standard blaster rifle, though they had the advantage of being more affordable and required less bureaucratic hassle to obtain. As a result of this, the weapon became common with assassins and bounty hunters who were able to circumvent the legal restrictions against heavier rifles. Sporting blaster rifles often had a targeting scope mounted on them.[1]
Luke Skywalker kept a sporting blaster rifle in his landspeeder on Tatooine.[1] He had also used it to "bullseye womp rats in his T-16."[2]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
"The Core of Corruption" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
"The Farrimmer Cafe" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 11 (as sporting rifle)
Sources
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen
- Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters
- Heroes & Rogues
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- Gamemaster Toolkit: Live-Action Adventures
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
- "Tasariq: The Crystal Planet" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- Star Wars Roleplaying Game
- Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook
- Arms & Equipment Guide
- Star Wars Battlefront II: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition Core Rulebook
- Threats of the Galaxy
- Galaxy of Intrigue
- Galaxy at War
- Far Horizons
- Fly Casual