Elder Industries “Glaive” Carbine
The Glaive was introduced as a base-line carbine to push Elder Industries into visibility in the military arms market. Many military forces are equipping 5.56mm assault rifles and carbines and a huge variety of these weapons exist on the market, all with nearly identical designs. The Glaive follows suite, breaking no new ground and in fact coming equipped with barely enough hardware to be considered functional on it’s own - it comes with no stock and the barest of iron-sights (the end user is expected to be equipping the Glaive with their own choice of fixed, folding or extending stocks as well as their own sighting equipment).
Although the Glaive has generally failed to attract any major military buyers, a lot of DIY runners have picked them up because they are set up to be easily customized and a large number of “tacticool” variants and personal pet projects are being sported by a variety of firearms enthusiasts.
CyberPunk
RIF • -1 • L • P • 5d6 (5.56) • 30 • 30 • VR • 300m • 550eb
ShadowRun 4e
Assault Rifle • 5P • 0AP • SA/BF/FA • 0 RC • 30 (c) • 8R • Y550
d20 System
2d8 • 20/x2 • Ballistic • 70 ft • S, A • 5.56 mm • Large • 6.5 lb • Cost 19 • Res (+2)
World of Darkness
Damage 4 • Range 125 / 250 / 500 • Cap 30+1 • Strength 2 (2/3/4) • Size 2/L • Cost 3
CyberSpace
2H Proj • 2 bursts • FR3 • 2/20/60/200 • +15/+5/-30/-90 • Sml Proj Mk 1 • 30 shots • Mag • 3kg • Cr400
Ex Machina (Tri-Stat)
5 AR • 35 HLT • 14 • Auto-Fire, Spreading • Limited Shots (6) • Gun Combat (Auto-Fire)
January 25th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
When these first hit the market there was a lot of demand in the ‘custom tacticool’ crowd who make their own custom rigs because it looks a lot like a classic assault carbine, but remains distinctive. I’ve seen these kitted out a hundred different ways, and have NEVER seen one being used “out of the box”.
January 25th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I still have one in my kitbox. I keep switching stocks on it though because the grip is so different from the classic M4 carbine grip that every stock takes on a very different feel than you would expect. I think I’ve settled on the Klint Armories PF-4 adjustable for now.