Baraspian Palm Gun

BaRaspian palM gun Palm guns are a popular choice for those who wish a covert weapon without the high expense of a digi-weapon. When assembled they appear as a small barrel with horizontal hand-grip. To fi re, they are clasped within the fi st with the barrel sticking out between the middle fi ngers. Single-shot only, they are dangerous to use, and many wielders have lost a fi nger due to imprecise or hasty fi ring. While prevalent throughout the sector, they originated on the Hive world of Baraspine and it is there that the “art” of the palm gun is at its highest, with overt weaponry being considered crass within the hive. Baraspian Palm Guns are diffi cult to detect and can be readily taken apart into unobtrusive objects, often appearing as simple tools or items of jewellery to those unfamiliar with the weapon. It takes an Ordinary (+10) Tech-Use Test to assemble or disassemble a Palm Gun and, when deconstructed, searches and Tests to recognize it as a weapon have a –20 penalty. A roll of 94-00 on the fi rer’s Ballistic Skill Test when using it indicates that the user has shot himself—resolve as a successful attack on the arm location used to fi re the weapon with 1 degree of success.