Baktoid Armory Workshop E-5 Blaster Rifle

Baktoid Armor Workshop E-5 Blaster Rifle

Model: Baktoid Armor Workshop E-5 Blaster Rifle

Type: Blaster rifle

Scale: Character

Skill: Blaster: E-5 Blaster Rifle

Ammo: 100

Cost: 750 (power packs: 25)

Availability: 1, R

Range: 3-30/100/300

Damage: 5D

Game Notes: The E-5 is a somewhat inaccurate weapon, thus it suffers a -1 to all shots past the first.

The E-5 blaster rifle was the standard-issue armament of the OOM and B1 battle droids and the elite BX-series droid commando. The E-5 blaster rifle was a powerful, light, but somewhat inaccurate weapon.

The E-5 blaster rifle was manufactured by Baktoid Armor Workshop on order from the Trade Federation for their Droid Army. The weapon had a large gas chamber that allowed for powerful blasts. It was originally a BlasTech design that was reverse-engineered by Baktoid Armor Workshop for use by its droid troopers. The fact that the weapon was intended for use by non-living wielders allowed BAW to skimp on some of the finer points -such as the fact that short barreled weapons are comparatively fragile and produce great deal of heat over repeated firings. While these factors might inconvenience a human soldier, a Baktoid Battle Droid has no complaints. During the Clone Wars, E-5 blaster rifles were still used by B1 battle droids, but they were rivaled by the B2 super battle droids, which had a wrist-mounted blaster instead of a rifle, something that proved to be a more effective and versatile weapon.