Small Arms List
This article features a wide variety of weapons that may be used to equip marines on board an Aerial vessel. Some are designed for use at long range for firing from one ship to another, while others are much more useful in boarding actions.
While Naval vessels typically will have standard issue weapons of their marines, operators of privatley owned-ships can issue other non-standard weapons to their marines. The cost for such weapons tends to not be especially high, so sometimes doing so is worthwhile.
Some of these weapons take skill to use and may only be used by marines at the crack level:
- The Asiatic / Hjarnaal bow is a compound reflex bow of the type used by the ancient Mongols and Turks. Earthly examples do exist, but they are quite rare. Certain tribes of Hill Martians manufacture the Hjarnaal bow, a Martian equivalent, but they are hardly in mass production.
- The Arbalest is an especially heavy crossbow with a steel span, and while they are from Earth they are hardly common. The large size of the Arbalest makes strength an important issue when using them.
- The Long Hunting Rifle is a weapon designed for sharpshooters, and ordinary marines do not possess the skill level to gain the advantage that such weapons can offer to the expert.
- The Elephant Gun is a large bore weapon that requires substantial strength to use.
A group of given marines can only be armed with a single longarm each; they will not be able to carry several different rifles for different occaisions. While it is possible that marines will carry different weapons from one another, this is not recommended since it can create a bookkeeping nightmare.
It is unusual that marines will be armed with pistols, but stats are provided for those as well. Note however that these ratings apply to marines only and not to other officers engaging in boarding actions. Only crew who can engage in independent small arms fire gain any advantage for being armed with weapons listed here.
Key
- Weapon: The name of the weapon.
- Dice / Men: The number of attack dice granted per number of men armed with that weapon.
- Range: The Short and Long range of the weapon. Some weapons have only a short range or long range.
- Save: The saving throw to resist damage from this weapon.
- ROF: The number of times per round the weapon may be fired. A number in parentheses (1) refers to the number of rounds in between rounds that the weapon is eligible to fire.
- £ / 10: The Price in Pounds to equip ten men with the weapon in question.
- Boarding: The number of dice per man the weapon grants during a boarding action. If a * is present, then the bonus is only granted on the first round of the boarding action.
- Availability: The places where the weapon may be found for sale. "Trade" means that the weapon is of Earth origin but may have been traded to Martians.
| Weapon | Dice / Men | Range | Save | ROF | £ / 10 | Boarding | Availability |
|---|
| Thrown Weapons |
|---|
| Javelin | 1/2 | -/0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | Mars |
| Sling Stone | 1/2 | -/0 | 4 | 1 | free | - | Mars |
| Bows |
|---|
| Shortbow | 1/3 | 0/- | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | Mars |
| Asiatic / Hjarnaal Bow | 1/2 | 0/1 | 3 | 1 | 50 | - | Rare |
| English Longbow | 1/2+R | 0/2 | 3 | 1 | 30 | - | U.K. / Rare |
| Wood Crossbow | 1/3 | 0/- | 2 | (1) | 10 | - | Mars |
| Steel Crossbow | 1/3 | 0/1 | 2 | (1) | 20 | - | Earth / Trade |
| Arbalest | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1 | (2) | 40 | - | Earth / Rare |
| Rifles |
|---|
| Musket | 1/3 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | - | Earth / Mars |
| Rifle Musket (Kentucky Rifle) | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2 | (1) | 10 | - | Earth / Mars |
| Breech Loading Rifle | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | - | Earth / Trade |
| Breech Loading Carbine | 1/3 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3/2* | Earth / Trade |
| Modern Rifle | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | - | Earth |
| Modern Carbine | 1/2 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 3/2* | Earth |
| Lever Action Rifle | 1/3 | 1/2 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 4/3 | Earth / Trade |
| Lever Action Carbine | 1/3 | 0/1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 3/2 | Earth / Trade |
| Long Hunting Rifle (+1 to hit) | 1/2 | 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 60 | - | Earth |
| Elephant Gun | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 100 | - | Earth |
| Electric Rifle | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2 | 2 | 2000 | - | Moon / Invent |
| Shotguns |
|---|
| Shotgun | 1/3 | 0/- | 2 | 1 | 30 | 2/1* | Earth |
| Lever Action Shotgun | 1/3 | 0/- | 2 | 2 | 50 | 2/1 | Earth |
| Scattergun | 1/3 | -/0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 2/1*;
+1to hit | Earth |
| Pistols |
|---|
| Flintlock Pistol | 1/3 | -/0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4/3* | Earth / Mars |
| Heavy Pistol | 1/2 | -/0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3/2* | Earth |
| Heavy Revolver | 1/2 | -/0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 3/2 | Earth |