Olis Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Does anyone else mentally envisage Volkites firing energy 'blade' crescents? I see them as a bit like the muzzle flash from the bolters on the front of Rogue Trader: Except it's the curve that leads the energy shot, rather than staying at the muzzle like in the picture. What does everybody think? Do you envision it like this or like something else? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Vaddon Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Volkites? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3225909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Volkites? It's a new weapon in FW's book Betrayal. Basically it's an energy weapon that's more difficult to manufacture and maintain than a bolter but it's STR 5, AP5 and has a special rule called 'Deflagrate'. :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3225916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoc Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 What does everybody think? Do you envision it like this or like something else? They're mentioned in Brotherhood of the Storm, though I'll need to check and see if theres a specific description of them firing. I don't recall there having been one so far (I'm only part way through reading it, it did only show up yesterday :P). Volkites? A family of specialised, and advanced (read: difficult to produce and maintain, even in the more enlightened Pre-Heresy period), energy weapons that predated bolt weapons amongst the early Legions, was becoming rarer/extinct around the time of the Heresy. They were introduced in the Horus Heresy - Book 1 - Betrayal from FW. Edit - Ninja'd by Olisredan... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3225921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova_Dew Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I see it as the arm mounted weapon since it looks like the Jetbike mounted one Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3225946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Vaddon Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Aha. I was googling Volkites and getting some science fiction movie from the 60s or something. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3225951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Aha. I was googling Volkites and getting some science fiction movie from the 60s or something. What, that Undersea Kingdom thing? :) Hopefully the wiki might help a little. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3225960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don the Oiler Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I don't know about these crescents, but that captain's wrist-mounted weapon (that changed into a plasma pistol on the new mini) looks awfully similar to a Volkite Serpenta now that i look at that picture again... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3225985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennisBall Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 There was a Rogue Trader era mini that had a 'hand flamer' like the one in the picture. The 25th anniversary figure was given a plasma pistol instead. Volkites seemed to be based on these early weapons. As for the question in the OP, I could see conversion beamers having an expanding crescent discharge. Straight energy weapons like Volkites could be more like las fire - a straight line of energy that does whatever it's supposed to do when it hits the target. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3226041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I see it a little differently. I'm using the Volkite weapon on the Jetbike as a reference, but I see the teeth lighting up first with energy. These coalesce into the centre where they are discharged forward in a singular, unstable beam that fragments and burns on the target(s). Where a Lasgun is a laser pointer (with a red beam), I see it as a thick yellow beam that does not have smooth "sides". Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3226337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 that captain's wrist-mounted weapon (that changed into a plasma pistol on the new mini) looks awfully similar to a Volkite Serpenta now that i look at that picture again... Agreed. It does look very similar indeed. In fact it was the basis of my mental image of a Volkite before I had seen any actual representations. As for the question in the OP, I could see conversion beamers having an expanding crescent discharge. Straight energy weapons like Volkites could be more like las fire - a straight line of energy that does whatever it's supposed to do when it hits the target. Interesting, a straight beam. A bit like the 'plasma' weapon in the picture, yes? I see it a little differently. I'm using the Volkite weapon on the Jetbike as a reference, but I see the teeth lighting up first with energy. These coalesce into the centre where they are discharged forward in a singular, unstable beam that fragments and burns on the target(s). Where a Lasgun is a laser pointer (with a red beam), I see it as a thick yellow beam that does not have smooth "sides". Nice description, it certainly gets the imagination going. Probably the best answer yet, if I'm to be honest. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3226492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisisJimmy Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Brotherhood of the Storm refers to a 'volkite culverin' as an "...esoteric beam-weapon...". The book also mentions "...neon-bright spears of energy...", although that could be referring to lascannons instead. Not sure if that shed any light, but it's all the information I have on them until my copy of Betrayer arrives. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3227264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennisBall Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 As for the question in the OP, I could see conversion beamers having an expanding crescent discharge. Straight energy weapons like Volkites could be more like las fire - a straight line of energy that does whatever it's supposed to do when it hits the target. Interesting, a straight beam. A bit like the 'plasma' weapon in the picture, yes? Not really sure what plasma looks like. It is bolts of "plasma" but I suppose each bolt looks like a really long comet. I see it a little differently. I'm using the Volkite weapon on the Jetbike as a reference, but I see the teeth lighting up first with energy. These coalesce into the centre where they are discharged forward in a singular, unstable beam that fragments and burns on the target(s). Where a Lasgun is a laser pointer (with a red beam), I see it as a thick yellow beam that does not have smooth "sides". Nice description, it certainly gets the imagination going. Probably the best answer yet, if I'm to be honest. :) Thick yellow lightning? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3227434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Perhaps, but not quite eldritch. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/264742-weapons-fire/#findComment-3227459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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