Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

Semiautomatic Pistol
These predecessors of the modern automatic pistols
are functionally nearly equivalent. They fire bullets
as quickly as the user can pull the trigger (up to
three bullets per turn). There is no burst fire mode.
The Semiautomatic Pistol uses the same
ammunition and magazine as the modern automatic
pistol. Skeinsuits and inertia screens reduce bullet
damage by half. If a skeinsuit and an inertia screen
are used together, damage is reduced to one-fourth
the amount rolled.
Pump Action Scattergun
The most common civilian model is the pump action
scattergun. This model does not automatically load a
round into the chamber after a round has been fired, but
instead requires that the user ‘pump’ the weapon (slide
the foregrip back and then forward again) to load another
round into the chamber.
Pump action scatterguns do not use a conventional
magazine, but instead hold their rounds internally.
Because of this, the weapon must be reloaded manually
instead of changing magazines. A character can load up to
half his Initiative Modifier worth of rounds into a
scattergun in one round. These scatterguns are typically
used as personal defense weapons by frontier settlers,
and as hunting firearms.
Autoloading Scattergun
An upgrade in usability from the pump action system is a
scattergun that automatically loads the next round into
the chamber after each shot. These scatterguns are
typically used as longarms by police, security and military
forces, although some are also used for hunting and home
defense.
Assault Scattergun
The assault scattergun is the merger of the technologies
of an autorifle with the design of a scattergun. Although
able to operate as an autoloading scattergun, the assault
scattergun can also fire bursts of shots, spreading
projectiles over a large area and shredding any soft cover
in the area. Assault scatterguns are only usually seen in
the hands of military forces and some raiders and pirates.
Scattergun Ammunition
A box of 10 scattergun rounds, loose for manually loading
into pump action scatterguns. The rounds are
interchangeable with autoloading and assault scatterguns,
but do not include a magazine.
Scattergun Shotclip. A shotclip is a plastic, springloaded
rack of 10 scattergun rounds. Because scatterguns
fire a cluster of small pieces of shot or flechettes,
attacking with a scattergun is very similar to using a burst
attack with an autoweapon. Each ‘shot’ from a scattergun
contains 10 projectiles. A shot can be aimed at up to five
adjacent characters in an area up to 5 meters wide, or at
just one character. Only one die roll is needed to hit all
the characters aimed at. Because of the number of
projectiles fired, the shooter gains a +10 bonus on the hit
chance. If the shot is aimed at one character it causes
2d10 points of damage. If it is aimed at more than one
character, it causes 2d10 points of damage plus 1d10 for
each additional target. These points are divided as evenly
as possible among all the targets. Any leftover points of
damage are lost.
EXAMPLE: Dai Hulad, the yazirian gangster, fires his
scattergun at a group of four Star Law Vice officers
charging toward him. All four are hit, so the player rolls
5d10 for damage (2d10 for the first target, +3d10 for
three additional targets). The result is 29 points of
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