Strade

The Strade is a plasma SMG made by Western Industries which utilizes plasma energy generators and magno-field projectors to fire high energy plasma shots. The weapon is notably used by Satomi.

History
Development of the Strade started around a day after the Pendorian Tech Trade in July of 2005, along with various other projects. A working prototype was completed around the tail end of 2007. The initial prototype used a retractable wire stock, and heat was vented by the foregrip opening via mechanical lifters. The production model of the Strade replaced the wire stock with a padded variant, and vent holes were added to the top front portion of the weapon to aid in cooldown. When it was deployed during the Second Korean Uprising, it was discovered that the weapon was not suitable against soft targets, as the shots caused violent vaporization upon contact with human targets. This lead the weapon to be relegated to an anti-armor role, while later being used as an anti-robot weapon.

Technical Details
The Strade is a plasma energy weapon that uses a plasma fission generator to energize each shot, which is shot out via magno-field projector. Sustained use of the weapon generates a lot of heat, which is automatically vented when the temperature reaches 1800°C. The vents can be manually activated by pressing the button above the trigger on the left side of the weapon. The battery has 15 spark sapphire cells, which each generate 10 megavolts of power with minimal weight. The fire selector has five positions, one for safe, one for single shot, and the remaining three positions for slow (450 rpm), medium (600 rpm), and quick fire (720 rpm).