Thread:Khaosjr/@comment-1507322-20191101234617

Oh, my. It seems that, even when I click "Add" and follow the instructions for creating a page, it still goes wrong.

While I've always been a huge fan of DEADLIEST WARRIOR (FICTIONAL and otherwise), I have found your article policy to be extremely confusing. Therefore, I shall do the next best thing: send you my data regarding the "Sardaukar" from the DUNE universe, so that you can create a page for them yourself...that, and pit them against whoever you feel would be worthy adversaries in battle.

I've also been compiling data for various "Star Wars vs. Star Trek" battles so that you can add these as well; I'd hate to keep botching the process.

1. Imperial Stormtroopers vs. Federation Red-shirts

2. Gamorreans (or Imperial Royal Guard) vs. Jem'Hadar

3. Sand-people vs. Nausicaans

4. Mandalorians vs. Romulans

5. Yuuzhan Vong vs. Borg

6. Ewoks vs. Ferengi

and, last but not least,

7. T-1000 (from "Terminator: Judgment Day") vs. T-X (from "Terminator: Rise of the Machines")

Enjoy and, as they say @ USC, "Fight On!"

Cordially,

Pat Jackson

626.799.4557 (phone)

khaosjr@yahoo.com (email)

P.S. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Weapons
Battledress uniform; Defensive shield; Flip-dart; Hunter-seeker; Kindjal; Lasgun; Maula pistol; Needle gun; Shigawire garrote; Slammer; Slip-tip; Throwing knife; Vibro-sword

Origin
The world of Salusa Secundus

Activities
Enforcing the will of the Padishah Emperor/Empress

Service
The 100th Century (approximately) === Literally, “Soldier-fanatics”; these are wo/men from an environmental background of sufficient ferocity to kill (on average) 6 out of every 13 people before the age of 11. Their military training emphasizes ruthlessness and a near-suicidal disregard for personal safety. They are taught from early childhood to use cruelty as a standard weapon, weakening opponents with terror. Given their formidable swordsmanship and cunning abilities at in-fighting, any one of them is rated a match for any ten regular Landsraad military conscripts. === Trained primarily on the “hell-world” Salusa Secundus, the brutal fanaticism of the Sardaukar makes them the most feared soldiers in the Imperium. Their zealous conditioning, and their equally-zealous devotion to the Padishah Emperors, is legendary. Troopers of the Imperial Sardaukar vow to never be captured in battle; they will fight to the death before surrendering, or even take their own lives before falling into enemy hands.

Culled from the ranks of House Corrino’s military elite, Sardaukar commanders exhibit brilliant leadership and adamant courage…as well as fanatical loyalty to the Golden Lion Throne. Ruthlessly driven, these “officers of the corps” tend to reveal personalities which range from egotistical to megalomaniacal…all characteristic of the sustaining and mystical warrior-religion of the Sardaukar.

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Weight
Negligible

Length
0.5 centimeters

About
This weapon relies upon a small needle-like barb to deliver a potent drug, or poison, upon penetrating of the intended victim’s skin. Flip-darts are so named for the protective “flip-cover” used to conceal the needle and protect its user from inadvertent harm. Concealed within ornamented finger-rings (fighting-girdles, wrist-bracers, weapon-sheaths), flip-darts prove difficult to discern with the naked eye…and impossible to detect with a poison-snooper (so long as the cover remains hermetically sealed). Requiring close proximity and subtle manipulation, the flip-dart is preferred by Nobles and Adepts who routinely enter into close proximity with potential assailants.

Most flip-darts are half a centimeter in length.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Weight
Negligible

Length
3 – 4 centimeters

About
This easily-concealed needle is tipped with meta-cyanide.

Literally, “High-handed Enemy”; this esoteric weapon resembles a thimble-like finger crown fitted with a sharp, envenomed needle. Its barb contains a highly-toxic poison, bringing instant-yet-painless death to those who feel its prick. The Gom Jabbar is constructed of silver, gold, or any similar precious metal.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Size
1 centimeter

Weight
Negligible

About
This ravening, self-guided sliver of gravity-buoyed metal is a common and deadly assassination device.

The razor-sharp hunter-seeker can levitate and maneuver freely. When it impacts its target, it cuts into the victim…slicing its way up nerve paths and arteries, through muscles and bone, until it reaches a vital organ (typically the heart). Like gauss-spears, hunter-seekers can breach a shield by slowing their velocity.

A hunter-seeker can be disarmed by complete immersion in water. It possesses a maximum velocity of 25 meters per second. Hunter-seekers have a maximum range of 50 meters, with enough power for 60 minutes of use.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Weight
0.5 – 0.7 kilograms

Length
?

Edge Length
20 – 30 centimeters

About
This short-sword is constructed of plasteel. The gracefully-curved, double-edged blade terminates in a sharp point.

Hand-guards enable blocking and parrying. Kindjals are the standard blade for military personnel, besides being a favorite among dueling noblemen and Sword-masters.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Muzzle Velocity
N/A

Round
Continuous-wave laser-beam

Weight
2 – 5 kilograms

Length
45 – 90 centimeters (stock)

Barrel Length
?

Action
Pulse Fire, Arc, or Full Burn

Rate of Fire
Single-shot or Continuous

Range
5 – 225 meters

Magazine
Power cell with 100 charges

About
This weapon is a continuous-wave laser projector. The explosive pyrotechnics (technically, subatomic fusion) created when its beam intersects a shield are equivalent to the detonation of (roughly) 1 metric ton of plastic explosive.

Most lasguns are fashioned into a heavy pistol or mini-carbine design. Their weighty power cells are secreted into their grips and stocks, making the weapon entirely portable (if somewhat cumbersome). Lasguns emit a visible beam of energy, unequaled in its destructive power. Their beams initiate pseudo-atomic reactions (thermonuclear explosions with an initial blast radius of 1—12 kilometers) when intersecting with “hot” (active) shields.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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§  Other

Muzzle Velocity
?

Round
Envenomed dart

Weight
0.5 – 1 kilogram

Length
?

Barrel Length
15 – 20 centimeters

Action
Spring-loaded

Rate of Fire
Semi-auto

Range
5 – 40 meters

Magazine
Clip (10 rounds)

About
This simple, spring-mechanized handgun is known for its clunky design and low-maintenance construction. Fabricated from lightweight plasteel or similar plasmeld alloys, the maula pistol employs a high-tension spring and articulate cocking mechanism to load its small projectiles into the firing chamber and propel them up to a range of 40 meters. The sliding trigger cock draws a round of ammunition from the magazine clip, while rewinding the propulsion coil simultaneously—allowing the pistol to be readied in a fluid, pulling motion. Once the magazine has been emptied, a simple lever ejects the spent clip from the butt of the pistol—allowing the user to quickly insert a fresh one.

The maula pistol is favored for its compact size, cheap construction, and general reliability. Though its small projectiles inflict relatively minor damage of their own, they are designed to contain small doses of swift-acting poison (narcotics or anesthetics). Unfortunately, the velocity of a maula dart is too rapid to penetrate a defensive shield.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Muzzle Velocity
?

Round
Envenomed dart

Weight
Negligible

Length
?

Barrel Length
3 – 5 centimeters

Action
Reflexive discharge

Rate of Fire
Single-shot

Range
1 – 10 meters

Magazine
Single round

About
These projectile weapons resemble wristwatches in size and form. Too small to contain more than a single envenomed dart, these devices are preferred for defensive purposes. They are easy to conceal, un-cumbersome to wear, and typically hidden beneath long baggy sleeves. The user needs only point his arm toward the target and lift his hand from the missile trajectory, thus triggering the reflexive firing mechanism and discharging the weapon. Often worn in pairs, needle guns are preferred by non-military personnel (such as Nobles, Mentats, diplomats, and spies). Military personnel and hired assassins prefer maula pistols or slammers for their longer range and greater capacity for storing ammunition.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Weight
Negligible

Length
21 – 26 centimeters (6-cm handles)

Edge Length
15 – 20 centimeters (wire)

About
This simple, age-old assassination weapon has been improved by substituting shigawire in place of rope or cord. Strong and sharp, shigawire strands easily sever skin and bone—delivering fatal wounds to the victim’s throat and neck.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Muzzle Velocity
?

Round
Pocket-spear or Self-propelled pocket-grenade

Weight
1 – 2 kilograms

Length
The total length of the gun (please state units)

Barrel Length
15 – 20 centimeters

Action
Magnetic

Rate of Fire
Single-shot

Range
1 – 120 meters (will penetrate an active shield only at 80 meters or closer; optimum range is within 10 meters)

Magazine
Clips (15 grenades; 15 spears); cartridge (120 liters of poison or drug)

About
A slammer is a combination spear-gun/recoilless rifle.

The grenades it fires are basically small missiles (usually acid, cryogen, or incendiary). Slammers are more effective against shields at close range, as its “pocket missiles” are still accelerating.

This weapon is popular for its capability to penetrate defensive shields without triggering the Armageddon Effect (subatomic fusion created when a lasgun-beam intersects a shield).

Designed to breach an active shield, early-model slammers employed pneumatic compression to launch spears at relatively low velocities. Later models propel their spears magnetically.

Like maula pistols, slammers feature magazines to store their ammunition. The magazine also carries a poison or soporific drug, with which the spear is coated by its own firing mechanism.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Weight
0.3 – 0.5 kilograms

Length
?

Edge Length
15 – 25 centimeters

About
These thin and short blades, often poison-tipped, are designed for one-hand use.

A slip-tip earns its name for the comparative ease with which its slender blade slips through shields and bodily ribs. Its long, double-edged blade gently tapers to a sharp point; its hilt incorporates a deliberate cross-guard for catching and diverting incoming weapons. Considered primarily a companion blade to a kindjal or sword held in the dominant hand, slip-tips traditionally present drugged or envenomed blades, especially when used against shielded opponents.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Size
10 – 20 centimeters in length

Weight
0.1 – 0.3 kilograms

Action
What it does

About
These specialized weapons are designed and balanced for throwing accuracy. Throwing knives are constructed of heavy plasteel alloys. They have straight, double-edged blades terminating in a sharp point.

Throwing knives have an effective range of 3—15 meters.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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Weight
1.2 – 1.6 kilograms

Length
?

Edge Length
75 – 125 centimeters

About
This noble weapon bears a long, curved, or straight-edged blade. Invariably, sword blades terminate in an acute point, instrumental to thrusting attacks. Constructed of resilient metal (such as forged titanium or cold-cast plasteel), sword blades feature either a double or single edge. Their blades protrude for elaborate cross-guards or basket-hilts designed to deflect opposing blades. All in all, the dueling-sword prevails as the most elegant of the archaic weapons, quick in balance and precise of motion. Considered a regal weapon for noble personages, vibro-swords are legally born by Nobles or Sword-masters or House War-masters.

When activated, these swords vibrate at an extremely high frequency, making them very effective for cutting.

Users
§  Sardaukar

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