The staple weapon system of the Union army and their Chinese opponents is the magnetic assault rifle, a weapon which uses a series of magnets to propel small steel darts to supersonic speeds. Although the power requirements for magnetic weapons are high, they are significantly less than energy weapons which are often only used in vacuum and at great ranges.
The MSG (Magnetische Sturmgewehr)-20 was designed to be simple to operate, so that it's firer can use it intinctively. It is designed to work in conjunction with the trooper's visor targeting display, thus allowing it to be used without the need for a traditional gunsight, although one is still fitted for the event of the system failing. The targeting display is able to order the magnets lining the barrel to alter the flight path of the dart passing through it as the trooper fires, thus auto correcting his aim at ranges above one hundred meters. At shorter ranges the effect of auto correction is greatly reduced, however troopers shouldnt be missing at under one hundred meters!
The darts fired by magnetic weapons have a particularly high velocity, giving them an effective range of over a thousand meters, rendering the sniper rifle- though not the sniper himself- virtually obsolete. They are capable of defeating almost all forms of personal armour, and because of this most armour is designed to deflect rather than stop a dart. Magnetic weapons cannot be used on ships without having their muzzle velocity greatly reduced by an armourer, and their power is such that fighting in buildings can become particularly difficult, since darts can penetrate masonry at short ranges!
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