

Younglings all over the Galaxy play Troopers and Tuskens, and a Cycler rifle fashioned out of whatever sticks they can lay hands on are a feature in every game. Criminals and assassins still find uses for the crude weapons, and they are still commonly found among raiders and pirates on the fringes of the well traveled galaxy, where their distinctive thundering crack sound strikes fear into their prey.ĭespite their wane in popularity and widespread use over the years, thanks to spaghetti desert-planet holovids the Cycler is one of the most widely recognizable slugthrowers in a galaxy that has otherwise forgotten that such weapons still exist.

Like most slugthrowers, they are illegal or heavily regulated in much of the core, seeing legal use only in sport and exhibition and it is often difficult to supply ammunition for them. Once upon a time they were manufactured and distributed en masse by a number of now defunct arms manufacturers, but few modern producers are left. Once popular among frontier explorers, homesteaders, and local defense forces, they also saw service in specialized units of core world militaries many centuries ago. DESCRIPTION The Cycler Rifle isn't so much a particular model as it is a style of weapon.
