Battle Rifles - Dune: Awakening Database

State-of-the-art assault weapon and status notifier in mercenary and other parastate military circles.

Duraluminum

When Aren was ousted by the Kirab, he brought some of their technology with him into the Southern basin. This Unique battle rifle is based on a similar Kirab model. Aren’s intention was to eventually lead an army of scavengers north to take vengeance on his old comrades.

Copper

The new version came out in the 70s during a particularly garish fashion season and this model has since been tainted by a look that is now considered quite out-of-style.

Steel

Nobody truly knows who Fila is or was, but it is rumored that she, for a while, was mistress to Aren, a Kirab Warlord. That may explain why this Unique rifle is similar to one wielded by Aren during his final days. But did he create the rifle, or was it the work of the mysterious Fila?

Iron

State-of-the-art assault weapon and status notifier in mercenary and other parastate military circles.

Aluminum

When the War of Assassins came to Arrakis, Indara and her husband, Ardan, were stationed at a small Atreides outpost on the shield wall. As the relentless attacks of the Harkonnens continued, Ardan forced Indara to flee into a nearby cave system with their young child. Nobody knows why this Unique weapon is named for Indara - but there is speculation that she and her child still haunt the caves of the Deep Desert Shield Wall.

Plastanium

The standard Great House assault rifle for more than a hundred years, the Karpov 38 shone due to its simple design and very low maintenance needs.

Copper

General Mendek was a swordsman all his life, until he was stationed on Arrakis. When he saw the lack of shields among the Fremen, he commissioned a Unique burst shot battle rifle.

‘The first shot is for the Baron. The second is for my lady wife. And the last shot is for forcing me to be stationed on this godsforsaken dustbowl.’

Duraluminum

This Unique battle rifle has been modified with a mechanism that adds a touch of explosive powder to every dart that passes down the barrel. The Sandflies use weapons like this to rapidly clear rubble filled tunnels beneath the Sentinel, hence the name.

Aluminum

State-of-the-art assault weapon and status notifier in mercenary and other parastate military circles.

Plastanium

When Salusa Secundus was reduced from a fertile planet to an irradiated wasteland of a planet, House Corrino swore vengeance on their enemies. This Unique battle rifle was created as a memory of that oath and the explosive darts that it fires are reminiscent of the fires that rained down on Salusa Secundus itself.

Plastanium

Another weapon liberated from the shipwrecks of the Sheol, this Unique battle rifle has been modified with a mechanism that adds a touch of explosive powder to every dart that passes down the barrel. Perhaps used as protection against smuggler or pirate attacks in the interplanetary shipping lanes.

Duraluminum

A young Atreides engineer with a very bad stutter was routinely ridiculed by his fellows stationed at The Aegis. To reduce his stutter, he began using semuta to help calm his mind. He became an addict, hopelessly enthralled to his semuta supplier — a Harkonnen agent.

This specially modified Unique rifle was the last thing many heard at The Aegis when the young man turned it upon his once-comrades and then himself.

Aluminum

Anton Karpov continued to make incremental improvements on what is widely considered a perfect design.

Iron

This Unique battle rifle has been modified with a mechanism that adds a touch of explosive powder to every dart that passes down the barrel. Though ranged weapons are uncommon elsewhere in the Imperium, on Arrakis they have become more prevalent due to the deemphasis on shields.

Steel

Zaal Karak captured this rifle on a raid into the Vermillius Gap for fresh slaves. He admired the workmanship but chose to reinforce it with more robust materials. Other slavers copied him and now this once-Unique rifle is popular amongst the slavers of the basin.

Steel