User:CarpeJugulum/M12 Individual Combat Weapon System

The M12 ICWS was the UNSC's primary energy rifle during the Fifty-Years' War and became standard-issue during the Ascendancy War.

Design
The design for the M12 was based largely off of the Spartan Laser, but with many large improvements. Using Covenant technology to make the weapon smaller and refining the crude technology that the Spartan Laser used, the UNSC managed to create a viable energy weapon. It recieved great praise from both weapons designers and the troops who tested the weapon.

The M12 uses a battery pack similar in shape to an ammunition cartridge. Depending on the rate of fire and the power level the weapon is set to, it can fire anywhere from three to sixty rounds, but in the default setting- full automatic at medium power- the rifle fires forty rounds.

Customization options for the M12 include underslung equipment, mountable scopes, and various power settings for different situations, from Very Low- used in crowd control- to Very High, which fires a shot similar in power to the original Spartan Laser.

Usage
The M12 only saw widespread use towards the end of the Fifty-Years' War; for most of the war, it was used by special operations troops like ODSTs who needed the extra firepower, rather than the rank-and-file.

Servicemen's comments
"I just love the fact that, at the flip of the switch, this baby'll go from anti-personnel to anti-armor. Ain't nothing that beats that."

"The thing weighs a ton, and at close quarters I'd rather have an SMG, but if you stick a scope on this- yeah, it's nice."