Type-55 Directed Energy Rifle/Advanced

The is a Sangheili designed and manufactured weapon, issued through out their military, and allied forces.

Description
Ansvi 'Navrosi, the designer of the Type-51C Directed Energy Rifle/Improved, spent the months of the schism and civil war designing weapons for use with his brethren. While Iruiru Armoury had a close relationship with him, they were strained trying to arm their allies and defend themselves. Lodam Armoury, meanwhile, was relatively isolated from the majority of fighting. Being a smaller Armoury, they had relatively light production capabilities, but could work near uninterrupted despite the war. Lodam Armoury would turn out tens of thousands of these rifles, and most of these would be delivered to the allied factions, though a few were stolen, waylaid or illegally manufactured. After the, while Lodam Armoury still manufactured the majority, they were also built by Iruiru Armoury, the Merchants of Quikost and other guilds, and manufactured under license for the Unggoy Defence Force, Kig-Yar Military, and certain select Jiralhanae Packs, and also in small numbers for the Plainsfierian military.

In terms of performance, the Storm Rifle matches the MA6 series rifle extremely well. Its accurate to around 700 metres, effective up to 1000 metres, the high velocity plasma bolts travel at 810 metres a second. It possess a built in scope system, allowing it a 2x zoom, allowing the user to engage targets at slightly longer ranges than usually permitted. It has a long barrel, allowing it increased accuracy over comparative energy weapons, its cooling shroud, using a doppler laser cooling system, is mounted above the barrel, meaning when it does fail and the gun overheats, it doesn't burn the user. It is designed with a modular coil set, that can be stripped down, or replaced with a more advanced module, allowing it to be lighter at the cost of rate of fire, or have higher rates of fire, at the cost of heavier weight. These modifications are rarely done outside of special forces unit.

Despite being one of the youngest weapons in the arsenal of the USR, its one of the most widely used, being one of the main infantry weapons of the Republic. Its also used by Kig-Yar irregulars, Plainsfierian special forces and several Jiralhanae packs, such as the Tyraxus Pack who manufacture and modify their own.