Chienalla

The Chienalla weapons project, or more simply, the Chienalla project or C-series, is a series of weapons both developed and in development by Hawk Industrial Solutions. The primary purpose of this project is to provide cutting-edge weaponry to the military-police forces of Magdora, and eventually the same services of the Conglomerate.

The Chienalla project's primary method of doing this is by use of "railgun" technology- where instead of using projectiles propelled by spring energy or explosive force, the projectile is instead accelerated using high-strength electromagnets. This is why it was given it's name- the word roughly translating to "Polar force", from Old Magdoran.

Given the nature of the weapons, they are much more expensive to own and maintain, compared to traditional firearms and bows, and make heavy use of heatsinks- permanent and disposable- as well as high-capacity battery packs and miniaturized reactors. As time went on, this became increasingly cheaper, and safer- however early models, especially prior to the Magdoran Space Race, were significantly limited in this regard.

C-1
The first "functional" model, the C-1 was a roughly 100m long cannon, firing 5m diameter slugs. Initially, it was deemed little more than "A functional example of the technology [H.I.S.] seeks to develop further," as at the time, a cannon of such size had no purpose in the Magdoran security forces. It would however see a return to actual usefulness as a defensive emplacement, once orbital defenses became a serious consideration.

Single-barreled, no major modifications or subvariants. Loaded using an automated conveyor system, based on the facility it is built into. Specific attributes vary.

C-2 - C-4
Relatively minor revisions of the C-1, each being of increasingly smaller sizes. None were small enough to be man-portable, however the C-3 and C-4 were suitable as heavy and medium cannons for vehicles, while the C-2 was significantly more suitable for permanent emplacements, although it was seldom used.

Variants are available for all three models, and were generally loaded using belt feeders or autoloaders.

C-5
The first fully portable model in the series, the C-5 was a short-range pistol that used a "pusher coil" in place of the by then standard accelerator rails. This afforded it a lower weight, and arguably lower need for cooling- though it still featured moving panels on either side of the singular guiding rail, that acted both as additional guidance units for the projectile, and adjustable geometry radiators. This made the weapon very inaccurate and weak, however, only being useful at extremely close ranges. Additionally, the early radiators were highly ineffective, and would often need times upwards of 15 seconds to fully cool.

Single barrel, limited ammo, large catalogue of revisions. This model was never officially released for consumer use, despite that being the primary intention of this model- due to it's ineffective nature.