

Because the same FFG also notes at minimum that most worlds have Planetary Defense forces and soldiers armed with blaster rifles as a standard thing. Integrated Scanner Attachment (675 credits, 2 HP). Behind a wall? They were scoped for increased accuracy. Im the owner of the Tennessee Air Gun Hunters group. That crucial Galactic Empire’s unit wielded both the E-11 blaster rifle and the upgraded E-22 blaster rifle.

The same goes with pretty much the majority of enemies the FFG has, from literal no-name thugs, to even basic street-tough criminals plus as well swoop gangers, though they use blaster pistols. Other decent options are SE-14r Light Repeating Blaster in Dangerous Covenants for the auto-fire setting, the XL-2 “Flashfire” Blaster Pistol and H-7 “Equalizer” Blaster Pistol in Sons of Fortune, and of course the regular Heavy Blaster Pistol. However, they each have only two hard points and a Cumbersome quality.
