Bowcaster

The bowcaster (sometimes Wookie crossbow) was a Wookie projectile weapon that fired a metal quarrel covered in energy but some fired pure energy and some could fire a capatity of 24 shots.

Appearance

A bowcaster could fire a bolt with impressive stopping power which was essential for defending Wookies from Kashyyyk's forest predators.

They were clip-loaded with six bolts per clip. But some Wookies made some that fired pure blaster bolts and didn't need a clip.

A polarizing orb sat at each end of the bow, making a magnetic field used to speed up quarrels. After cocking the bowcaster a trigger sped the quarrel forward and charged it in a n envelope of plasmoid. To make the potential energy for conversion into kinetic energy, the cocking spring required a lot of strength (that of a Wookie) to draw back although some modern Bowcasters have an automatic cocking mechanisms for use of other species.

While not as effective over 30 meters the Bowcaster was more powerful and accurate than a normal blaster. Some bowcasters could load multiple quarrels for spread-fire effect, enhancing their close range effectiveness and others, when loaded with specially charged bolts could bounce of walls. Some would fire pure energy bolts were would sometimes have been dipped in poison tips or explosive ones.

Most people could not even lift a Bowcaster let alone fire one, but for a Wookie it was easy.