Practically interchangeable and in some cases indistinguisable on casual glance
from the less advanced stub pistols they evolved from, autopistols fire caseless
ammunition. Occasionally a high quality Autopistol from a bygone era is discovered
with a rate of fire that is truly impressive.
Pistol: Pistols can be used to make ranged attacks, and can also
be used in close combat. If a Pistol has an Accuracy modifier, it
applies to ranged attacks only.
Rapid Fire (X): When firing with a Rapid Fire weapon, a successful hit
roll scores a number of hits equal to the number of bullet
holes on the Firepower dice. In addition the controlling
player can roll more than one Firepower dice, up to the
number shown in brackets (for example, when firing a
Rapid Fire (2) weapon, up to two firepower dice can be
rolled). Make an Ammo check for each Ammo symbol
that is rolled. If any of them fail, the gun runs Out of
Ammo. If two or more of them fail, the gun has jammed
and cannot be used for the rest of the battle.
If a Rapid Fire weapon scores more than one hit, the hits
can be split between multiple targets. The first must be
allocated to the initial target, but the remainder can be
allocated to other fighters within 3" of the first who are
also within range and line of sight. These must not be any
harder to hit than the original target...for example if a target in the
open is hit, an obscured target cannot have hits allocated
to it. Allocate all of the hits before making any wound
rolls.
Rapid Fire also works in close combat when on a weapon that also has the Pistol trait.
Noisy: When a Hidden fighter makes an attack using this weapon, opposing fighters within 18'' gain a free Detect action against them and gain a +4 bonus to their check.