Claad swords

A Claad sword is a blade that has been combined with a firearm. The name itself, Claad, is infact a loose mix of 'Cannon' and 'Blade', Cannon Blade. Designed for Kamili battle use in 2711 by Tumruru Ghalai, a Kamilian weapons designer, and was mass produced for use in the 2nd Old City War (2705 - 2725) but later became the basis for the most common Kamili weapon base. They are standard issue in the Gabensile army, the Eastwood army, the Tarspear army and by many Kamili mercenaries across the Alpha system.

Design
The design is quite simple, the weapon looks much like an ancient European sword albeit with the edge of the left/right blade removed (depending on the preferred hand of the user) which acts as a barrel. Some swords also work with the old Kamili elemental sword mods, allowing for a flaming or Irradiated sword which fires bullets or Plasma blasts.

The gun part of the Claad design is in the handle. The average handle can store about 80 .303 rounds or about 40 plasma blasts. The bullet is moved foward by a mechanism, usually a Piston or in some fancier designs, a Mepisium mover. The bullet is then fired by gunpowder stores in the sides of the handle near the blade. The bullet shoots out of the barrel in the blade, the user can use the other blade as a sight if they so wish.

Claad gun types are quite versitile in how they can work. Anything from a machine gun, to a shotgun, to a sniper, to a simple pistol is doable in most general Claads.