See Also - Armaments of the Colonial Pact

The ALP-57U 'Kraus' is a polymer encased asynchronous linear chem-rail pistol employed by the Colonial Pact as a standard issue sidearm to its military and civil security forces. Its large magazine and programable output have made the weapon popular across all walks of Pact society, helped along by the general availability of parts and its ease of use. Designed as a foundation up replacement for a long line of venerable reliable conventional sidearms the Kraus is the first such chem-rail system to be applied to pistol systems. The simple matter was that chemical rounds where continuing to be less effective against more advanced forms of personal body armor. While increasing the velocity was a stopgap the issue of recoil and size made the weapons that resulted unwieldy, thus creating the desire for applying miniaturized rail technology to firearms.

While this had been done on a number of rifle or carbine systems the Kraus was the first pistol to be designed with this hybrid chem-rail setup, allowing for a higher velocity round without increasing the powder charge on the projectile. Additionally it allowed for various mechanisms including an EM buffer to be installed which reduced recoil to well within the mean average shooters capability while maintaining the needed armor piercing velocities. This combined with a myriad of other programable features has made the weapon popular among all who've come to carry it on their hip.

A sleek if grey weapon with the standard layout of most combat sized handguns; key features include red coated tritium high rise night optics, its integrated charging handle, and its under barrel rail mount. Unlike most handguns it features a flash suppressing compensator that can mount a screw on suppressor. Like other chemrail weapons it features a status screen on the both sides of the weapon and a general display on the back.

Below are listed and described the various mechanisms and interface systems of the Rudd compact chem-rail pistol system.

• Weapon Action Mechanism - The Kraus is a dual action weapon employing a electrically managed motorized blowback primary action and a secondary linear acceleration system to boost the weapon's muzzle velocity. It employs a closed cycle system using caseless ammunition, however in the event the weapon jams or needs to be unloaded a ejection port on the right side of the weapon can be opened and the action cycled. The action and rate of fire are handled by the weapon's computer system which actuates the action to be timed with when the linear acceleration system is active.
• Loading/Unloading Mechanism - The pistol feeds from a double stacked semi-motorized magazine, it is a drop free type meaning when the magazine release is pressed the magazine drops free of the weapon. When a new magazine is inserted the user must then pull back on a semi-integrated slide visible below the rear sights, this manually chambers a round, links the power system to the magazine's battery, and initiates the action mechanisms.
• Weapon Attachment Rails The pistol features a accessory mount forward of the trigger group that can accept any standard rail mountable systems, a clamp style rail can also be attached to the pistol's top to mount optics.
• SV90 Standard Lightweight Shielding - SV90 type applique is used on the inside of the pistol's frame to act as a dampener against exotic particles and waveforms which may damage the weapon's operating mechanisms.

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