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|name   = Cable Knife
|TL=13
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|ammo    = TBD
|size=1.5 litres, folded
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|caption = TBD
|weight=450g
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|cost    = Cr400
  |cost=Cr400
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A weapon that is a spectacular example of memory mesh technology, the cable knife consists of a 250mm long knife, with a small guard and a hooked blade, the whole being constructed from one piece of metal or ceramic. The knife is attached to a 5m length of memory cable, which terminates in a knuckleduster-shaped handguard. In use, the cable knife can be used as a knife and the cable can be used to entangle an opponent. However, since the cable can be snapped into rigidity at a squeeze of the trigger which is located in the handguard, the cable knife can be used as a kind of flexible spear.
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|image  = [[File: Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif]]
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|size   = 1.5 litres, folded
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|TL      = 13
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|volume = TBD
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|weight  = 450.0 g
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|manufacturer= Various
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A [[Cable Knife]] is a spectacular example of [[memory mesh]] [[technology]], the cable knife consists of a 250.0 mm long knife, with a small guard and a hooked blade, the whole being constructed from one piece of metal or ceramic. The knife is attached to a 5.0 m length of memory cable, which terminates in a knuckleduster-shaped handguard. In use, the cable knife can be used as a knife and the cable can be used to entangle an opponent. However, since the cable can be snapped into rigidity at a squeeze of the trigger which is located in the handguard, the cable knife can be used as a kind of flexible [[spear]].
  
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Latest revision as of 17:01, 12 January 2018

Cable Knife
Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
TBD
Group: TBD
Tech Level TL–13
Size 1.5 litres, folded
Weight 450.0 g
Cost Cr400
Ammo TBD
Manufacturer Various
TBD

A Cable Knife is a spectacular example of memory mesh technology, the cable knife consists of a 250.0 mm long knife, with a small guard and a hooked blade, the whole being constructed from one piece of metal or ceramic. The knife is attached to a 5.0 m length of memory cable, which terminates in a knuckleduster-shaped handguard. In use, the cable knife can be used as a knife and the cable can be used to entangle an opponent. However, since the cable can be snapped into rigidity at a squeeze of the trigger which is located in the handguard, the cable knife can be used as a kind of flexible spear.

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