The EV-47 pistol is standard issue to all Personel, on any Terran ship, who work in a hazardous areas (engineering and bridge, though it is also issued to Marines too) These weapons were chosen for those areas as they have low damage output, so are less likely to cause a serious problem if misfired or misses the target.

Designer: Terran Republic
manufacturer: Altres Royal weapon works (ARWW)
Length: 10“
Barrel: 7”
weight: 1.0 lb
Modes: Manual
Number of shots:
Battery: 500 - 1000 - See notes for more info
Beltpack: N/A - uses charger which requires a power source
Max range: 400m
Effctive range: 150 m
Rate of fire: N/A - manual gun
Power: light/moderate
Optional Features: Modified sniping scope (Designed by Battle Hymn Engineer Kurohime Ito), flash light, non-lethal/stun mode, silencer, barrel extensions (2 or 3 in)

While the EV-47 is small it has a high accuracy, leading to some of those who favour it to develop skills as sharp-shooters (atm most of the Hymn's Engineering section are pretty good snipers with EV-47s, who know what would happed if they missed!!!)

Notes: The EV-47 is powered by batteries of varying size, depending on what was availiable to make them at the time. The most common is a 60W battery - which allows for a minimum of 500 shots, and a max of 1000 before it needs recharging.

The safety catch acts as an on/off switch for the EV-47, allowing the battery to be conserved.
The batteries can be replaced - allowing for a lighter gun, with a shorter battery life, or a heavier gun, with a longer battery life.

Shot Type: Energy Based Laser Pulse

The output from an EV-47 is variable, and can be controlled with a small dial on the bottom of the gun. This dial can only be turned when the safety switch is off.
Modes are - High - Regular - Stun - light
Default setting is Regular, should a fault occur with the gun, setting automatically goes to light.

Mode Descriptions:

• High: Puts a serious dent in most armour, uses more battery power than the others
  
• Regular - cannont penetrate amour, but still does letal damage if it hits the right place
  
• Stun - knocks the target out
  
• Light - does no damage - really only used in training sessions.