Talk:DC-15S

Okay. Isn't this properly a small rifle or carbine, rather than a pistol? Thorvindr
 * Well, doesn't it fire like a pistol? Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 20:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * It can be set to rapid fire, as demonstrated by 212th Attack Battalion troops on Utapau. Seems more like a machine gun pistol than a rifle, even though it looks very similar to the E-11 "Stormtrooper One" rifle - Kwenn 17:39, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. It does seem more like a machine gun pistol. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 19:16, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Appearances
Did this not also appear in AOTC? Or was that simply a seperate but very similar weapon? I know it appears in the AOTC Visual Dictionary... --ElScoob 00:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Not the same weapon in Battlefront
Hey, I just wanted to say that I do not believe that the DC-15 blaster in the movies is the same weapon used in the Battlefront series of video/computer games. I noticed some major differences, which I will list: Since Battlefront is known to go against traditional SW canon, i think we should either split this article into two different articles (such as "DC-15 blaster" and "DC-15S sidearm") or whatever, since the weapon in battlefront and the weapon featured in ROTS are obviously two different weapons.
 * The clone sidearm's basic design is completely different from the design of the DC-15 blaster (this is evident if you play either game in the 1st person perspective). The rear part of the sidearm is very different from the rear part of the DC-15 blaster.
 * The sidearm in Battlefront features some kind of self-charging power cell and fires only in semi-automatic, while the DC-15 blaster is a magazine-fed select-fire weapon (semi-auto demonstrated in Star Wars: Republic Commando, and full-auto demonstrated in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith).
 * The DC-15 blaster (so named on page 39 of the Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary is (roughly) 2.5-3 feet long, and this is much larger than any pistol in the official canon, while the pistol in the Battlefront series is no more than 1.5 feet long (still ridiculously large for a real-life pistol, but star wars isn't real life ;).
 * The DC-15 blaster demonstrated excellent armor penetration capabilities when a clone trooper of the 212th Attack Battalion destroyed a LM-432 crab droid with a single burst of automatic fire. The clone sidearm does not demonstrate this same capability in either BFI or BFII.
 * The DC-15 blaster has demonstrated very little recoil, as an Advanced Recon Commando was able to dual-wield two of the weapons (|1) and still being able to fire accurately in Star Wars Republic 50: The Battle of Kamino, and in ROTS where a clone trooper destroyed two crab droids while using his weapon on full automatic without any (obvious) muzzle climb or recoil, while the pistol in the BF games demonstrates obvious recoil when fired.
 * Based on these facts, the DC-15 blaster demonstrates capabilities and traits more along the lines of a real-life submachine gun or carbine (good armor penetration, selective fire, short effective range), while the sidearm in the games is more like a Desert Eagle .50 magnum or other heavy pistol. There are some very obvious differences between the two weapons.

P.S.: Just curious, but what source states that the pistol in BF is called a DC-15S? Thanks.

Prudii2043 17:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * All of that comes down to game mechanics. And Prudii, I've played the game; the pistols are identical. Unless you can prove your first point with images, they were the same. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 19:32, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I could if you could tell me how to upload game screenshots. I tried it and it wouldn't let me. But oh well *sighs*.Prudii2043 21:34, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Let me ask you this: Have you taken pictures from the game? Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 23:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes sir, thats what I did. Prudii2043 17:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Did you upload them to your computer? Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 22:47, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Whoops, bad communication on my part. I took screenshots with my PC of BFI version of the game, not pics with my camera. Prudii2043 03:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * So you have them on your computer, then. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 14:11, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Prudii2043 16:55, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, under "toolbox" on the left side of the screen is "Upload file". Just follow the instructions there. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 20:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I tried uploading it, and it says the file is corrupt or has an incorrect extension, so i don't know what to do aboutl. Prudii2043 00:35, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I can't help you with that. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 01:38, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Did you save it as JPEG format? The standard saving on paint is BMP (bitmap). Go to "File" (in paint), "Save As" (still in paint), then go to the list under the filename and change it to ".JPG (JPEG)". That should fix it. Jorrel Fraajic 01:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * However, that doesn't work sometimes. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 03:07, 26 December 2006 (UTC)