Blaster carbine/Legends

A blaster carbine was a shortened variant of an already existing weapon, traditionally blaster rifles.

Description
They offered distinct advantages from other weapons. First and foremost, they were generally shorter and lighter than their heavier cousins, and allowed for more capabilities especially in confined environments; they also had a faster rate of fire than a typical blaster rifle. In addition, carbines were often cheaper to produce than ordinary rifles. In exchange for these advantages however, they had a shorter range, less accuracy and less stopping power.

Usage
Despite these disadvantages, carbines were generally simpler and easier to use than rifles, and were therefore very popular with unskilled thugs or civilian owners looking for simplicity, ruggedness and ease of use. It was frequently used by nomads such as the Tusken Raider of Tatooine. Many a frontier homeowner had a carbine for home security. Owen Lars owned a blaster carbine at his homestead on Tatooine for defense against marauding Tusken Raiders. However, many people skilled in ranged weapons often preferred these weapons as well. It was often issued to walker assault team.

History
Perhaps the best-known example was Boba Fett's modified EE-3 Carbine Rifle. Rodian special forces were also known to prefer a N'Gant-Zarvel 9118 heavy carbine during their missions, despite its characteristic thud made when firing.

List of carbines
Merr-Sonn offered a number of carbines in their weapons catalog, including the C-22, BC7, SG-4, and an Underslung rotary blaster carbine.
 * Alliance Needler carbine
 * BC7 medium blaster carbine
 * Blackscale "Hall Sweeper" carbine
 * Bola carbine
 * Model C-22 flame carbine
 * CDEF carbine
 * Corestrike Rancor
 * Dart carbine
 * DC-15S blaster
 * DC-19 "Stealth" carbine
 * DH-17 carbine
 * DXR6 heavy carbine
 * E-11 carbine
 * E5 carbine
 * EE-3 carbine rifle
 * Elite carbine
 * Firestar 10-K
 * T-6 "Thunderer"
 * Geonosian carbine
 * Kalranoos carbine
 * Laser carbine
 * 9118 heavy carbine
 * Nym's slugthrower-carbine
 * Proton carbine
 * Retribution
 * Rilctur carbine
 * SFOR Republic carbine
 * SG-4 blaster carbine
 * WESTAR-35 blaster carbine
 * X1 carbine
 * Zabrak blaster carbine