Thanks alot to cravitus for helping me write the whole thing

Rubykov

Antiquated, ineffective, inadequate - by Federation standards, the Rubykov can be considered many things. Simple, cheap, and small, the Rubykov is in many ways a relic of the Great Wars, boasting the capacity of the Holdt classic with cartridges a century out of date. Yet, like the 'Cult of Holdt', the Rubykov has a following all it's own. The 9x18mm Rubykov is ubiquitous pre-Union surplus, an affordable staple of any black market, and has gained a reputation for concealment and reliability. As a pocket-pistol, it is the Magpie's first and best friend.

STARPAT '95

An open-bolt pipe of sheet metal and wooden furnishings, the STARPAT '95 is a cynical Great War answer to typical modern complexity. To some GLF gunsmiths, there is no need for fancy locking mechanisms, for finely shaped handguards, or meticulously trimmed optics - and their ancestors had understood this a century before. The '95 forgoes many modern luxuries to present a war-proven design that is both cheap and easy to manufacture with one outstanding modernization: compatibility with looted Keller magazines.

RK-47

Of no relation to the Repetion, Karabiner 5 of the Federation, the RK-47 is the progenitor of the RK-44, and needs almost no introduction. As much a symbol of the pre-Union nations as it is the Magpies, most have evolved into Raven RK-44s through programs of modernization, whereas most 'true' forty-sevens - typically in the hands of the Front - are either surplus, or, more infamously, were stolen from various armories, factories, and shipments during modernization and retirement. Hence, it's not uncommon to see a Magpie coming at you with a stolen skeleton of a rifle.

Draco M.52

Over half a century post-inception, the Draco M.52 exists in a world of intermediate rifle cartridges with the express purpose to put full-power 19th century rifle rounds on target. Long in the tooth, long in the round, the Draco is a cousin of the '47, and a comparatively rare one at that. Hard as it is to compete with production runs in the millions, the M.52 is prized by sharpshooters of the Front and is synonymous with the insurgent snipers of the Magpies.

Moies NA/15

As old as the cartridge it fires, the Moies-NA predates the Great Wars - the NA/15 being a wartime optimization - and to this day has a habit of relegating unlucky targets to the past tense. It is said that amongst the sniper-cabals of the GLF that the rifle of choice for any initiate is the NA/15, as it instills a certain discipline. Being a bolt action, the Moies is as solid, consistent, and dependable as it is a horsekick to shoot, and many Magpie marksmen can tell many a story about their bruised shoulders. They could also tell you a few tricks to check and see if the barrel's still good - for as solid as a good Moies-NA is, there are easily a dozen burnt-out guns that can't hit the broadside of an Eagle.

RpB.7

At times translated roughly as 'anti-armor rocket rifle', the Raketenpanzerbuesche-7 occupies a surprisingly comfortable and robust middle ground - especially, some would say, compared to the 'Krud' Tomahawk or one-shot wonders like the ATD-80. A union of the comparative light weight of rocket systems with the power offered by larger-bore recoilless guns, where the Tomahawk is big, bulky, and typically a breech-loaded crew-serviced backbreaking machine, Magpie rocketeers enjoy a flexible one-man operation. GLF forces reportedly even boast archer-like rocket quarrels, and while they may have half the effective range of a KRUL, a Front ambush can more than make up for it in volume of rocketfire.

BRAL

Forerunner of the SAW, the BRAL is an intermediate cartridge machinegun that hails from the closing years of the Great Wars, and in the clutches of eager Magpies, one intent on tearing 'em a new one. Boasting rather forward features for the time, such as a quick-change barrel and carry handle system, it would see little more than a decade of production during the dawn of the nuclear age before a successor would replace it amongst most pre-Union nations. Like the RK-47, however, many would drift from retirement into kleptomaniacal Magpie hands.

Ymir

A 19th century classic, the lever-action Ymir pattern is a storied line of weapons common within the families of GLF members. It is not unheard of for some specimens to have been handed down through a family, serving as a dependable friend of many a hunter, and many a rancher. Nor is it uncommon, these days, for the rangers and scouts of the Front to train their sights on men. While not as powerful, capable, capacious, perhaps, as an NA/15 or an RK, the Ymir is a highly regarded weapon of men to many agents of the Front - and to certain magpies, shiny trophies.

SPE.ZA.

Nicknamed 'Shiza' by the lucky few who operate them, the SPE.ZA. is revered by GLF gunsmiths for it's power, considered a hunter of great prey and a trophy of a weapon. A great war era anti-tank rifle, the SPE.ZA. is big, heavy, a pain to lug around - and will put a man down, regardless of his colors, and regardless of his armor. Sometimes, regardless of his vehicle, as well. The Shiza's operators are sometimes known as headhunters, and have claimed their share of supposedly well-protected officials.

Taro

One of the first so-called wonder-nines, the Taro had achieved great success in the 70s and 80s among Police and Military forces, particularly with the Federation and disrupting the hold of the 'Cult of Holdt' as sidearm of choice. While later usurped by the Klauk as Eagle standard, the Taro continues to serve Accord Agents faithfully as a steel-framed, high-capacity fallback. Where the Cult of Holdt lauds perfection and stopping power, where Klauk works practically and Rubykovs lurk in the shadows, the Taro serves open and proud. Maybe because it's not very compact.

Falil

For the discerning operator of rifles and carbines, there is no discrediting the robust allure of the RK-47. Reliable, incredibly so, capable of burning to cinders as you dump magazine after magazine through it, compatible with tried-and-true rituals of percussive maintenance - for a nascent coalition seeking dependable weaponry, there was only one thing in the way - the kind of bullet it fires. The Falil answers this logistics issue by standardizing most components, and marrying them predominantly to 5.56 and 7.62 internals. Ironically, the Kestrel Falil grows inflexible by the year - especially when compared to the tactical rail-covered affairs of the Union and Federation.

KRUL Tomahawk M/50

A fat stripped piece of Federation surplus, the Tomahawk is still big, heavy, and bulky - and it may just be from the first production runs.

Union SP

A descendant of the Great Wars, the Union Special is what some may call an affront to firearms preservation. What once was the bolt-action service rifle of old has turned black, grown a pistol grip, and a detachable box magazine. Mutating into a marksman's weapon, the Union itself has long since moved on to designs that were born modern to begin with. Kestrel scout-snipers, on the other hand, can't complain. It's comfortable, shoots straight, and hits hard - and they don't need special rituals to check if the barrel's any good still.

AME-3

Heavier and hardier than her 5.56 sister, the AME-3 is closer to their forerunners and deals out full-power rifle-grade hate rather than the intermediate cartridge often found within Federation squads. Less of a SAW and more of a GPMG, Kestrels are known to forgo the ammunition boxes at times in favor of simply feeding the belts from their shoulders, though the high-power rounds used are believed to hinder tactical flexibility. While the AME-3 hits harder, goes farther than her Eagle sister, they also cannot be fed the same ammo used in the rest of the a given squad, affecting Accord infantry on a doctrinal level.

Baker 1898

A shotgun most infamous for trench-sweeps in the Great Wars, many have drifted into Kestrel armories and remain a now polymer-furnitured classic. While slower to operate than comparable automatics, it remains a light and flexible tool for both LEO and military specialists alike. From buckshot to slugs to beanbags and gas, the Baker has blasted it all, and the racking of the pump remains music to Kestrel ears.

Keller-9

A 9-millimeter rechamber of the .45 classic, the Keller-9 boasts an extendable stock as standard, and is favored for all the reasons the .45 was - and in particular, for the portability and capacity it gains in the form of a nine-mil. It can often be found not just in service with SWAT units, but security details and vehicle crews performing a PDW role. Not quite as effective, perhaps, as Federation or Union PDWs - but nothing beats a good machinegun, no matter what it fires.

Z0RG 20mm

A Kestrel operative once had a vision. He gazed out at a technical tide, roaring towards him - and through a scope, blasted them into silence, one by one. Crude assortments of steel and horsepower were stonewalled by a thundercrack of fury - and he remembers two words. 'Praise Zorg.' Thus came the Zorg 20-millimeter - an antimaterial rifle of greater heft than any before it, of absurd scale, absurd power, capable of obliterating an engine block and the filthy Magpies hiding behind it - capable of piercing immense armor, violating wartime conventions on what is legal to shoot people with, and of being used under the excuse that it was meant primarily for EOD. The Zorg is, in part due to import/export laws restricting the sale of antimaterial weaponry to the Accord, the Kestrel solution to material problems. Praise Zorg.

Garret EMR

Cast into the armories of the Kestrels beside the very rifle it had once fought against, the Garrett EMR, in similar fashion to the Union SP, has also been modernized and sees use as an EMR - an enhanced marksman rifle. One of the more tactical models within the Accord arsenal, the Garrett's polymer-furnished evolution arguably went better than the Union's, making a more natural leap to detachable magazines, pistol grips, and adjustable stocks while also boasting a number of rail mounts. There are even some marksmen within the Federation who express an admiration for what is a proven and reliable battle rifle, archaic as the Garrett is.

Taromatik

An unnecessary excess to some, a logical progression to others, and little more than a Taro with the trigger bar ground down to a select number of gunsmiths, the Taromatik is quite straightforward. Be it a true select-fire bursting original, or the cheap full-auto 'upgrades' sharing the same designation, the Taromatik is capable of putting volume of fire down in ways that the Cult of Holdt can do nothing but seethe and dream about - save for clunky, oversized magazines. While the Klauk has contested even the high-volume niche of the Taromatik, the Taromatik is actually considered more practical in certain regards - not least being controllability and affordability. The extended ported barrel has a significant part in combating muzzle flip, the optional stock offering a logical means of stabilization, and as for cost - well. It's simply cheaper to sand down the trigger bar than it is to design and integrate a whole new select-fire control system.

Of course, the loss of semi-auto is lamentable - but if you wanted single-shot, you would have just gotten a plain, old Taro.

Leleyat-9mm

Where some veteran Union gunsmiths would morn the butchering of good RK parts, others have naught but glee when they look at the Leleyat. Hailing from experiments of a similar mentality to the Falil, where Accord agents were concerned with rifle rounds, the Front's resident tinkering magpies were more interested in pistol cartridges. Concerned more, perhaps, with whether they could rather than if they should, the Leleyat is among what some would begrudgingly call the more attractive members of the RK pistol family. Frequently boasting cut-down sidefolding stocks akin to those of the RK-74, what is relatively a low bore axis, and a good length of recoil spring, the Leleyat is in mass and format quite a stable platform for what most call a machine pistol.

Reliable, if slow, it is often fed by extended pistol magazines, most patterns of Leleyat are in 9mm, perhaps because their users are Holdtless heathens, because .45 just isn't all that, or because magpies don't often find extended mags in forty-five. Unfortunately for their users, the more visually appealing Leleyats are simply incompatible with Keller magazines - which is where the STARPAT '95 continues to shine.