Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-30051060-20160924171944/@comment-9075949-20160930183729

The New Order's scientists, most former Enclave scientists from the Midwest, were reverse-engineering the unusual rifle found in the Lewis-McChord base. They managed to discover that the rifles' unusual design, with the magazine being placed behind the trigger, permits a shorter overall weapon for a given barrel length. This maintains the advantages of a longer barrel in muzzle velocity and accuracy, while improving maneuverability and reducing weight. The scientists worked on the design, finally making a prototype rifle, which had a helical magazine behind the trigger, capable of holding up to 50 bullets, which the scientists called the 'bullpup' design. The rifles' spent 5.56mm casings were designed to eject downwards to prevent left-handed users from being hit by the shells in the face, as Von Vitte himself proposed, due to the fact that he was left-handed and found the ejected bullets irritating. Being held closer to the body, a bullpup causes less arm fatigue and allows faster reaction time from a lowered position, which was an improvement to the Assault Carbine, who's users oftentimes complained about it causing fatigue. The rifle was named the Variable Assault Multipurpose Sturmgewehr 307-New Order, or the VAMSTG-307-(NO), simply referred to as the Vamstag Rifle.

The other scientists were researching an improvement to the Cerberus Combat Gear, while a small group was researching Advanced Power Armour mk. II, also known as the X-02, and were modifying the sets of Power Armour to suit the New Order's needs.