Claridge Hi-Tec XR-20

The Claridge Hi-Tec XR-20 is a select-fire plasma rifle designed and developed by Claridge Hi-Tec Incorporated in the United States.

History
After the creation of their XA-20 plasma pistol, Claridge Hi-Tec Incorporated were sent orders on behalf of the US Government in order to create a standard issued plasma rifle for their troops. Without question, the company started working on the project right away. Eventually by the year 2020, they introduced the new Claridge Hi-Tec XR-20 assault rifle.

IXS Enterprise
By the time the IXS Enterprise was prepared for launch, the assault rifle was supplied in the supply caches the crew needed in order to remain alive and protected. Mostly military troops on their first mission were issued these weapons along with their XA-20 pistol as their sidearm.

Modifications
The XR-20 is designed to be modified and created into other weapons that pretain to either rifles of machine guns.
 *  XR-20S:  The XR-20S is the modification of the weapon that is based to be a semi-automatic sniper rifle. This mod also consists of a fixed foldable bipod that enables the shooter of the weapon to go prone. The weapon's multi-purpose scope is designed to be also an automatic targeting system. Once the barrel of the weapon is pointed at the enemy, the scope will emit a small beep that tells the shooter they're locked on target. The weapon is also designed to be both a suppressed and non-suppressed fire switchable weapon.