XB-5 blaster rifle

The XB-5 blaster rifle was a light blaster designed by Parable Weapons as the first in a line of high-performance blaster rifles. Its design was based off of the XB-x prototype, which had been manufactured with exclusive rights to the Galactic Empire. Parable designed the XB-5 as a slightly different design that could be sold to the general public.

However, the Empire had different plans and placed extremely high tariffs on the weapon, so very few rifles were sold. Parable lost millions of credits on this endeavor to the Imperial restrictions. However, the weapon was just as good as the prototype, so many of the weapons were purchased on the black market by mercenaries and the like.