XB-x prototype blaster rifle

After the success of the XS-1550 sporting blaster rifle, Parable Weapons decided to attempt an advanced design of blaster rifle. The result was the XB-experimental prototype blaster rifle, or XB-x for short. The resulting weapon was a very powerful blaster rifle that was sold to the Galactic Empire on an exclusive contract. The company was paid well, as the quality of weapons was high, and Parable therefore honored its agreement and sold the weapons exclusively to the Empire and later the Imperial Remnant.

The XB-x provided a base for later blaster rifle design, and after the XB-x was proven successful, a free-distributive version, the XB-5 blaster rifle was designed. The XB-5 was not very successful due to heavy restrictions and high tarrifs placed on the weapon by the Imperial government, so a new weapon had to be designed and released completely separately from the XB-x project.