[Ultra-Tech] Weapons and Equipment Branding

[Prince Charon]

Chekov Arms is known for one thing: reliability. They don't necessarily make the prettiest guns, or the most accurate, but if the weapon is not actively sabotaged, and there's no problem with the ammunition, their guns will fire, whether it's a laser pistol straight out of the box, or a flintlock that's been sitting on your mantlepiece for twenty years. In a purely mundane setting, that's all they're known for, though to many customers, that's enough.

In settings with any sort of spooky stuff (psi, chi, space magic, whatever), the company's weapons often seem touched by fate or destiny. When they're used, it will sometimes be important, as they become involved in events with historical or cultural weight to them, or at least that seem dramatically significant on an individual level...