"Master Engineer Volker von Meinkopt found inspiration watching students reloading at the Imperial Gunnery School. He had a revelation: more barrels = more shots = more lethality. He soon produced the first repeating handgun, ‘Von Meinkopt’s Whirling Cavalcade of Death’, and pistol, ‘Von Meinkopt’s Micro-mainspring of Multitudinous Precipitation of Pernicious Lead’. Not content to rest on those laurels, he then created the enormous nine-barrelled cannon, the Helblaster Volley Gun, which is utterly lethal to enemies and, all too often, its crew."
- —Great Engineers of the Empire, Lady Theodora Holzenauer, Engineer and Journalist[6a]
Volker von Meinkopt was a deranged[3b][4b] Master Engineer of the Empire.[6a]
History[]
According to Lady Theodora Holzenauer, Volker von Meinkopt first came up with the concept for the Repeater Handgun while watching students reloading at the Imperial Gunnery School, realizing that a multibarrelled handgun would shoot more bullets, and thus would be more lethal on the field of battle.[6a] His work was characterized by both his ingenuity and his utter incompetence when it came to naming his works.[5]
He worked on the development of several repeating guns (Repeater Handgun, Repeater Pistol, and Helblaster Volley Cannons being the most famous types[6a]) until a lamentable workshop explosion, which may have ushered him into Morr's embrace.[5]
List of known inventions[]
- Von Meinkopt's Single-Shooter (Handgun) - An early prototype for the Repeater Handgun, this weapon showcased both von Meinkopt's famed ingenuity, and his utter incompetence when it came to naming his works.[5]
- Von Meinkopt's Whirling Cavalcade of Death (Repeater Handgun).[1a][2b][3a][4a]
- Von Meinkopt's Micro-mainspring of Multitudinous Precipitation of Pernicious Lead (Repeater Pistol).[2b][3a]
- Macro-mainspring of Multudinous Precipitation of Pernicious Lead (Helblaster Volley Cannon).[2a][3b][4b]
- Von Meinkopt's Whirligig of Death - Von Meinkopt's own Repeater Handgun. Its ostentatious name is perhaps a nod to von Meinkopt's acceptance that previous naming attempts had lacked a certain... flare.[5]