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Counter-Personnel Loiter Munition CPLM-7 'Patience'

The CPLM-7 is a fixed-wing loitering munition designed for extended area interdiction. Launched from a pneumatic tube canister or hand-thrown, it deploys a 1.4-meter carbon-composite delta wing and enters a silent, engine-off glide pattern over a designated kill zone, periodically reigniting its whisper-turbine to maintain altitude and orbit. The drone carries a shaped-charge warhead with a downward-facing fragmentation sleeve optimized for personnel targets rather than armor—a design choice that reflects its primary use case: denying movement through open urban terrain. It orbits silently at 80–120 meters, waiting.

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name

Counter-Personnel Loiter Munition CPLM-7 'Patience'

aliases

The Halo
Waiting Room
Lazy Eye
Circle Drone

category

drone

manufacturer

Blackwood Commercial Group

tier availability

Military only (licensed variant); Tier 5+ black market (autonomous mode unlocked)

legality

Prohibited for civilian use; Military Licensed — autonomous mode requires Theater Weapons Authorization

base technologies

Neural feedback loop target discrimination
Whisper-turbine low-acoustic propulsion
Downward-oriented shaped fragmentation charge

specifications

wingspan: 1.4 meters (deployed), 380mm (canister-stored, folded)
mass: 2.1 kg
warhead: Shaped charge with 180-degree downward fragmentation sleeve, lethal radius 8m, casualty radius 22m
loiter endurance: Up to 6.5 hours
operational altitude: 80–120 meters
acoustic signature: Less than 24 dB at operational altitude
target discrimination: Neural feedback loop, adaptive environmental baseline
confirmation window: 4 seconds (operator-confirm mode); 0 seconds (autonomous mode, restricted)
launch method: Pneumatic tube canister (standard) or hand-throw (emergency deployment)
self-destruct: Triggered on battery depletion or operator command; failsafe detonation if tampered

tactical use

Deployed to hold corridors, deny extraction routes, or protect static positions without committing personnel. Corporate logistics convoys operating in contested districts use CPLM-7 units to sanitize parallel approach routes during transit windows. Extraction teams plant them as rear-guard measures before breaching an objective, ensuring pursuit is interrupted. The 4-second confirmation window creates a tactical rhythm that experienced operators learn to exploit—engaging a target, forcing them into the kill zone, then confirming strike. Counter-measures include acoustic detection arrays, high-altitude EMP bursts, and the crude but effective tactic of triggering the drone's strike early using a thermal decoy.

cultural context

In the districts surrounding GLMZ's logistics spine—particularly the Overpass Corridor and the Dry Docks—the CPLM-7 has become associated with corporate territorial enforcement during labor disputes and unauthorized market activity. Several widely-documented incidents involving Patience units deployed over informal markets have made the drone a potent symbol of corporate violence against civilian economic life. The phrase 'patience is a weapon' has been adopted by labor organizer collectives as an ironic slogan, and stenciled silhouettes of the delta-wing profile appear frequently as graffiti in affected districts.

known users

ARCTURUS DEFENSE SOLUTIONS contracted security operations
GLMZ military garrison (authorized theater use)
High-tier corporate logistics protection details
Black-market arms brokers (autonomous-mode units, limited supply)
Insurgent cells operating in the Dry Docks (captured or purchased units)

story hooks

Three CPLM-7 units in autonomous mode have been deployed over a six-block residential area in the Overpass Corridor. No one knows who deployed them or why. The units are still active. Getting residents out means moving through the kill zones.
An ARCTURUS internal memo, leaked to a street journalist, reveals that a CPLM-7 deployment during the Dry Docks labor action was authorized by a mid-level logistics manager, not military command. The manager has since disappeared. The journalist needs protection.
A player character is offered a decommissioned CPLM-7—battery dead, warhead supposedly inert—as payment for a job. Subsequent inspection suggests the warhead is not inert. Someone is trying to get rid of it without handling it themselves.
A Patience unit has been loitering over a specific rooftop in the Kowloon Stack for 11 days without striking. The rooftop is empty. Someone is keeping it aloft deliberately. Why?

ammunition type

internal_power_system

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physical description

visual profile	A predatory delta-wing silhouette, sleek and purposeful. When deployed, the CPLM-7 resembles a scaled-down combat aircraft—all swept angles and minimal frontal profile. Folded in its canister, it appears as a compact cylindrical pod no larger than a thermos. The deployed wing geometry creates an impression of coiled tension: ready to orbit, ready to wait.
dimensions	Deployed wingspan: 1.4 meters (140 cm). Fuselage length: 42 cm. Canister-stored configuration: 380 mm length × 95 mm diameter. Warhead bay extends 8 cm below fuselage centerline.
weight description	Surprisingly light in hand—2.1 kg feels almost insubstantial for a weapon, lending it an eerie quality of invisible lethality. The weight distribution is forward-biased toward the warhead, creating a sense of deadly intention concentrated in the nose cone.
primary material	Carbon-composite airframe with reinforced polymer fuselage segments. Warhead casing: hardened steel. Turbine housing: titanium-alloy to contain acoustic dampening.
finish	Matte charcoal composite with light graphite accents. The warhead bay features a burnished gun-metal finish that contrasts against the darker airframe. Turbine intake vents have a dull anodized aluminum appearance, intentionally non-reflective.
color scheme	Charcoal black primary with gunmetal gray accents on warhead assembly and air-intake sections. Subtle dark teal striping along the trailing edges of the delta wing—Blackwood Commercial Group's signature colorway, barely visible unless backlit.
grip texture	Pneumatic canister: smooth, cold polymer with embossed grip ridges. When hand-thrown, the fuselage tail section features a rubberized friction-enhancement coating with subtle finger divots. Deliberately minimal texture to avoid snag during rapid deployment.
distinctive features	Shaped downward-facing warhead with visible fragmentation sleeve geometry—concentric ridges visible through translucent casing polymer Whisper-turbine intake: a fist-sized hexagonal aperture on the dorsal surface, barely audible even at idle Neural feedback sensor cluster: three discrete optical ports arranged in an asymmetric triangle on the nose cone, providing 270-degree target acquisition arc Deployment wing-lock mechanism: visible as a thin horizontal seam running the fuselage length, glints when light catches it Self-destruct charge indicator: a single red LED beneath the left wing root, invisible until armed Battery status marker: subtle thermal paint stripe along the tail boom, darkens as charge depletes
manufacturer markings	Blackwood Commercial Group embossed logo on the canister: a stylized gear-and-lightning motif, 2 cm wide, positioned on the upper-forward face. Military serial plate (scratched, usually obscured) mounted on the starboard fuselage near the turbine intake. Block designation 'CPLM-7' stenciled in white sans-serif on the canister's lower third.
condition typical	Field units typically show scuff marks on the nose cone from repeated hand-launches and canister contact. Accumulated dust and polymeric polymer microfractures common after 3–4 operational sorties. Well-maintained military units display minimal wear; black-market variants often show field repairs, re-welded turbine housings, or mismatched composite patches.

image prompt

Product photograph of the CPLM-7 'Patience' loitering munition: deployed configuration suspended in mid-air against a black background, delta-wing extended at full 1.4-meter span. Dramatic side-lighting (tungsten and deep blue accent) emphasizes the carbon-composite texture and the sinister downward-facing warhead geometry. Secondary angle: pneumatic canister positioned below, showing the folded-wing profile and embossed Blackwood logo catching light. Emphasize the weaponized precision engineering, the neural feedback sensor cluster as cold optical points, and the lethal grace of its waiting silhouette. Neo-noir military aesthetic, clean studio environment with metallic surfaces. Include subtle thermal imaging artifact on one wing edge to suggest operational readiness. --ar 3:2 --v 6

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