Weapons listing and description

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By Garrant's request. N3B, or any other Moderator, feel free to drop this in the archive.

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PISTOLS
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Falcon 2
8 round clip
Equipped with a laser sight as standard
Capable of mounting a silencer, 2X scope, or both

A basic pistol, with light power, but nearly perfect accuracy, which is only enhanced by the built-in "red-dot" laser sight. Manufactured by the Carrington Institute. The industry standard, so much so that even dataDyne soldiers, ever the bitter rivals of the CI, usually carry one as a sidearm.

Magsec 4
9 round clip
Equipped with a 2.5X scope as standard
Secondary function: 3 round burst

A heavy pistol manufactured by Chesluk Industries, a minor player in the weaponry business. The preference of security forces and thugs globally. A hit from this pistol packs significantly more punch than one from a Falcon 2, but the weapon is woefully inaccurate. Secondary fire is a 3 round burst mode, which can easily down a target at close range, but suffers from even worse accuracy than the standard fire.

DY-357 Magnum
6 round clip
Capable of being used with a speedloader

An extremely powerful revolver, manufactured by dataDyne. This weapon has incredible accuracy, even over long distances, and is fully capable of killing with a single shot. In fact, bullets from this weapon are capable of penetrating an inch of steel and still retaining quite a bit of lethality. However, it is slow to fire, slow to reload, and has very high recoil. Reloading is also very slow, though can be reduced through use of a speedloader, so that all six bullets can be reloaded at once, instead of one at a time.

DY-357 LX
6 round clip
Capable of being used with a speedloader

The creme-de-la-creme of dataDyne's pistols. The LX (as it's commonly called) is a gold-plated magnum, refitted to fire specially designed bullets. The combination of these special bullets, and the increased muzzle velocity of the weapon itself, ensure that every shot is lethal. However, the weapon exaggerates the deficiencies of its mundane counterpart: it is even slower to fire, has even greater recoil, and is just as slow to reload. This weapon is also designed to use speedloaders, but due to the special nature of the ammunition, most users tend to load the weapon one bullet at a time. LXes are custom made by dataDyne, and only for their best customers, and so tend to be difficult to acquire.

Phoenix
8 round clip
Secondary function: Explosive shells

An alien weapon, created by the Maians. The Phoenix is the standard sidearm of Maian warriors. Many humans also use these, due to their high power and fire rate. The primary fire is fairly accurate, and has power and rate of fire comparable to a Falcon 2. The secondary mode fires explosive shells, which have extremely high power for a weapon of its size, despite the fact that the explosion tends to be only the size of a human fist. However, in order to compensate for the increased heat dissipation, explosive shells are fired at half normal rate.

Mauler
20 round clip
Secondary function: Charge-up shot

The Mauler is also of alien origin, created by the Skedar. It is a brutal weapon, with a very large clip. The primary fire is somewhat inaccurate, but carries even more power than the Magsec 4. The weapon also fires much faster than any of the other available pistols, and can be used in a slow "full-auto" mode by holding down the trigger. Secondary fire is far more lethal, exchanging high rate of fire for the ability to fire vastly more powerful blasts. The weapon charges itself up to create this blast, consuming up to 5 rounds (or whatever remains in the clip) to create. This is stored inside powerful capacitors inside the weapon until it is fired. A charged blast is nearly always lethal to a human (or even Skedar) target. A failsafe will discharge the weapon if it is reloaded while charged to avoid harm to the user.

PP9i
7 round clip
Capable of mounting a silencer

An updated version of the classic PP7 from the late 1990's. A small pistol, comparable in both power and accuracy to the Falcon 2.

CC13
8 round clip

A heavy pistol, also updated from the 1990's. Its power is comparable to the Magsec 4, though the accuracy is slightly better.

Ammo compatibility:
Falcon 2 - Magsec 4 - Phoenix - Mauler - PP9i - CC13
DY-357 - DY-357 LX

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SUB-MACHINE GUNS
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CMP150
32 round clip
Secondary function: Target lock-on

The CMP150 is a robust and reliable SMG made by dataDyne. It boasts a 32 round magazine, longer than most assault rifles, and rather high accuracy for full-auto fire. The weapon can churn out bullets at a fairly high rate, however, it only does damage with a single round comparable to a Falcon 2. However, it is the secondary fire mode that makes this weapon stand out. The target lock-on function allows the CMP150 to interface with other targetting gear, and is able to pick out and identify up to 16 individual targets. Coupled with the user's aim, a computerized barrel system with slight rotational capability allows the firer to hit targets with unerring accuracy, within the tolerances of the weapon.

Cyclone
50 round clip
Secondary function: Magazine discharge

The Cyclone is another Chesluk Industries mainstay, favored by security forces. The main reason Chesluk is still in business is because of their long-standing exclusive contract with the Secret Service to produce these weapons for presidential security. The weapon itself is rather awkward looking, but ergonomically designed for one-handed use. It has many state of the art features, some of which have proven more useful than others. A top mounted ammunition feed does not use clips in the conventional sense; instead, it passes a 50 round cartridge through the feed, extracting bullets using a motorized mechanism, until the weapon's capacity has been reached. This system is innovative, but tends to cause an inordinate number of jams if the weapon is not maintained to the highest standards. The weapon itself has minimal recoil due to a gyro-stabilized barrel. However, it also has poor accuracy and power, making it most useful as a supression weapon. The secondary function discharges the entire remaining magazine at 2000 rounds per minute, making the cyclone the fastest firing weapon in common use. However, the increased recoil and heat retention cause the accuracy to become extremely poor, and repeated use of this function without cooldown can result in catastrophic internal failures.

Laptop Gun
50 round clip
Equipped with 2X scope as standard
Secondary function: Deploy sentry turret

A unique piece of covert hardware from the Carrington Institute, the Laptop Gun is a shapechanging SMG. When in covert mode, it can mimic a laptop computer fairly convincingly, though a close inspection will reveal its deception. When unfolded into weapon mode (the weapon cannot fire in covert mode), it is a powerful, accurate, and fully automatic gun that can spit out over 1000 rounds per minute. The weapon can also be converted into sentry mode, which converts it into an automated turret that can be magnetically or adhesively attached to most surfaces. When in sentry mode, the weapon has a 200 round capacity, but cannot be reloaded unless it is folded back into weapon mode. The laptop sentry has a sophisticated IFF system on board, and will automatically fire at hostile targets using its computerized targetting system.

RC-P120
120 round clip
Secondary function: Cloaking device

An extremely advanced SMG manufactured in small numbers by the Carrington Institute. This weapon boasts the largest magazine size of any conventional weapon in common use. It has very good power and accuracy as well. It's secondary function allows the user to cloak themselves, in much the same manner as a Skedar Cloaking Device. The cloaking field consumes the propellant for the bullets, discarding the spent shells from the side of the weapon, but as long as it is active, the user is virtually invisible, save for a slight distortion around themselves. This cloaking field is only disrupted when the weapon is fired.

Callisto NTG
32 round clip
Secondary function: High impact shells

The Callisto is another weapon created by the Maians. In primary mode, it has power, accuracy, and rate of fire rivalling the Laptop Gun, but is limited by its relatively small clip. Secondary mode lowers the rate of fire significantly to compensate for increased heat and structural integrity demands, but the high impact shells are far more powerful. These shells can easily pass through several inches of stone or tempered steel, and still remain capable of killing targets quickly.

KLO1313
20 round clip

An old weapon, continually updated from the days of Soviet Russia. This weapon is compact and easily concealable, and comes equipped with a fold out stock to steady the users aim. However, the gun has a pitiful rate of fire compared to more modern SMGs, has such atrocious accuracy that even with the stock deployed, it tends to only hit 20% at 100 feet, and inflicts laughable damage on its target when it does hit. The only reasons this weapon stays in use today are due to its incredibly cheap manufacturing costs, and ease of maintenance.

ZZT 9mm
32 round clip

A distinctive looking SMG with a long, center mounted clip. It can maintain accuracy and a rate of fire comparable to a CMP150, and has higher power to boot. A classic from the 1990's, continually updated to the present.

DMC
30 round clip
Capable of mounting a silencer

The covert operative's and assassin's weapon of choice. The DMC dates back to the late 1990's, but still holds its own among more modern weapons. Its rate of fire is slightly less than a ZZT or CMP150, but its power and accuracy surpass both weapons. In addition, it remains the only SMG capable of mounting a silencer.

RC-P45
80 round clip

The RC-P45 is a compact, yet surprisingly effective SMG. The original model dates back to the 1990's, but the weapon has hardly been changed over the intervening years. The rate of fire on this gun surpasses the Laptop Gun, while still maintaining the same power and accuracy. The large magazine size also give the weapon a great deal of staying power over more recently developed guns.

Ammo compatability:
All of these may share ammunition

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RIFLES
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AR34
30 round clip
Equipped with a 3X scope as standard

A basic assault rifle manufactured by the Carrington Institute. It is durable and easy to maintain, even for agents in the field with few supplies. The weapon packs a significant punch, and has a fairly high rate of fire. However, it suffers from abnormally high recoil, likely because of the bullpup design. This makes the weapon highly inaccurate unless properly braced, as well as difficult to reload quickly. When braced, however, the accuracy improves markedly.

Dragon
30 round clip
Equipped with a 2X scope as standard
Secondary function: Proximity detonation

A general purpose assault rifle with a nasty built-in surprise, manufactured by dataDyne. Originally created as a concept design for a US Army contract, it was not adopted by the military, but is in common use among dataDyne's more heavily armed personnel. The rifle has a rate of fire similar to the AR34. Its accuracy is somewhat better when fired normally, most likely due to the greater weight of the weapon, but the power is somewhat less than its Institute counterpart. The most unusual aspect of the Dragon is the built in trap. Inside the forward grip on the rifle barrel is a proximity explosive, nearly identical to the type used in the Carrington Institute's Proximity Mines. The user activates this mine using a trigger on the side of the barrel, and then throws the weapon away. The mine activates after a 5 second delay, and then will detonate whenever it senses motion within a 5 foot radius.

Superdragon
30 round clip
6 round clip for grenades
Equipped with a 2X scope as standard

An updated version of the Dragon, designed by dataDyne for squad level support. This rifle was also designed for the US Army, and unlike the Dragon, was quickly awarded a production contract. It is similar to the Dragon in design and construction, but replaces the proximity mine of the Dragon with an underbarrel grenade launcher. This makes the rifle incredibly versatile and useful for many situations.

K7 Avenger
25 round clip
Equipped with a 3X scope, flash supressor, and threat detector as standard

The K7 Avenger is a high-tech rifle designed and manufactured by dataDyne, with the aid of Skedar technology. The rifle has a much higher rate of fire than any comparable models, and packs just as much punch as an AR34. The accuracy is also very good for a fully automatic weapon, and when combined with the scope's features, makes the weapon suitable for limited sniping. The scope is a high resolution digital display with a built in threat detector, which picks out numerous inanimate threats on the display, including timed, proximity, and remote explosives, as well as autoguns. The only drawback to the weapon is the relatively small clip size, which when coupled with the high rate of fire, leaves the magazine expended very quickly. When coupled with the clumsy reloading of the bullpup design, this can be a definite drawback in a firefight.

Sniper Rifle
8 round clip
Equipped with a 30X scope and silencer as standard

A finely balanced sniper rifle built to the highest tolerances by the Carrington Institute. Any aim error when using this rifle is entirely the fault of the user. It can only be used to fire single shots, though is semi-automatic. The high powered rifle rounds can easily down a man with little effort. All in all, an excellent sniper rifle.

Farsight XR-20
8 round clip
Equipped with X-ray scope with target locator as standard

A mysterious weapon of Maian origin, the guiding principles behind the functioning of this weapon remain unknown despite a great deal of study. The weapon fires bolts of energy with incredible power, easily enough to pierce many feet of steel, yards of concrete, and far more power than is necessary to kill any known humanoid race, even the toughest specimens of those races. The rate of fire is very slow, as there appears to be an internal recharge between shots. The shot accuracy is unmatched, and the X-ray scope and target locator allow the wielder to quickly draw a bead on a target, even if there are many obstacles between them. However, the target locator has its limitations, and cannot track targets moving faster than a jog effectively. Overall, a grossly powerful sniper rifle best suited to taking targets unawares over long distances.

KF7 Special
30 round clip
Equipped with a 2X scope as standard

A weapon whose original design dates back to Soviet Russia. It has been updated only slightly, and is still a low cost, reliable alternative to more modern rifles. It can fire 3 round bursts or on full auto as the user desires, and has accuracy and power comparable to the Dragon. The main drawback to the weapon is its fairly slow rate of fire.

AR53
30 round clip
Equipped with a 3X scope as standard

Another weapon dating back to the 1990's, which easily gives more modern rifles a run for their money. Though simple to maintain, the AR53 is a masterpiece of weapons design, boasting power and accuracy similar to the K7 avenger. The armor-piercing ammunition commonly used with this rifle has the added effect of being able to pierce several inches of steel and still remain lethal to a target. Like the KF7, it can be used to fire 3 round bursts or on full auto, but suffers from the same slow rate of fire as the KF7 as well.

Ammo compatability:
AR34 - Dragon - Superdragon - K7 - Sniper Rifle - KF7 - AR53
Superdragon (Grenade Launcher) - Devastator
The Farsight XR-20 uses unique ammunition not compatable with any other weapon

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EXPLOSIVE LAUNCHERS
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Devastator
8 round clip
Secondary function: Wall-hugger grendaes

An otherwise standard grenade launcher with an interesting secondary fire mode, the Devastator is one of two heavy support weapons sold by dataDyne. It is able to fire grenade rounds quickly and with quite good accuracy after accounting for gravity. The secondary mode fires a specially adapted "wall-hugger" round, which is simply a normal grendae round with a special attachment. The attachment is a small plate, one side of which is hooked onto the end of a grenade round, and the other side having a magnetic/adhesive surface similar to any of the "sticky" mines. These plates are loaded like ammunition into a separate compartment in the rear of the launcher, and attched to the grenade round during firing. Each "clip" of these plates carries 200 of the devices, meaning the need to reload them is nearly nonexistent. When a grendae is fired in wall- hugger mode, it attaches to the first surface it contacts. After a 3 second delay, a small mechanism in the plate activates the grenade's impact fuse, and ejects the grenade round from the plate. It is a unique way to hit areas normally inaccessable to standard grenade rounds.

Rocket Launcher
Single round loading
Secondary function: Tracking rockets

The Rocket Launcher is dataDyne's other heavy support offering, and is an excellent piece of hardware. In primary mode, it fires "dumbfire" rockets with an impact warhead. Secondary mode adds a target lock-on feature similar to the CMP150, but only able to track a single target at a time. The rockets contain a small onboard tracking system which allows them to home in on the allotted target, however, they fly at very low velocity, and tend to be easy to dodge. The targetting system is also rather simple, and will try to fly the most direct route to the designated target, and thus will not account for obstacles in its path. Each rocket contains roughly 60 seconds worth of propellant.

Slayer
Single round loading
Secondary function: Fly-by-wire rockets

The Slayer is a Skedar built rocket launcher, and in primary fire mode, functions nearly identically to its dataDyne made counterpart. However, in a testament to both the Skedar love of warfare and efficiency, it includes a secondary fly-by-wire mode, allowing the wielder to pilot the rocket by remote control. These controls are sophistcated enough to allow complete movement in 3 dimensions, and even include an air brake for speed control. Slayer rockets, like the standard type, contain roughly 60 seconds worth of fuel.

Ammo compatability:
Devastator - Superdragon (Grenade Launcher)
Rocket Launcher - Slayer

Note to moderators/other posters: I would like it if these all came from a single source. I realize this is "FAQ like", but it should probably be fairly uniform in appearance and style. If you disagree, that's fine, and tell me so. Sorry Merlin.

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HAND HELD EXPLOSIVES
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Hand Grenade
Secondary function: Proximity pinball

An update of the eternal fragmentation grenade, created by the Carrington Institute. The grenade normally detonates after a fixed 4 second timer, allowing the thrower ample time to take cover from the blast. The secondary function is somewhat more unique, and can be dangerous to friend and foe alike, even in the hands of a trained user. Proximity pinball mode sets the grenade to a proximity fuse, rather than the standard timer. This fuse will activate after a 3 second delay. This fire mode also activates small propellant packs studding the outside of the grenade, which normally simply add to the fragmentation in primary mode. These packs are designed to rupture when they contact an object, sending the grenade spinning off wildly in a new direction. The "smart" proximity fuse is able to sense the motion of the grenade itself, and will only detonate if is comes near a foreign moving object.

Timed Mine
Secondary function: Threat detector

A "sticky" mine designed by the Carrington Institute, the timed mine operates on a 4 second detonation timer as the name implies. The bottom surface of the mine has a magnetic/adhesive surface, similar to the Laptop Gun. The top surface has a small display, which can function as a threat detector exactly like the one mounted in the scope on the K7 Avenger. Users are advised that when the threat detection mode is active, the explosive is disarmed, and so threat detection must be deactivated in order for the mine to explode.

Proximity Mine
Secondary function: Threat detector

A "sticky" mine designed by the Carrington Institute, the proximity mine operates on a motion detection fuse as the name implies. The bottom surface of the mine has a magnetic/adhesive surface, similar to the Laptop Gun. The top surface has a small display, which can function as a threat detector exactly like the one mounted in the scope on the K7 Avenger. Users are advised that when the threat detection mode is active, the explosive is disarmed, and so threat detection must be deactivated in order for the mine to explode.

Remote Mine

A "sticky" mine designed by the Carrington Institute, the remote mine is detonated using a remote trigger as the name implies. The bottom surface of the mine has a magnetic/adhesive surface, similar to the Laptop Gun. The remote mine is unique, as the receiver in the explosive takes up enough internal space that a threat detector cannot be mounted. Users should also take note that a detonation signal at a particular frequency is non-specific, so any mines operating on that frequency which receive the detonation command will explode.

N-Bomb

A very unusual weapon developed by the Carrington Institute, with the aid of Maian engineers and scientists. The N-Bomb is designed to minimize collateral damage, while still harming living organisms. The weapon can be set to two fuse types: Impact detonation or Proximity detonation. When exploding, it produces a characteristic booming noise and black spherical blast radius. Any living thing caught withing the radius becomes disoriented as the neutron radiation damages their nervous system. It takes nearly 15 seconds of continuous exposure to this radiation to actually kill a target, but sedation is nearly instantaneous, and unconciousness occurs soon after. The radiation emitted by the explosion is so intense that even if they are not caught directly inside the blast, a target's vision is "blacked out" for the duration of the explosion, and their surroundings appear shrouded in almost complete darkness, with only the most intense light showing through.

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OTHER WEAPONS
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This category contains weapons that do not fit neatly into any other category. Please note that every weapon in this section uses ammunition unique to itself.

Shotgun
9 round "clip"

This is an enhanced 12 gauge shotgun, manufactured by dataDyne primarily for security forces. It is mainly designed to be cheap to maufacture, easy to maintain, and dependable to use, though dataDyne does include a number of "extras" in the weapon functionality. As with most shotguns, it fires shells designed to "scatter" after leaving the barrel, and as such, accuracy for this weapon is almost completely random past point-blank range. The weapon is designed mainly around a standard pump-action mechanism, though dataDyne has modified this to allow the gun to fire twice very quickly. This is known as "double-shot" mode, and is accomplished by "half-loading" a shell into the breach. After the pumped shell leaves the barrel, this "half-loaded" shell (which in actuality is only very close to the breach) is pulled into the breach by vacuum created by the weapon cocking to fire again. This function only extends as far as 2 shots, as extending this ability any further almost inevitably results in catastrophic weapon jams and explosions. Another unfortunate drawback to the Shotgun is that it does not use clip loading, and thus shells must be inserted one at a time, making reloading the weapon incredibly time-consuming.

Reaper
200 round clip

A menacing-looking triple barreled support weapon created by the Skedar. The barrels are mounted around a center pin, in much the same manner as a gatling gun, and must spin up to speed in order for the weapon to reach its full rate of fire, which exceeds the ROF of every other weapon save the Cyclone. Unfortunately, this weapon can only truly be used to its full potential by a bio-suited Skedar warrior, as the recoil is extreme to the point of uncontrollable for a smaller wielder. In the hands of a human, the Reaper really becomes nothing more than an intimidating looking supression weapon, though the bullets do pack quite a punch when they do manage to find a target. To enhance the menacing look and reputation of the weapon, the Skedar mount large blades on each barrel, and as such can use the weapon in close combat, often with greusome results if the barrels are spinning.

Tranquilizer
8 round clip

A small medical instrument used to sedate patients or administer drugs. The "weapon" fires hypodermic darts, most often carrying powerful sedatives, a short distance. The device can also be set to injection mode, allowing up to 4 hypodermics to be discharged simultaneously. This mode requires direct contact with the injection port on the front of the instrument. When taking the normal sedative load into account, simultaneously injecting 4 needles into a human being will almost certainly stop their heart, resulting in a quick death.

Psychosis Gun
8 round clip

A variant of the Tranquilizer, with the contact injection function removed. These are normally used to carry darts filled with psychosis serum, a drug jointly developed in the Area 51 laboratories by the dataDyne bioweapons division and certain rogue elements within the US government. The serum is designed to warp the victim's mind, leaving them incapable of higher reasoning and completely open to suggestion. This is most commonly used for interrogation, though a foe injected with psychosis serum will become an unwitting ally. Many of the effects of the serum remained unstudied after the project was terminated, but the serum remains available on the black market in extremely limited quantities, and commands an astronomical price.

Crossbow
5 round "clip"

A compact, foldable arm-mounted Crossbow, designed for covert operations by the Carrington Institute. It fires small bolts designed more to deliver sedatives or poisons from one of the two built in reservoirs than to mortally wound. It can fire bolts without using either reservoir, but these inflict very minor damage, and tend to annoy targets more than harm them. Normally, one reservoir is set up to use sedative similar to that used in the Tranquilizer, and the other uses a powerful poison designed to kill with the slightest wound. These can be selected using a sliding mechanism on top of the Crossbow. The weapon itself is designed to silently deliver these agents over moderate distances. Unfortunately, bolts must be individually loaded into the front of the weapon, making the weapon impractical in a firefight.

Laser
Infinite ammo

A wrist mounted laser gun designed by the Carrington Institute. It runs off of solar energy using the collector atop the weapon. So long as it is exposed to bright light for several hours before use, and exposed to light during use, the weapon can function almost indefinitely without recharging. This will vary based on intensity and length of light exposure, but holds true during field testing. The beam can be focused in two different ways. The first allows the gun to fire a beam a moderate distance with excellent accuracy, but inflicting only light damage. The other focusing method creates a short range cutting beam, capable of burning through steel and flesh alike with sustained exposure.

Combat Knife

A wicked looking, single edged fighting knife manufactured by dataDyne. The blade is made from tempered surgical steel, and remains sharp throughout even prolonged use. The knife is also balanced for throwing, and to that end, incorporates a small vial of contact poison into the blade. The vial is designed to shatter into a wound inflicted by the knife, delivering the deadly poison quickly and efficiently. The poison is designed to both sedate and kill, causing the victim to become less effective in combat while the poison continues its work.

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GADGETS
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The Gadgetry section covers items that are not weapons per se, but have potential uses for many situations.

Data Uplink

An easily concealable handheld computer, designed by the Carrington Institute mainly for covert hacking. Infrared or corded data transfer allows the uplink to interface with nearly any terminal in common use. The uplink has highly advanced security defeating software hardcoded into its system, so it cannot be corrupted by countermeasures, and will consequently break any known electronic security given sufficient time. It also contains a fairly large amount of internal storage space, useful for storing sensitive files downloaded from target computers, or for holding virus programs to be uploaded into host machines.

ECM Mine

A bulky device created by the Carrington Institute to defeat electronic security. An ECM Mine has a "sticky" surface, using similar technology to the Laptop Gun, which allows it to be attached to a target device. Once activated, the ECM Mine will produce a continuous electromagnetic pulse, as well as generalized electromagnetic interference, which will scramble nearby systems and disrupt communications as long as the device remains functional. Unfortuntaely, the huge power demands such a function requires drains the ECM Mine's internal batteries very quickly, meaning a single mine will only remain viable for 5 minutes at maximum.

Infrared Goggles

An IR vision system, which allows the user to spot targets based on the amount of heat they radiate. Useful for combat under poor visibility conditions, as well as for spotting cloaked targets.

Night Vision Goggles

A night vision system, which allows the user to see nearly normally in low light conditions. These operate by amplifying the ambient light to a much greater degree than the human eye, creating a green-tinged image mirroring the actual view. These are only useful for low light conditions, as complete darkness has no light to amplify. These cannot be used if light conditions are too high, as an abundance of light is amplified to the point where the display is "whited out" by too much ambient light.

X-Ray Goggles

An x-ray vision system, allowing the user to see a short distance through solid objects. These were developed originally by the Maians, who remain the only ones who understand their underlying technology. These goggles have a number of unfortunate side effects, including the loss of depth perception, and displaying what can be seen in a disorienting false-color image. This makes them only marginally useful, but they remain the only alternative for seeing through solid objects.

Door Decoder

An easily concealed electronic safecracker, developed by the Carrington Institute. The device is capable of cracking any electronic lock it can interface with, give sufficient time. It also utilizes a "flowmetal" design developed by the Maians to crack physical locks. The flowmetal can infiltrate key locks, and mimic the correct key to unlock them, as well as being able to flow around a combination lock, which is cracked using highly sensitive sonic detection gear to detect when tumblers are placed correctly. Overall, a covert agent's or catburglar's best friend.

Shield

A personal protective device. It creates a bubble of repulsive energy around the user, which absorbs or deflects kinetic energy of blows until the power source is overloaded. Generally speaking, the more powerful the attack, the more shield energy is required to protect the user. Shields are not capable of deflecting some types of attacks, most notably they offer no protection against N-Bomb blasts.

Cloaking Device

A small device developed by the Skedar which allows the user to become nearly invisible to the naked eye. This is accomplished by bending the light around the user, creating the illusion of the scenery behind them. A stationary user can only be detected by very careful inspection, as a slight distortion will be visible at the edges of the cloaking field. This becomes much more obvious, though still not particularly noticable except by careful observation, if the user is moving. Sudden movements will disrupt the cloaking field entirely, making the user briefly visible until the cloaking field can compensate. This includes, but is not limited to, any use of martial arts, or any armed attack, by the user of the device. Creation of a cloaking field also puts a tremendous burden on the device's internal power source, and so a standard Cloaking Device only carries enough power to maintain a claoking field for approximately 20 seconds.

Skedar Disguise Unit

Similar in look and function to the Cloaking Device. However, the disguise unit displays an image preprogrammed into the device, rather than making the user appear invisible. Because of the simpler functionality, the power demands are far less taxing, and the disguise can be maintained for an hour or more.

Camspy

A remote controlled drone created by Carrington Institute engineers. The Camspy is designed to take still photographs or video and audio recordings in places where an agent would be hard pressed to do the same. This device often finds use in covert surveiance inside ventilation shafts, or in areas too hazardous for an agent to enter. The drone itself is about the size of a human head, and hovers roughly one foot off of the ground using magnetic levitation. It is unarmored, and an accurate foe could easily destroy the drone with a single well placed shot from virtually any weapon.

Drugspy

A remote controlled drone created by Carrington Institute engineers. The Drugspy is designed to adminster sedatives to render targets unconcious in places where an agent would be hard pressed to do the same. The Drugspy carries a short ranged tranquilzer dart gun, loaded with 12 darts. Once these are consumed, the Drugspy cannot be reloaded without a lengthy process involving removal of the entire tranquilizer assembly. The drone itself is about the size of a human head, and hovers roughly one foot off of the ground using magnetic levitation. It is unarmored, and an accurate foe could easily destroy the drone with a single well placed shot from virtually any weapon.

Bombspy

A remote controlled drone created by Carrington Institute engineers. The Bombspy is designed to blow things up in places where an agent would be hard pressed to do the same. This device often finds use in covert missions when a diversion is required, or can be sent in when explosives are required, but an agent would face certain death. The space normally occupied by a tranquilzer assembly or recording equipment is instead used to house a powerful explosive charge. This charge can be remotely detonated by the controller, destroying the Bombspy in the process. The drone itself is about the size of a human head, and hovers roughly one foot off of the ground using magnetic levitation. It is unarmored, and an accurate foe could easily destroy the drone with a single well placed shot from virtually any weapon, though in the case of the Bombspy, this would cause the explosive to detonate automatically.

Tracking Bug

A small, boxy device containing a tracking signal transmitter. All sides have a circular plate, which incorporates the same "sticky" technology as the Laptop Gun, so it can be easily affixed to any surface. Useful for trasmitting a locator signal, either to track a target, or to send a homing beacon to an ally. Often used to tag suspicious vehicles.

Plastic Explosives

A shaped charge of plastique, used primarily for demolition purposes. Creates an extremely powerful blast when detonated. Uses the Laptop Gun's "sticky" technology to allow it to be affixed to any surface. Can only be detontaed using a specific detonation command, otherwise it can be shot, smashed, crushed, and otherwise abused, and will still not detonate prematurely. Can be armed for two detonation methods: remote signal detonation from a detonator, or timed detonation, set internally on the explosive.

Skedar Bomb

A shaped charge explosive similar to Plastic Explosives, but created by the Skedar. Remarkable only because it packs more than five times the explosive power of a Plastic Explosive into a package only slightly larger (though significantly more bulky).

R-Tracker

A handheld radar tracking device. Uses miniaturized radar coupled with a GPS system to detect targets within a specific range. Target types and effective tracking distance must be preprogrammed into the device. Signals display as circles if relative elevation of the target is similar to the user's elevation, as downward facing arrows if the target's elevation is lower, and as upward facing arrows if the target's elevation is higher. Distance to the target is represented by how far from the center of the display the signal is, and relative direction is represented by the signal's location on the display, with straight up being the direction the user is facing.

Combat Boost

A combat drug designed to enhance the users awareness, lending the user the illusion that time has slowed down for them. This allows a much faster reaction time than is normally possible. Each boost pill lasts for ten seconds of real time, but depending on how strongly the user reacts to the drug, this may seem like 20 seconds, 30 seconds, or possibly even more time. The long term effects of Combat Boosts have not been studied in depth as of yet, but several Carrington Institute agents have been forced to enter rehabilitation after showing clear signs of "Boost Addiction."

[Draxas]

Whew... Man, that was a TON of work, but I really rather like the end result. I think the "Field Agent's Manual" feel of it rather fits the intent nicely. ;D

It is distinctly possible that I forgot something, or made some mistakes, somewhere in these posts. I didn't have the game on at all while I was writing this, so I didn't doublecheck my facts. If I am missing a weapon or gadget, please let me know about it, and I will add it in. Also, if I have made any blatant errors, let me know about them and I will endeavour to fix them.

I hope this helps, not just Garrant, but everyone. And even for you folks that know these guns inside and out, I hope it's at least an amusing (dare I say interesting?) read.

Feel free to post positive feedback here, or send it to me by PM. Negative feedback should only be sent by PM, if you're so inclined.

Enjoy!

[Garrant]

Thank you very much, for putting what was obviously a lot of time into make this. I would probably be lost without it.

[Notesurfer]

This topic is now being LOCKED and put in the Archives, three cheers for Draxas!