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Corpus 'Latrocor' Anatomical Environment Multitool“
Designed on Latrox Une’s specifications to be more anti-Infested tool than firearm. This Corpus weapon fires a wide, flat beam in a fanlike spread. The laser it fires has a tendency to superconduct electricity from the weapon, causing random explosions of electricity in the path of the beam.”
--Codex
Special Traits: Fires a homing arc of electricity dealing 45% damage every five shots that hit.



Lore:
For outstanding service above and beyond the Corpus and the procurement of rare Entrati artifacts, Latrox Une was awarded the Platinum Pentagram of Honor in addition to that rarest pleasure among the Corpus:

Peaceful retirement (1).

In his retirement, Latrox used his funds to hire assorted experts to help design the Latrocor as a safer alternative to the Klystron microwave beam. Using magnetic stabilizers, it compresses its two high-power laser beams into a wide, flat, fanlike spread that does massive heat and slash damage on enemies.

For some reason it has a tendency to shoot electric arcs along this fanlike spread, which leap towards enemies and explode. This is somewhat risky around sensitive electrical components, but it’s commonly understood that clearing out Infested takes priority.

On Corpus anti-infested expeditions (Known to Solaris United as “Zit-popping”) these are as heavily regulated as Plasmor shotguns, kept in high-security lockers within the ship’s barracks. On paper, anyway. As it is, these are so useful against Infested hordes, or for cutting through technocytic growth that no sane (or experienced) Corpus official would restrict their Solaris “contractors” from using them.

Royalties from this weapon help support Latrox’s retirement fund, and often to assorted charitable causes supported by Parvos Granum. This is often considered heresy in Anyo Schism territory.

Tenno Remarks
(1) Unfortunately this was after surviving the entirety of the Narmer War. Poor guy. Remember the time we had to steal that cure from Tyl Regor’s labs again for him? ~Thane
Out of everything we did to sabotage the headhumpers, that one hurt the most. I mean… we destroyed a cure for grey-vein. I mean, it was the headhumpers, but. God. ~Haruka.
(2) I actually didn’t help with it. Much. I’ve never, uh, been good with lasers. ~Haruka
Stats
Ammo Pool: Rifle
Trigger: Continuous
Reload: 3s
Magazine: 70
Fire Rate: 10
Beam Width: 1.5m
Damage: 27
19 Slash
8 Heat
Critical Chance: 20%
Critical Multiplier: 2.0x
Status Chance: 38%
Puncthrough: 1m
Headshot Multiplier: 3x
Range: 30m

Electric Arcs:
Damage: 45 Electricity
Critical Chance: 20%
Critical Multiplier: 2.0x
Status Chance: 38%
Non-Hitscan

Artist notes

Beam weapons are both fun and difficult here. On the one hand, they’re the one weapon type I can reliably come up with that feels unambiguously sci-fi. Its easy to come up with, say, an assault rifle that causes some kind of explosion or a revolver that does something funny on headshots, like explosions or increasing crit or just a lot of damage. But I’m normally looking at weird and/or archaic designs for these (Most of the revolvers here are inspired by the Civil War, or Civil War-adjacent) and so they don’t often feel sci-fi.

On the other hand, you’d be surprised how hard it is to make them interesting.

Right now, the meta is such that a low-damage, no-recoil weapon with limited range …I mean. Assault rifles and LMGs are still good (*laughs in Soma*) but it feels like most beam weapons need some kind of crowd control element to feel relevant, not to mention standing out in comparison to the rest of the arsenal. Making a wide, flat beam was the only way I could think of to make this interesting.

The electric arc, meanwhile, was inspired by playing Roboquest - a lot of the affixes and items you get will just sort of randomly duct tape another effect onto your weapons, like shooting an explosive marking projectile or randomly firing a shotgun blast. IDK if I’m feeling that here though.

Edited June 16 by (XBOX)Fluffywolf36

[Neo3602]

On 2024-06-16 at 4:40 PM, (XBOX)Fluffywolf36 said:

Corpus 'Latrocor' Anatomical Environment Multitool“
Designed on Latrox Une’s specifications to be more anti-Infested tool than firearm. This Corpus weapon fires a wide, flat beam in a fanlike spread. The laser it fires has a tendency to superconduct electricity from the weapon, causing random explosions of electricity in the path of the beam.”
--Codex
Special Traits: Fires a homing arc of electricity dealing 45% damage every five shots that hit.



Lore:
For outstanding service above and beyond the Corpus and the procurement of rare Entrati artifacts, Latrox Une was awarded the Platinum Pentagram of Honor in addition to that rarest pleasure among the Corpus:

Peaceful retirement (1).

In his retirement, Latrox used his funds to hire assorted experts to help design the Latrocor as a safer alternative to the Klystron microwave beam. Using magnetic stabilizers, it compresses its two high-power laser beams into a wide, flat, fanlike spread that does massive heat and slash damage on enemies.

For some reason it has a tendency to shoot electric arcs along this fanlike spread, which leap towards enemies and explode. This is somewhat risky around sensitive electrical components, but it’s commonly understood that clearing out Infested takes priority.

On Corpus anti-infested expeditions (Known to Solaris United as “Zit-popping”) these are as heavily regulated as Plasmor shotguns, kept in high-security lockers within the ship’s barracks. On paper, anyway. As it is, these are so useful against Infested hordes, or for cutting through technocytic growth that no sane (or experienced) Corpus official would restrict their Solaris “contractors” from using them.

Royalties from this weapon help support Latrox’s retirement fund, and often to assorted charitable causes supported by Parvos Granum. This is often considered heresy in Anyo Schism territory.

Tenno Remarks
(1) Unfortunately this was after surviving the entirety of the Narmer War. Poor guy. Remember the time we had to steal that cure from Tyl Regor’s labs again for him? ~Thane
Out of everything we did to sabotage the headhumpers, that one hurt the most. I mean… we destroyed a cure for grey-vein. I mean, it was the headhumpers, but. God. ~Haruka.
(2) I actually didn’t help with it. Much. I’ve never, uh, been good with lasers. ~Haruka
Stats
Ammo Pool: Rifle
Trigger: Continuous
Reload: 3s
Magazine: 70
Fire Rate: 10
Beam Width: 1.5m
Damage: 27
19 Slash
8 Heat
Critical Chance: 20%
Critical Multiplier: 2.0x
Status Chance: 38%
Puncthrough: 1m
Headshot Multiplier: 3x
Range: 30m

Electric Arcs:
Damage: 45 Electricity
Critical Chance: 20%
Critical Multiplier: 2.0x
Status Chance: 38%
Non-Hitscan

Artist notes

Beam weapons are both fun and difficult here. On the one hand, they’re the one weapon type I can reliably come up with that feels unambiguously sci-fi. Its easy to come up with, say, an assault rifle that causes some kind of explosion or a revolver that does something funny on headshots, like explosions or increasing crit or just a lot of damage. But I’m normally looking at weird and/or archaic designs for these (Most of the revolvers here are inspired by the Civil War, or Civil War-adjacent) and so they don’t often feel sci-fi.

On the other hand, you’d be surprised how hard it is to make them interesting.

Right now, the meta is such that a low-damage, no-recoil weapon with limited range …I mean. Assault rifles and LMGs are still good (*laughs in Soma*) but it feels like most beam weapons need some kind of crowd control element to feel relevant, not to mention standing out in comparison to the rest of the arsenal. Making a wide, flat beam was the only way I could think of to make this interesting.

The electric arc, meanwhile, was inspired by playing Roboquest - a lot of the affixes and items you get will just sort of randomly duct tape another effect onto your weapons, like shooting an explosive marking projectile or randomly firing a shotgun blast. IDK if I’m feeling that here though.

This thing looks fun. Also poor Latrox earned that retirement. Also I wouldn't be surprised if he sent some examples to the tenno for testing as thanks.