About the PR

This PR introduces a new weapon to the Syndicate arsenal for both traitors and nuclear operatives, the "Decimator" Railgun. It also includes a reverse engineered variant, admeme variant and laser variant for borgs when that system is ready for use, similar to the laser L6. Reverse engineering also unlocks the non-lethal bolts, the standard one must be reverse engineered.

The Decimator has a long charge-up, must be wielded, and shoots extremely slowly (0.30 firerate, 0.40 reverse engineered), but does 110 damage spread across three different damage types with normal rods, 15 piercing, 75 blunt, and 20 heat, along with 80 stamina damage.

The railgun rods cannot be crafted, and must be obtained through;

• The purchase of extra ammo for 2 telecrystals.
• Reverse engineering in the sec techfab,
• Or through purchasing of the bundle itself, which comes with three.

Bolts are retrievable and do not break, but can bounce.

The addition of this PR would give syndicate operatives a terrifying new tool for taking down lone targets, but its steep price and requirement to wield alongside the slow fire-rate leaves the user vulnerable. It is also very loud, and the sound of the metal rod impacting makes a distinct noise.

Slimepeople, Oni, and Diona can survive a shot due to their innate damage resistance.

Stats:

• 110 Base damage, 75 blunt, 15 Piercing, 20 Heat using Rebar Rods.
• Also deals 80 stamina damage on hit.
• Non-Lethal shots do 10 blunt and 100 stamina damage.
• 25% Slowdown when holding, 15% for reverse engineered variant.
• 0.3 Fire-rate, 0.4 for the reverse engineered variant.
• Gigantic size.
• Takes Rebar Rods, a new ammo type exclusive for the railgun.

Why / Balance

Syndicate weaponry has been pretty much the same for a while now, and I wanted to bring some variety to their pool with a new type of weapon entirely. The railgun is a powerful choice for teams, decimates unarmored targets, and leaves lightly armored targets near death, but its slow fire-rate and limited ammo pool encourage caution.

Technical details

The railgun is coded entirely in yml, which makes it simple to make changes to. New sound effects and yml files have been added to the DeltaV section of the prototypes menu, and the weapon has its own syndicate uplink fill as well, locale file included. The initial code is a bit messy, but I've ironed out any errors that I found in my initial runs of testing.

Media

• I have added screenshots/videos to this PR showcasing its changes ingame, or this PR does not require an ingame showcase

Reverse engineering makes the railgun craftable from the security techfab.

COST:

Railgun:

• 50 Steel
• 20 Glass
• 2.5 Gold
• 5 Silver
• 10 Plasma
• 5 Uranium

Rebar Rod:

• 3 Steel

Rebar Rod (Less Lethal):

• Steel: 2.5
• Plastic: 1

Breaking changes

Changelog

🆑 - Mike and Still-Icarus

• add: Added the Decimator Railgun, a thunderous new weapon for both syndicate and nuclear operatives.