Guide to Combat: Difference between revisions

*Lethal damage is split into the following types: '''Brute''', '''Burn''', '''Toxin''', and '''Oxygen''' (and '''Clone''')

Whenever an object or creature takes damage, the game first checks the damage class of what is affecting the target. Then it adjusts the force (or damage) of the attack according to whatever armor may exist. The specific formula is '''Armored Force = Attack Force * (1 - (Final Armor / 100))'''. Final Armor htooas a minimum value of 0, and a maximum value of 100. It is calculated by '''Final Armor = Armor - Armor Penetration'''. '''However''', if AP is negative, it instead calculates at '''Final Armor = Armor / (1 + (Armor Penetration / 100))'''. Then, it checks for any hardiness or DR the target may have, calculating the final damage as '''Final Force = Armored Force - Hardiness?DR'''. The final force is then applied to the target, dealing its numerical value as the type dealt by the weapon.

It should be noted that during combat, if an organic suffers over 25 lethal damage in one second, their tenacious heart will produce a small amount of adrenals. This chemical will reduce damage slowdown while processed in the body's system. This fight-or-flight response lasts about ten seconds. It will not happen again in said organic for ten minutes after triggering.

|8 Brute

|Not really much of a weapon, though it can be used to saw off shotguns.

|4 Brute

|You're better off using a screwdriver.

|10 Brute

|Not terrible at wounding, but still normal-sized and not really used for any surgeries.

|15 Brute

|3 Brute when off <br> 12 Burn when on

|18 brute<br>21 brute when thrown

===Actual Melee Weapons===

|25 Brute<br>10 Brute when thrown

|15 Brute, 23 Brute Wielded<br>15 Brute when thrown

|15 Brute<br>20 Brute when thrown

|Possess very small armor penetration. On-hit will inflict an EMP on the target. On mechs, a heavy EMP is done instead. Cooldown of the EMP is 20 seconds. Has a moderate block chance.

|[[Syndicate Uplink]], 6 TC

![[File:Telescopic_Baton.gif|64px]]

|10 Brute or 40 Stamina

|Sol Interplanetary Coalition

|Incredibly powerful for a small knife. Has a good chance to embed when thrown. Also more likely to deal wounds.

|A unique switchblade with specific engraving on its blade denoting its corporate producer. Does significantly more damage attacking targets from behind, which also causes them to scream.

|It must be activated in hand in order to extend the blades to use it as a melee or throwing weapon. Has light armor penetration. If you hit a target with the fedora, it will come flying back to you, so be sure to turn throw mode on so you don't hit yourself!

* Available to [[Nuclear Operative]] for 8 TC

* [[Syndicate Uplink]], 10 TC (only if you are a [[Preternis]]: implant version)

Grants an okay block chance specifically against melee attacks while held in both hands. In addition, the user will be able to channel for six uninterrupted seconds to prepare a supercharged blow. A supercharged blow will instantly destroy walls, machines, and most structures. If the supercharged hit targets a mech, it will do a third of its max HP in addition to its normal damage. If the supercharged hit targets a person, it will paralyze them for two seconds and send them flying with force. Finally, the supercharged hit from the hammer ignores armor.

 

If you are a preternis, you charge the hammer in 4.5 seconds, rather than 6.

Ballistic weapons remain the most popular and numerous variant of firearm in the 26th century, as their missiles are able to travel far faster than most energy-based projectiles. However, Nanotrasen's research in the field of energy weapons means ballistics are a rare sight on-station. As a result, these are often brought in from outside sources, be it Cargo, ruins, or the Syndicate.

An automatic weapon is defined by its ability to self-load upon each trigger pull, allowing users to continue firing rounds so long as the weapon's clip or magazine is loaded. As a result, they are the most capable weapons of continuous fire, especially when considering their fast, on-field reload times relative to energy weapons. Some automatics permit tactical reloads, which allow a user to instantly swap an in-hand magazine with the magazine currently in the weapon. In addition, automatics are likely to have a burst fire mode, which will discharge multiple shots per trigger pull. A fully empty automatic will require the user to drop the weapon's loading mechanism once a new magazine has been inserted before they are ready to fire. The firearm can be racked by interacting with the firearm in hand (this cannot be done while your off-hand is full if the weapon cannot be dual-wielded), while magazine ejection requires the automatic to be clicked with an open hand. In order to insert a new one, have a magazine in hand, then click on the automatic.

!{{anchor|WT550 Automatic Carbine}}WT550 Automatic Carbine

|20 Rounds<br>10 Rounds (Airburst magazine)

|15 Brute  

|An older carbine, often used by paramilitary or high-security forces. Possess a 2-round burst setting. Alternative ammo can be printed by Security once proper research is completed.

It supports a bayonet and can be suppressed.

|A laughably shoddy weapon that only contains four 10mm bullets per magazine. While able to be made completely on your own, it fires slower than most automatics and its low capacity is barely able of downing an unarmored target before reload is required.

![[File:Stetchkin.png|64px]]

!{{anchor|Stechkin}}Stechkin Pistol

|[[File:10mmMag.png|64px]]<br>10mm

|45 Brute, ineffective against armor. Sharp-edged and will likely inflict [[Guide to Wounds#Critical:_Weeping_Avulsion|deadly wounds]]

|25 Brute, sets target on fire

|A classic handgun. Still carried to this day by Spacepol officers and Coalition troops. While very similar to the stechkin, the M1911 is heavier and unable to be suppressed. In addition, it's chambered in .45, rather than 10mm.

|30 Brute

|Only available to [[Syndicate guide|Nuclear Operative]] for 10 TC  

|Syndicate

| Has a 2-round burst setting with decent damage and cheap ammo. Can also be silenced. A good all-arounder for a [[Nuclear Operative]].

!{{anchor|M-90gl Rifle}}M-90gl Rifle

|

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|-

! class="unsortable" |Icon

! class="unsortable" | Name

! class="unsortable" |Description

![[File:556m.png]]

!Standard ammo

![[File:5.56mA-30.png]]

![[File:Arg.png|64px]]

!{{anchor|NT-ARG "Boarder" Rifle}}NT-ARG "Boarder" Rifle

|[[File:Arg556.png|64px]]<br>5.56mm

|30 Rounds  

![[File:Arg556.png]]

|35 Brute

![[File:Arg556A.png]]

|31 Brute, exceptional armor penetration

![[File:Arg556I.png]]  

!IC ammo

  |23 Brute, sets the target on fire

! [[File:Arg556R.png]]

!Rubber ammo

|10 Brute + 47 Stamina

|Only available to [[Emergency Response Team]] for 18 WC

|Nanotrasen

|A standardized assault rifle used by Nanotrasen paramilitary forces. It has a three-round burst setting and fires faster than its cousin the M-90gl Carbine.

|[[File:Deagle mag.png|64px]]<br>.50 AE

|A powerful hand cannon. Shoots much slower than other handguns; slower than even the .357 revolver. However, it has a massive chance to wound targets hit.

It comes in three tasteful variants: normal, gold, and camo gold. The Oddjob bundle receives the gold version, though the others are available through admin spawn.

![[File:Lwt650.png|64px]]

!{{anchor|LWT-650 DMR}}LWT-650 DMR

|[[File:M308.png|64px]]<br>.308

|15 Rounds

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! class="unsortable" | Name

![[File:M308.png]]

!Standard ammo

|42 Brute

![[File:M308P.png]]

|35 Brute, good armor penetration, passes through all mobs hit

![[File:M308L.png]]  

!Heavy Laser ammo

|40 Burn, high wound chance. The projectile is a laser and the magazine is rechargeable like the Laser Rifle's.

|Only available to [[Emergency Response Team]] for 10 WC

|Nanotrasen

|A long-barreled designated marksman rifle that is vaguely based on the WT platform. Slower-firing than most automatics, but its projectiles travel slightly faster than most others.

Also more accurate than your average firearm.

![[File:L6machinegun.png|64px]]

!{{anchor|L6 SAW}}L6 SAW

|[[File:A762.png|64px]]<br>7.12x82mm

|50 Rounds

|

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

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! class="unsortable" |Icon

! class="unsortable" | Name

! class="unsortable" |Description

![[File:A762.png]]

|45 Brute, a little armor penetration

![[File:A762A.png]]

!AP ammo

|35 Brute, exceptional armor penetration

|-

![[File:A762H.png]]

|55 Brute, ineffective against armor. Sharp-edged and will likely inflict [[Guide to Wounds#Critical:_Weeping_Avulsion|deadly wounds]]

! [[File:A756I.png]]

|27 Brute, sets the target on fire

|}

|Only available to [[Syndicate guide|Nuclear Operative]] for 20 TC

|Syndicate

| A fully-automatic gun with 50 shots per magazine. This beast of an LMG permits sustained, massive volleys of bullets. It suffers from considerable inaccuracy when fired in its burst mode.

![[File:Dmr.png|64px]]

!{{anchor|K-41s DMR}}K-41s DMR

|[[File:Ks762.png|64px]]<br>7.62mm

|11 Rounds

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! class="unsortable" | Name

![[File:Ks762.png]]

|60 Brute

![[File:Ks762R.png]]

!Raze ammo

|40 Brute, 300 Irradiate, deals 15 Clone damage regardless of armor

![[File:Ks762P.png]]

!Anti-material ammo

|52 Brute, good armor penetration, can penetrate up to two objects before landing on a final object

![[File:Ks762I.png]]  

!Vulcan ammo

|47 Brute, disperses fire in a moderate area around the impact site

|}

|Only available to [[Syndicate guide|Nuclear Operative]] for 12 TC

|Syndicate

|A long-range rifle typically used by Syndicate recon operatives. Fires powerful rounds and possesses a short-range scope to better see over distances.

Revolvers use an internal cylinder as a magazine. As a result, their ammo can be topped off at any point by using individual rounds or a speed loader. By using ALT+CLICK on a revolver, you can spin the cylinder, which will randomize the set position of the cylinder. Overall, they still remain popular due to their ease of use. Interacting with one in hand will dump the internal cylinder. In addition, revolver bullets tend to inflict more devastating wounds than the bullets most pistols fire.

 

Revolver bullets can bounce off flipped coins, which then ricochet to nearby targets.

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:#F0DC82;" |Icon

! scope="col" style="background-color:#F0DC82;" |Item

! scope="col" style="background-color:#F0DC82;" |Ammo

! scope="col" style="background-color:#F0DC82;" |Capacity

! scope="col" style="background-color:#F0DC82;" |Damage & Effects

! scope="col" style="background-color:#F0DC82;" |How to Acquire

! scope="col" style="background-color:#F0DC82;" |Faction Usage

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:#F0DC82;" |Notes

![[File:Tracrevolver.png|64px]]

!{{anchor|Caldwell Tracking Revolver}}Caldwell Tracking Revolver

![[File:Nagant.png|64px]]

!{{anchor|Nagant Revolver}}Nagant Revolver

|[[File:10mmbox.png|64px]]<br>7.62x38mmR

! class="unsortable" |Name

![[File:Ammo_38gut.png]]

![[File:Ammo_38.png]]

|40 Brute. Innate armor penetration, including all subtypes

|6 pellets of 8 damage each, mildly less damage dropoff than buckshot

| 30 Brute, one-shots windows, two-shots doors, three-shots reinforced doors

| 15 Brute, then delivers a devastating tesla arc (~33 burn first target) that can chain between victims

| 36 Brute, throws people two tiles which can impact against walls

|Fires slower than the stechkin and also weighs more. However, topping off the internal cylinder is far easier than unloading and reloading an automatic. In addition, it possesses a much wider array of alternative ammunitions which can possess drastic properties.

!{{anchor|Riot Shotgun}}Riot Shotgun

It is semi-automatic.

| A black shotgun that can be ordered from Cargo that is filled with lethal buckshot by default. While heavier and unable to be worn on security exosuits, the Combat Shotgun is semi-automatic and fires faster than the Riot Shotgun.

!{{anchor|Bulldog}}Bulldog

|[[File:Sgshell-live.png|64px]]<br>12 Gauge shells

Note: This lists only shells that can be acquired by normal means. All shotgun shells also travel slightly slower than most other bullets.

 

There are two different types of shotgun shells, shot and slugs. Shot shoots pellets in a spread, and is 25% less effective against bullet armor on targets. Slugs shoot a single projectile over a distance. Both lose damage over distance, making shotguns ideal for close-quarters usage.  

*[[File:Improvshell-live.png|32px]]'''Improvised Shell:''' Shoots 10 pellets dealing 6 brute damage each.

*[[File:Sgshell-live.png|32px]]'''Syndicate Buckshot:''' Shoots 6 pellets dealing 14.5 brute damage each. Resolves normally against armor. Only obtainable as a [[Syndicate guide|Nuclear Operative]].

*[[File:Flechette_shell.png|32px]]'''Flechette:''' Shoots 6 pellets with less spread and less dropoff than regular buckshot, dealing 12 brute damage each and penetrating armor. Only obtainable as a [[Syndicate guide|Nuclear Operative]].

*[[File:Sblshell-live.png|32px]]'''Syndicate Slug:''' Shoots a single projectile that does 60 brute damage on impact. Suffers half the normal damage falloff. Only obtainable as a [[Syndicate guide|Nuclear Operative]].

*[[File:Fire_shell.png|32px]]'''Incendiary Slug:''' Shoots a single projectile that leaves a fire trail and ignites the target, on top of 20 brute damage. Does not suffer from damage falloff.

**[[File:Dragon_shell.png|32px]]'''Dragonsbreath:''' Like the incendiary slug, but shoots a spread of 5 burning pellets that deal 7 brute each.

**[[File:Laser_shell.png|32px]]'''Laser Buckshot:''' Shoots 5 lasers dealing 10 burn each.

**[[File:Cryo_shell.png|32px]]'''Cryoshot:''' Shoots 4 pellets lowering the body temperature of the target on impact. Temperature adjustment ignores armor.

**[[File:Uranium_shell.png|32px]]'''Depleted Uranium Slug:''' Shoots one ultra-penetrative projectile dealing 35 brute but has 60 AP and going through mobs.

**[[File:Heshell-live.png|32px]]'''Frag-12 Slug:''' Shoots a single projectile that deals 25 brute on impact and also detonates a light 2-tile explosion.

|Compensates its low firing rate by being extremely powerful. Can be sawed off to fit in backpacks, incurring a massive loss of accuracy. Its bullet travels slightly faster than most and is exceptionally at causing wounds over long distances. Requires two hands to fire.

==== Lever Action ====

Lever-action firearms are characterized by the lever that is utilized to chamber new rounds and eject spent ones. While an antiquated form of cycling cartridges, lever-actions are iconic of the old West: an immense cultural phenomenon that has only returned in force with the emergence of the Frontier in 2517. While often clunkier and more difficult to work than a pump-action, these weapons still find a home in those who appreciate their operation.

![[File:Pie cannon.png|64px]]

|A makeshift syringe gun, effectively. Difficult to use as it requires the user to stand still for 2.5 seconds before firing and also gives an alert to anyone who sees the user. Even if it successfully fires, it also inflicts 20 Oxygen and 20 Stamina damage on the user. This means if you shoot this three times in quick succession, you will pass out.

|Printable at the [[Medbay Storage|Medical]] and [[Armory]] protolathe once researched.

|[[Syndicate Uplink]], available for 8TC (only if you are a [[Chemist]] or [[Virologist]])

|Syndicate

|Hilariously cheap itself, but the rockets are where the real cost for this weapon comes in. HE rockets aren't bad area damage, but the HEPD rocket will delete anyone hit by it, as well as dealing massive damage to anyone next to them.

|1 seconds

|}

Note: This lists only arrows that can be acquired by normal means. All arrows do 10 extra damage to fauna unless otherwise stated. In addition, they resolve against melee armor, and most have negative AP, meaning armor works better against them.

 

Arrows travel slightly slower than most ballistic projectiles.  

*[[File:Arrow.png|32px]]'''Wooden Arrow:''' A basic arrow dealing 35 brute damage. Has a respectable embed chance.

*[[File:Arrow_ash.png|32px]]'''Ashen Arrow:''' A fire-reinforced arrow dealing 40 brute damage. Has a lower embed chance.

*[[File:Arrow bonetipped.png|32x32px]]'''Bone Tipped Arrow:''' A well-crafted arrow dealing 45 brute damage. Suffers less against armor with an okay embed chance.

*[[File:Arrow_bone.png|32px]]'''Bone Arrow:''' A cheap arrow dealing 25 brute damage and an extra 35 damage against fauna. Suffers less against armor with an okay embed chance.

*[[File:Arrow chitin.png|32x32px]]'''Chitin Tipped Arrow:''' A high quality arrow dealing 35 brute damage and an extra 40 damage against fauna with good armor penetration. Has a respectable embed chance.

*[[File:Arrow_bamboo.png|32px]]'''Bamboo Arrow:''' A brittle arrow dealing 20 brute damage that suffers even more against armor. Very high chance to embed and has a notable chance to break on impact.

*[[File:Arrow_bronze.png|32px]]'''Bronze Arrow:''' A forged arrow dealing 35 brute damage that suffers less against armor. Has a respectable embed chance.

*[[File:Arrow_glass.png|32px]]'''Glass Arrow:''' A makeshift arrow dealing 25 brute damage. Less likely to embed and has a minor chance to break. Easiest arrow to make using on station materials.

*[[File:Arrow_plasmaglass.png|32px]]'''Plasma Glass Arrow:''' A robust arrow dealing 25 brute damage with very good armor penetration. Less likely to embed and has a minor chance to break.

*[[File:Toy arrows.gif|32px]]'''Toy Arrows:''' These arrows don't do any real damage (unless you're in a nerf war), but have a high embed chance due to their sticky velcro bits. Blacklisted from arrow modifications.

These arrows can be crafted from any existing arrow, giving the arrow a new effect on hit.  

*[[File:Arrow fire.gif|frameless]]'''Fire Arrow:''' Upon impact, will also set the target ablaze, assuming the target is a carbon. Requires Makeshift Crafting from the Syndicate in order to make, or [[Ashwalkers|tribal knowledge]].

*[[File:Arrow bola.png|frameless]]'''Bola Arrow:''' Upon impact, will also apply a bola effect, cuffing the target's legs. Requires Makeshift Crafting from the Syndicate in order to make, or [[Ashwalkers|tribal knowledge]].

* [[File:Smarrow.gif|framless]]'''Supermatter Arrow:''' Can be thrown or fired from a bow to effect supermatter interactions on atoms hit, like the supermatter sword.

|14 Lasers

| 10 Burn + 300 Irradiate

|This gun fires x-ray beams that will pass through closed turf. It travels for 15 tiles and does minimal damage, but will heavily irradiate targets hit. A handful of lasers won't kill someone, but without proper attention, they'll be coughing up their own organs some minutes later. Exceptionally effective against [[Blob|Blobs]] that might exploit station walls as a defense.

|20 Burn<br>30 Stamina

|20 Burn<br>30 Stamina  

![[File:Advegun.gif|64px]]

|[[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]<br>Uranium

|20 Anoxia,<br>10 Irradiate,<br>10 Lasers,<br>20 Disable

|8 Oxygen,<br>10 Burn + 300 Irradiate,<br>20 Burn<br>30 Stamina  

|Uses a mini nuclear reactor that is refillable with uranium sheets or ore. Refilling the weapon will irradiate the user a little; two consecutive, full reloads will yield the first stages of radiation sickness. '''Moving while reloading will not only cancel the process, but also disperse radiation still.''' The irradiate beams function identically to the x-ray gun's lasers. '''Starts empty when printed.'''

|Shoot bouncing balls that will ricochet on any walls 5 times before dissipating, making them difficult to avoid in narrow space and useful to hit targets behind cover; however care has to be taken to not have a projectile ricochet toward yourself. The freeze setting is excellent for slowing targets, but it significantly drains the weapon's battery.

!{{anchor|NT-S02 Multiphase Energy Gun}}NT-S02 Multiphase Energy Gun

| 1 tile EMP<br>20 Burn<br>30 Stamina

|A modernized version of the Captain's Antique Laser. While it does not possess the self-charging capability, it comes with the standard energy gun firing modes as well as an ion mode which will fire a one-tile pulse. The ion mode massively drains the battery. Like the Antique Laser, the NT-S02 is heavily coveted by opposing elements. Supports a seclite attachment.

|20 Burn<br>30 Stamina<br>Stun  

|Only available to [[Emergency Response Team]] for 20 WC

|30 Stamina Damage

* Armament Dispenser in [[Security Office|Security]]

|Heals the user for 15% of the damage done if the kinetic blast hits a living creature. Can heal robotic limbs.

|20 Brute to silicon mobs<br>Up to 40 damage to mechs<br>3x3 EMP

|While large and bulky, the projectile fired by the Ion Rifle will deliver an EMP pulse in a small area around the target. An EMP will shut off or disrupt most electronic equipment. More uniquely, it is fantastic at disrupting mech or cyborg subsystems. [[IPC|IPCs]] will also undergo significant system damage when hit by one. Care should be used in close range to ensure you do not EMP yourself, draining all your weapons, turning off your radio, and scrambling your suit sensors at once. '''Unaffected by EMP.'''

|200 rads +<br>inject:<br>6u [[Guide to Chemistry#Muscle Relaxant|Muscle relaxant]]<br>6u [[Guide to Chemistry#Mute Toxin|Mute toxin]]<br>4u [[Guide to Chemistry#Anacea|Anacea]]

|[[Syndicate Uplink]], available for 8 TC

|Syndicate

|A handheld energy launcher that automatically fabricates its own bolts. These hardlight bolts are tipped with debilitating toxins that will mute, slow the movement of the target and their ability to act (like shooting back) along with irradiating them. Very potent when combined with a lethal melee followup, such as an Energy Sword. '''The bolts stay at an extremely low altitude and will be blocked by tables unlike all other projectiles, they are also unable to pass grilles though they can pass glass.''' They will be stopped by most windows on station since they have a grille underneath but they will go through windowed airlocks.

|40 Burn (Burn damage on embed),<br>50 Stamina (Stamina damage on embed)

|40 Burn (Burn damage on embed),<br>30 Burn + 500 irradiate (Toxin damage on embed)

|[[Syndicate Uplink]], available for 6 TC

|[[File:Plasma tank.png|64px]]<br>Flammable gas of your choice  

* [[Makeshift weapons|Made by yourself]].

|Does damage and spends ammo based on the number of moles of oxygen left in the gas tank loaded. The more oxygen, the more damage and ammo spent. Can do maximum impact damage of 16 Burn, including setting turf and targets alight. Each turf the flamethrower ignites consumes more fuel, so long streams of fire will quickly drain the tank. Different gases have different properties, and certain reactions, such as stimball creation, can be created by the flamethrower being fired. A potent tool in the hands of a knowledgeable [[Atmospheric Technician]].

|[[File:357.png|64px]]<br>.44

|55 Brute

|Admin only.

|An autorevolver chambered in .44 only carried by high-ranking corporate and military officials.

![[File:Regeantdartgun.png|64px]]

!{{anchor|Reagent Dartgun}}Reagent Dartgun

| Stores up to 100u of reagents. Upon firing, will synthesize a syringe automatically filled with 15u of the mix in the gun itself. Great if you don't want to carry around a ton of syringes and just reload by pouring beakers into it.

![[File:Instagib.png|64px]]

!{{anchor|Instakill Rifle}}Instakill Rifle

|[[File:Recharger.gif|64px]]<br>Energy