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Posted by: The1Pink1Pirate7
I actually found some precedent for this weapon in Halo: First Strike on pg. 108. When flying over Covenant Fred and Kelly are fired upon by I'm assuming grunts with a weapon that fires large needler like rounds. They exploded into lots of needles. This is a summary of the text in the book of which is UNDER COPYRIGHT BY MICROSOFT CORPORATION (2003) and WRITTEN BY ERIC NYLUND and PUBLISHED BY DEL REY BOOKS which is an imprint of THE RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP. Purple-white crystalline shards hissed through the air - projectiles/shards looked like the the projectiles fired from a Needler - The size of Fred's forearm - One of the projectiles exploded in midair sending needle shards (like a spike grenade) outward - of the shards most of them bounced off the banshee but one stuck onto Fred's banshee and exploded destroying one of the canards(wings) on the banshee. So here is my take on what this weapon is, looks like, and how it functions. The weapon is most likely big but small enough for a grunt to use, like a fuelrod cannon but only slightly bigger. I would say probably 3 shots a gun in a revolving chamber like the rocket or a six shooter pistol. They don't home but explode midair or upon contact with an object. Their size I would estimate to be 4-5+ inches in diameter, and look like the needler crystals. Only these crystalline projectiles are darker because they have a bigger diameter which would mean less light would reach the center and would make them look darker. Basically a purple-white color to them. They don't make needles more effective upon detonation, but they do break apart into many randomly sized/smaller then normal needles. Since they were able to hit a Banshee I would say their speed is equal to or slightly greater then a missile pod. The way you would fire them via the controller is by pulling the right trigger and holding the trigger down until you want to release the trigger and thus detonating the projectile in the air. The alternative to that would be pulling the right trigger then either pulling it again or pulling the left trigger to detonate the projectile in the air. The projectile has a operating distance also like a standard Needler where out of that distance the projectiles aren't able to be controlled. The distance would be double(?) the standard needler range. After leaving the range of operation the shard has a 2 second fail safe until it explodes. The shards that are sent out from the shard after exploding are more powerful then the standard needler shards, each one takes 1/3(?) of your shields 4 or 5 hits kills you. How many shards in total that are created upon explosion would probably be 15 or more. The design I'll work on, it will probably be crap but hopefully show my take on how it should look. If I think of anything else later I will edit this and post it.
Ok so here is my very pathetic sketch, my hands can't do what my mind sees. The pathetic sketch
I don't read the books, but thats sound more like my first idea. I would be an anti-vehicle weapon, since so many people think the fuel rod gun is anti-personnel. Maybe a five round chamber instead of three because you need to kill in one mag. Since they are needler, they should have slight tracking, a little more than normal neddlers, but ONLY on vehicles. And while double-action is great for most games, Halo is more about simplicity. They should explode when they are near a vehicle and miss, not on a direct shot, although that would be very hard to do. Explode when they hit objects. I do think your idea is better than our original design. You take it down to one ammo type, one trigger, and NO PINK HAZE. I thought that was stupid idea in the first place. Your concept art, though it might be low quality, is a good start. Have the needles sticking out of the sides, like the normal needler, but it should rotate. A big manual lever on the bottom would be like a bolt-action rifle, except slower, and would turn in and pull to the back of the gun to force new needles into the slots, and then launch back into position. I am verry happy you found something from Halo lore that can be used and interpreted in many ways. Again, even though I don't read the books, the lore is still important to me because of the game's storyline. Overall you took the weapon in the direction that I favor, yet is still roughly balanced. PLEASE NOTE: In an earlier post , I stated the large needle would have no homing whatsoever. However, that was when it was a anti-personell weapon; as a anti-vehicle weapon, homing is accepted.
[Edited on 09.28.2009 4:38 PM PDT]