Militech Stinger

Ever wondered what would happen if the Kappa had Yinglong's EMP burst? Wonder no more!

The lore

You may have heard about Tsunami's efforts to revolutionize the smart weapon market with the Kappa, but there is one thing people don't talk about much, you see. Heard of the Chimera? Y'know, that big, beefy tank from Militech that never quite reached production?

What if I told you it was originally supposed to be manned?

...and that Militech - yes, the same Militech that has an entirety of one (1!) smart weapon in their entire arsenal and even that one is a prototype - decided to supply the Chimera's crew with a smart handgun in case of emergencies?

Granted, it needed to be small (free space, meet tank interior) and besides, a petty pistol wouldn't have saved a soul from an enemy equipped well enough to attack a tank. What is worse, Militech knew next to naught about developing compact smart weaponry at the time. Thankfully, those weren't problems that money couldn't fix, and so soon after, with Tsunami at its side as a contractor, the two developed the Stinger - a smart and compact handgun capable of generating EMP bursts with each fired bullet. Still only a pistol, sure, but with a gadget like that, you could buy yourself enough time to get out of a lot of nasty situations. Not that petty, right?

In the end however, Chimera didn't pan out, and although Tsunami used some of the know-how they gained to later develop the Kappa, the original project was seemingly lost forever.

But worry you not! Black market always has some surprises in store...

The weapon!

Functionally, the Stinger is a marriage of the Tsunami Kappa with the Dian Yinglong, with some minor debuffs to not make that combination too OP (I think). More specifically, it trades one weapon mod slot and a tiny bit of fire rate for an EMP burst ability. The other weapon slot is still present, should you want to e.g. make the weapon non-lethal.

The weapon is always available at Wilson's shop in the H10 megabuilding in Watson, and occasionally at select other vendors starting from level 17. That said, you can also spawn it manually through CET with the following command:

Game. AddToInventory("Items. Militech_Stinger",1)

Hope you like it!

PS If you encounter any bugs or issues with the mod, have any suggestions, would like to correct my knowledge of the game's lore, and/or think that the gun is too under/overpowered, please let me know! Thank you :)

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