Needler Rifle

The Needler Rifle is a vicious infantry-scale weapon that fires a spray of tiny fletchettes that can easily shred flesh. These fletchettes are created by shredding a polymer-composite block and fired by a burst of compressed gas, making the weapon noiseless with little to no recoil and the favorite choice of assassins. However, it is an incredibly short-ranged weapon with almost no armor penetration capabilities. This limits its use to self-defense and close-quarters combat, though it serves as an ideal weapon for boarding space-vessels.

The Needler Rifle is less popular than its pistol version due to its size, however it has a larger charge of compressed gas and a greater range.

Specification

 * Item: Needler Rifle
 * Equipment Rating: D/B-B-B/D
 * Armor Piercing/Base Damage: 2B/5S
 * Range: 5/13/30/40 meters
 * Shots: 20
 * Cost/Reload: 75/2
 * Affiliation: -
 * Mass: 1kg/200g
 * Notes: Needler