Synchronic Proton Distortion Prototype Assault Rifle

Synchronic Proton Distortion Prototype Assault Rifle

Rare Ground Weapon

Bind On Pickup

Unique - Max of one per character

 

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Antiproton Bolt Setting

Antiproton Damage

102 Antiproton Damage (81.6 DPS)

+60 Crit Severity Bonus

High Density Proton Beam

Exploit Attack

Chained Proton Damage

21.2 Proton x3

Chain up to 4 targets

+40% Critical Severity

Value: 0

The Synchronic Proton Distortion Prototype Assault Rifle is a unique weapon developed by Lieutenant Kalapo/B'Eler specifically for combating Devidians.

A prototype weapon originally developed at Memory Alpha to damage cloaked opponents, the Synchronic Proton Distortion Beam failed Starfleet field testing at Deep Space K-7 and the project was abandoned. It was later successfully tested as a hand weapon against non-cloaked opponents by crew from the U.S.S. DeWitt, but never entered production as a fleet weapon. Oly a few prototypes of this weapon still exist, and this one has been modified with a secondary effect that is extremely effective against foes who are at a subspace variance from our reality.

Obtaining

The Synchronic Proton Distortion Prototype Assault Rifle is a mission reward from the Devidian Front mission “Spin the Wheel”.

This item is unique, so players can only have one per character.

Modifiers

There are seven factors that can affect personal weapons. These are Modifier suffixes, spent Player Skill Points, Personal Equipment, and Equipment Sets.

Modifier Suffix

Synchronic Proton Distortion Prototype Assault Rifles do not come with modifiers suffixes, as other weapons normally do, as they are already an Rare item.

Skills

Player Skills
Skill	Rank	Effects	Melee/Ranged
Weapon Proficiency	Lieutenant	Improves ranged ground weapon damage. Does not improve secondary effects. Does not improve melee ground weapons or unarmed combat.	Ranged
Combat Specialist	Lieutenant Commander Tactical Officers Only	Improves ground weapons, melee damage and criticals.	Both

Personal Equipment

Personal Equipment
Icon	Equipment	Effects	Melee/Ranged
	Energy Harness Armor	+5% All Energy Damage	Ranged
	Recoil Compensating Armor	+40% Critical Severity	Both
	Integrated Targeting Armor	+5% Critical Chance	Both
	Physical Augmentation Armor	+10% Physical Damage strength	Melee
	Personal Shield + [Ene] Suffix	Chance to provide a 10% Energy Damage Buff for 4 sec when you take damage.	Ranged
	Power Cell Small - Medium - Large	Small - +15 All Energy Damage for 15 secs Medium - +20 All Energy Damage for 15 secs Large - +25 All Energy Damage for 15 secs Consumed on use.	Ranged

Notes

• Although this weapon is good against single enemies, this weapon is built to be most effective when used against groups of 3-4. The tighter the group, the better. The best strategy is for the player to target someone in the rear of the group. Using this method, the chain fire will actually chain forward to everyone standing in front of the target, dealing heavy flanking damage!

• This weapon appears to be a reference to Ghostbusters. It is similar in appearance to the proton weapons from the film, the secondary fire is a proton beam with a similar "stream" effect, and it is provided specifically for use against the ghost-like Devidians.

• Although this weapon may never have been designed for such a use, is amazingly well suited for fighting Borg. Just as with fighting Devidians, the secondary Fire can be used to devastating effect if used against a group of 3-4 Drones. Using this method, a player can actually kill numerous drones before ever needing to remodulate.

• As of Season 4 it is currently the only ground weapon with two different types of energy damage. (Proton and Antiproton)

• Unlike most other ground weapons, this weapon is not visible on the players' back when not in use. Also, despite being called a "rifle," the player wields it like an Assault Minigun.

• With the secondary fire being able to chain, and primary fire acting very much like a shotgun bolt, this weapon is a welcome substitute for a Pulsewave Assault, and also has a slightly longer range. In addition, the damage dealt seems to increase with the player's level, so this weapon can be gotten early in the player's career and then used all the way through Level 50.

• The only downside of this weapon is that unlike how a Pulsewave Assault simply needs to be facing the general direction of an enemy, this weapon's target reticule needs to be pointed directly at an enemy, or else the secondary fire will harmlessly shoot the ground or wall, and be wasted. You will then be forced to wait 6 seconds for the secondary fire to recharge.

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