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Chapter 12 - Outfitting

by Brandon
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There is something exciting about picking up the latest weapon or piece of armor. The problem is that with all this great technology there is still a whole lot of shoddy crap hanging around.

It’s a bit unfortunate that it’s the case but I guess it is difficult to change when you only half understand how anything is supposed to work. At any rate, the important bit about all this is that new weapons, while great, can sometimes not bring about the desired results.

I’ll give an example, so that this isn’t just random ramblings. I picked up an electric cannon earlier. I’m not exactly an expert when it comes to using cannons, but, well, guns aren’t exactly rocket science…well…this does use rockets but…never mind. It isn’t hard. Point barrel at enemy, pull trigger, watch explosion. That’s about the extent of using a weapon. Oh sure, there’s some technicalities of course relating to all this but the basics are that. You could give a drunken panda a gun and he’d figure out how to kill you with it.

Or something like that. Ignore that, it really is just rambling.

Anyway, cannons, not so great. That’s what we are talking about right now. I’m all for efficiency out of weapons and really, what could be more efficient then a weapon that causes a massive BOOM on impact. Well, apparently a lot. I was told, a bit later than when it would have been useful, that cannons generally take several seconds to lock onto a target and really cause some damage.

Yeah…if you’ve been on the front lines you already see the problem. I don’t have time to be waiting 10 seconds as I get a lock on an enemy in the hope of killing them. These things don’t exactly reload themselves and I can’t help but feel as if giving me a cannon is just there attempt to get me to die. Normally in the time it takes me to lock a target I’m already being attacked on all sides by Bane.

I think I may be hanging up the cannon for a while in actual battle. Maybe I’ll get some practice in with it and try again, but at the moment I can’t afford to just kill myself from standing around. I’m behind the rest of my crew in kill count, and they are starting to wonder if I’m losing my touch. It’s about time to get out there and show them how it’s done.

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