It's nice to have landed on something they have in common that doesn't involve personal tragedy ( though this probably does too, if they dig deeper, or even just pause to think about a little, but they've done enough of that for a day, maybe ), though there's probably plenty of those they just haven't had the chance to talk about, what with how little they've spoken. The smile on his face is genuine when she talks about her weapons of choice, and no they aren't particularly familiar to him but what is familiar is the way she talks about them, the cadence to her voice and the way she lists off the models with a familiarity, like they were the names of people that had fought by her side more than the make and manufacture of things. ]
I've fired a plasma rifle. Fired a couple, actually -- Covenant uses them, they were easy enough to pick up in any battlefield. Hell if we know how it works, no obvious mechanisms anywhere on the thing, the triggers don't even seem to connect to anything, but you pull them and it fires, so it's good enough for use. It's got no real sight-line, clearly wasn't made for human hands, and if it overheats, well, I've only ever used one in armor, but I'd bet it'd burn the skin off your palms pretty quick. But if you got used to firing it? [ A low whistle. ] Hell of a thing. Instant third-degree burns, cauterizes wounds on impact, easily burns targets on near misses. At close range the shots can pass straight through a body, human or not, could even slice a limb straight off. Chews up shields like nobody's business.
Post-war, we've been trying to negotiate treaties to let us study the tech. The Sangheili have been pretty cagey about giving it up, though, with what I've heard. [ A pause, a dry laugh. ] Suppose I can't blame them for that.
My old favourite was a BR55 -- just a standard-issue battle rifle back home, but hey. Can't beat old reliable. [ That's what Wash is best at, anyway, reliable, practical, a fallback for when anything else goes wrong, and he has some pride in the skill he has with it. One of the few things he could edge the other Freelancers out in. ] M6G Magnum sidearms, and I'm fond of knives, too.
No wrist-mounted electroshocks, though.
[ But he's had, uh, experience. With grappling hooks. ]
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It's nice to have landed on something they have in common that doesn't involve personal tragedy ( though this probably does too, if they dig deeper, or even just pause to think about a little, but they've done enough of that for a day, maybe ), though there's probably plenty of those they just haven't had the chance to talk about, what with how little they've spoken. The smile on his face is genuine when she talks about her weapons of choice, and no they aren't particularly familiar to him but what is familiar is the way she talks about them, the cadence to her voice and the way she lists off the models with a familiarity, like they were the names of people that had fought by her side more than the make and manufacture of things. ]
I've fired a plasma rifle. Fired a couple, actually -- Covenant uses them, they were easy enough to pick up in any battlefield. Hell if we know how it works, no obvious mechanisms anywhere on the thing, the triggers don't even seem to connect to anything, but you pull them and it fires, so it's good enough for use. It's got no real sight-line, clearly wasn't made for human hands, and if it overheats, well, I've only ever used one in armor, but I'd bet it'd burn the skin off your palms pretty quick. But if you got used to firing it? [ A low whistle. ] Hell of a thing. Instant third-degree burns, cauterizes wounds on impact, easily burns targets on near misses. At close range the shots can pass straight through a body, human or not, could even slice a limb straight off. Chews up shields like nobody's business.
Post-war, we've been trying to negotiate treaties to let us study the tech. The Sangheili have been pretty cagey about giving it up, though, with what I've heard. [ A pause, a dry laugh. ] Suppose I can't blame them for that.
My old favourite was a BR55 -- just a standard-issue battle rifle back home, but hey. Can't beat old reliable. [ That's what Wash is best at, anyway, reliable, practical, a fallback for when anything else goes wrong, and he has some pride in the skill he has with it. One of the few things he could edge the other Freelancers out in. ] M6G Magnum sidearms, and I'm fond of knives, too.
No wrist-mounted electroshocks, though.
[ But he's had, uh, experience. With grappling hooks. ]