Needle launcher

The needle launcher is an mechanoid-only ranged weapon. It is the main armament of the legionary.

This weapon cannot be independently obtained in normal play. It is provided here for comparisons sake.

Acquisition

Needle guns spawn on all legionary, including those gestated by a colony. However, it is not possible to obtain it directly in normal play. Pawns carrying it will not drop it on death, downing, or complete loss of manipulation like other weapons. It can be spawned in by the Debug actions menu but, like all unobtainable weapons, will disappear after being dropped.

Summary

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Analysis

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It is exactly the same as the needle gun but with less range.

Attack table

Ranged

Needle launcher	Dam.	AP	Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Market value
Needle launcher	15	35%	60%	80%	90%	85%	3.26	1.96	2.61	2.93	-	1400

^{Values shown in Red indicate the weapon is out of range at the reference point for this range band.
The value is provided due to the interpolated nature of accuracy between range points.}

Melee

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Attacks

Needle launcher		Barrel (Blunt)					Barrel (Poke)					Human: Left & right fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value
3.91	12.25%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	12.5%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	12.5%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 37.5%	100	1400

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder