Z-180 Scattershot
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| Z-180 Scattershot | |
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Model series: |
Z-180 |
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Type: |
Close Combat Rifle |
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Length: |
115.5 centimeters (45.5 in)[1] |
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Width: |
10.7 centimeters (4.2 in)[1] |
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Height: |
34.1 centimeters (13.4 in)[1] |
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Ammunition type: |
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Feed system: |
5 rounds[3] |
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Effective range: |
Short to medium |
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The Scattershot (UNSC Z-classification: Z-180 Close Combat Rifle/Asymmetric Engagement Mitigator, Z-180 CCR/AEM) is a Forerunner energy channel weapon that was originally used by Builder Security forces.[1][5] It is commonly carried by Promethean Knight Battlewagons.
Overview[edit]
Operational history[edit]
The Scattershot gained popular use by Builder Security who used it to engage the Flood during large scale evacuations of Forerunner planets.[6] Effectively an exotic analogue to a human shotgun, the Scattershot was first used as a close-range defensive weapon toward the end of the Forerunner-Flood war. The Scattershot is extremely dangerous in relatively close quarters, and fires multiple individual projectiles, though its most remarkable attribute is that its rounds can ricochet off surfaces.[5] As a weapon created to combat the Flood and prevent them from reusing corpses, it will disintegrate its targets if enough of the projectiles hit them at the same time.[7]
Design details[edit]
The weapon bears the hallmarks of Forerunner design: highly angular and metallic. It appears to be held together at least partly by energy fields, as indicated by its self-assembly process and floating sights. Orange highlights can be seen while the weapon is self-assembling and throughout the casing once assembly is complete; these highlights grow brighter when the weapon is fired. The weapon receives five energy cells from a breach-loaded compartment.[8] The Scattershot was manufactured and developed by Ferrarius Assembler Vats.[9]
A modified and repurposed form of the Scattershot's energy pellets are used by the Scatterbound variant of the Heatwave weapon.[10][11]
Variants[edit]
- Loathsome Thing: The Loathsome Thing, stained in the ichor of an unaccountable number of Flood across hundred thousand different hives, is an improved model with increased damage, a faster rate of fire of 140 RPM, faster reload speed, and a doubled magazine size.[12] This particular Scattershot also appears as the second hidden weapon in the mission Osiris, appearing in a pair.[13]
- Didact's Signet: The Didact's Signet, handcrafted by the Ur-Didact to reward his most elite Prometheans, is an advanced model that fires a quartet of stronger, faster moving, and longer ranged projectiles compared to normal Scattershots. Its projectiles also have stronger tracking capabilities after ricocheting.[12] This particular Scattershot can be found as a hidden weapon in the mission The Breaking.[14]
Loathsome Thing.
Didact's Signet.
