It might be the entire bottle of slightly expired raenka I just downed talking, but I suspect that Lieutenant Colton is, in fact, a Perpetual!
Wouldn’t that be wonderful? To have someone like her; with her skills and wisdom to watch over humanity for time immemorial? Alas, we should be so lucky. Though tougher than her frame would suggest, our physician has demonstrated, with sufficient frequency, quite human weakness and the rigors of time.
This relationship came out of nowhere at the end of the episode, but the hot ladies have been hitting on Seven throughout the series, so IT WAS TIME. IT’S BEEN TIME FOR SO LONG!!!
Question for the ex skitarii. What were your designations? Ranger or vanguard?
Oh, I was a ranger, dude. First recon slash hunter killer. Hence all the tracking upgrades, the robo limbs, the adaptable headset and the weird metabolism. I could survive a pursuit or a war of attrition with just about anything, man.
I mean, I don’t want to. Gimme a straight fight.
I was Sagitarii, but my temple was small and remote so it was normal to have many task. I also maintain and drive glorious machines, obviously.
Ragged Edges, this is Commissar Fiorenzi again. Today I’m reaching out to ask for advice on armaments. For whatever reason when I received my sash and hat I wasn’t issued a dedicated execution pistol, only receiving a Chainsword and a Mark IV Laspistol. Having spent little of my pay since then I have some savings so I was hoping that given the wide array of armaments used by the Ragged Edges that either your more experienced Commissar, or some of your guardsmen could suggest a weapon.
You have options. None of them are the wrong choice, don’t worry.
Use the laspistol AS the execution pistol. That’s generally done from close range, so the comparatively low potency of the laspistol wont be a problem.
Not to be impertinent, sir, but are you sure that’s wise? Between a soldiers flak helmet and their skull, the las shot might not make it all the way through. It could leave them unharmed or, most beastly of all, could end up slowly burning out their brains from the inside.
Ha ha! REALLY? Like, the las shot just bounces around their skull and cooks their brain?!
Erm...yes..takes about a minute for the victim to die. Makes them thrash about in the most ghastly fashion. A bit like a dying insect.
AWWWESOOOME..
Enough.
When you execute someone you don’t shoot someone through the direct back of the head, or the side. If they’re wearing a helmet, its not necessarily going to work. You aim between the occipital bone and the atlas. Unprotected on most uniforms. Dead in seconds. If that’s not an option your best option is to shoot them through their soft pallet. If they don’t wear a helmet, and you get the chance, then behind the ear is fine too.
But anyways.
On a commissar’s salary, and maybe with a little luck you should be able to switch to something with a little more bite or at least intimidation as your primary sidearm.
I favour a high end, custom tooled, autopistol, but something that scatters shell casings and has that much recoil might not be what you’re looking for if your melee weapon is something with as much finesse and balance as a chainsword.
There’s also the plasma pistol, which is just a beautiful weapon. It looks good. It SOUNDS good and its not a bad little distinctive weapon. Remember: as a commissar you’re sort of a performer as well. A gun that launcher miniature exploding suns at the enemy is pretty impressive.
Especially if you actually hit something with it...
I cannot, as a physician, recommend plasma weaponry.
It may be effective but you’re taking a chance every time you pull that damn trigger. Save it for mad people like the commissar and that ludicrous techpriest. You have your whole life ahead of you. Still might be short, but give yourself a chance.
The commissars is well maintained. A priceless archeotech find and I’ve still had her in 2-3 times for hand burns. On a starting salary/ Without inquisition backing? You’re basically just holding a bomb. If you buy a cheap plasma pistol, the next thing you better save for is a bionic hand.
My advice? Not as a doctor but as a soldier? Save a little longer. Get a bolt pistol. Even the cheapest among them is reliable, intimidating and powerful.
No argument.
It is a classic commissar weapon. A status symbol. Even a glancing shot with one is devastating.The noise it makes is practically a weapon. Usefully it also has minimum recoil. Keep an eye on your shots, though. Bolt pistol only holds about 8 rounds.
Most of my students ended up using a bolt pistol, actually.
Oh yeah, you used to teach this sort of thing huh?
It’s weird hearing you sound informed.
Naw, man, naw. Use ya cash to keep on tricking out the ol’ flashlight.
Expand the clips, customise the grip, put an omni-scope on it, a fire selector, an over charge pack and load it up with some hot shots. All of that tricking out will probably still cost less than most fancier weapons and the end result will be a cheap to maintain, free to reload, reliable as all shit, armour punching badass little unit.
Get yourself a stub automatic for executions. You can always double tap if you gotta.
Then, just keep saving. If you can ever afford it - go big. Get yourself something balla like a refractor shield or a needle pistol. Don’t hear about a lot of commissars using that sorta weapon. You could be the first.
