Midnight Coup
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- "The conspirators were too afraid to kill me—rightly so. I am the beloved father of the people, and the glorious mob would not suffer my death. My sentence was exile."
- — In-game description
Midnight Coup is a Legendary Hand Cannon in Destiny 2. It was previously obtained as random loot from the Leviathan Raid, by redeeming its corresponding Raid Engrams with Benedict 99-40, or by obtaining Clan Raid Engrams from Suraya Hawthorne.[1]
During the Into the Light update, a BRAVE Arsenal version of the weapon was introduced with a new appearance, different perks, and a new origin trait. It is available as loot from the Onslaught activity and can be attuned at the Hall of Champions to drastically increase its drop rate. A more unique version of this weapon is also available on rare drops with double perks and its own unique weapon ornament.[2]
Perks[edit]
Standard[edit]
Intrinsic Trait | Intrinsic Frame | Barrel | Bowstring | Blade | Haft | Sight | Magazine | Arrow | Guard | Perk 1 | Perk 2 | Stock | Grip | Origin | Catalyst
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Smallbore | Rampage | Outlaw | |||||||||||||
Corkscrew Rifling | Ambitious Assassin | ||||||||||||||
Extended Barrel |
BRAVE Arsenal[edit]
Intrinsic Trait | Intrinsic Frame | Barrel | Bowstring | Blade | Haft | Sight | Magazine | Arrow | Guard | Perk 1 | Perk 2 | Stock | Grip | Origin | Catalyst
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Fluted Barrel | Appended Mag | Firefly | Desparate Measures | Indomitability | |||||||||||
Smallbore | Tactical Mag | Explosive Payload | Kinetic Tremors | ||||||||||||
Corkscrew Rifling | Flared Magwell | Shoot to Loot | One for All | ||||||||||||
Hammer-Forged Rifling | Accurized Rounds | Moving Target | Zen Moment | ||||||||||||
Arrowhead Brake | Extended Mag | Outlaw | Opening Shot | ||||||||||||
Chambered Compensator | Steady Rounds | Attrition Orbs | Rampage | ||||||||||||
Extended Barrel | Alloy Magazine | Enlightend Action | Frenzy | ||||||||||||
Full Bore | |||||||||||||||
Polygonal Rifling |
Lore[edit]
Standard[edit]
The conspirators came late in the night, skulking into my court while we caroused. Ghaul himself led the coup, and it was by his own Red Legion that we were arrested.
Imagine my surprise to see the Consul stride into my court so puffed up with pride. He took cheap pleasure hurling spittle in my face. We were frog marched to the Leviathan under cover of darkness.
There was to be no execution; Ghaul and the Consul feared the mob. They knew how tenuous their grip on power would be, and how the people adored their god-emperor.
Ghaul dared not look me in the eye. What was the emotion on his face? Was it shame? How could he bear such hate for one who had been as a father to him?
We were sealed inside the Leviathan and ejected into the furthest reaches of space, left to the same fate I had determined for the Consul so long ago. We were left to die.[1]
BRAVE Arsenal[edit]
"That's awfully ruthless, no?" Lord Shaxx queried. "It's one thing to kill an enemy in combat. But executions… that's dirty business. I know from experience."
"Hmm," Saladin grumbled, turning the elaborate hand cannon over in his hands. "I felt the same way, at the time. I was content to let Calus rot away in deep space, drinking himself into oblivion."
Saladin furrowed his brow. "But after Neomuna; after going tusk-to-tusk with the Shadow Legion, I wonder if his exile was mercy… or weakness."
"Careful, Valus," Shaxx quipped, "your empress might not take kindly to that sort of talk."
Saladin passed the hand cannon back to Shaxx with an approving nod. "I doubt she feels differently. Seeing her father changed like that… had to be harder in the long run."
Shaxx holstered the cannon. "Maybe so, but that's what sets Caiatl apart. It's what set the Vanguard apart! Acting with honor, even at great cost to ourselves."
"Sometimes our honor IS the cost," Saladin rebutted. "And we'd better remember that on the other side of the portal."[2]
Gallery[edit]
Exclusive BRAVE ornament available only for the Into the Light Update.
List of appearances[edit]
- Destiny 2 (First appearance)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bungie (2017/9/8), Destiny 2: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Leviathan (raid)
- ^ a b Bungie (2022/11/28), Destiny 2: Into the Light