Editing Midnight Coup

{{about|the Hand Cannon|its namesake coup d'état|Ghaul's coup}}
{{Tabbed infobox
|title1=Standard
|content1=
{{Weapon infobox
|image= [[File:MidnightCoupHandCannon.jpg|300px]]
|manufacturer= [[Cabal]]
|style=[[Loyalist]]
|class=
|type= [[Hand Cannon]]
|frame=[[lightgg:1294026524|Adaptive Frame]]
|level=
|accuracy=
|impact= 84
|stability= 47 
|handling= 60
|reload= 56 
|magazine= 12
|feed=Clip Magazine
|ammo=Primary
|mode= Semi-Automatic
|rate= 140 RPM
|damage= {{icon|Kinetic}} Kinetic
|range= 47
|aim=90
|zoom=14
|recoil=80
|intensity=20
|direction=Trends Right
|airborne=24
|service= [[Guardian]]s
|affiliation=[[Emperor Calus]]<br>[[Leviathan (raid)|Leviathan]]<br>[[Loyalist]]s
}}
|title2=BRAVE
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{{Weapon infobox
|image= [[File:BRAVE Midnight Coup.jpg|300px]]
|manufacturer= [[Cabal]]<br>[[Shaxx]]
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|stability= 50 
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|reload= 56 
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|damage= {{icon|Kinetic}} Kinetic
|range= 40
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{{quote|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]] {{icon|Kinetic}} [[Hand Cannon]] in ''[[Destiny 2]]''. It was previously obtained as random loot from the ''[[Leviathan (raid)|Leviathan]]'' [[Raid]], by redeeming its corresponding Raid [[Engram]]s with [[Benedict 99-40]], or by obtaining [[Clan]] Raid Engrams from [[Suraya Hawthorne]].<ref name="Leviathan">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Leviathan (raid)]]''</ref>

During the ''[[Into the Light (update)|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.<ref name="ItL">'''Bungie (2022/11/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Into the Light (update)]]''</ref>

==Perks==
===Standard===
{{PerkTable
|barrel1=[[lightgg:1482024992|Smallbore]]
|barrel2=[[lightgg:4090651448|Corkscrew Rifling]]
|barrel3=[[lightgg:1467527085|Extended Barrel]]
|1stperk1=[[lightgg:342538692|Rampage]]
|1stperk2=[[lightgg:2010801679|Ambitious Assassin]]
|2ndperk1=[[lightgg:1168162263|Outlaw]]
}}

===BRAVE Arsenal===
{{PerkTable
|barrel1=[[lightgg:1840239774|Fluted Barrel]]
|barrel2=[[lightgg:1482024992|Smallbore]]
|barrel3=[[lightgg:4090651448|Corkscrew Rifling]]
|barrel4=[[lightgg:3250034553|Hammer-Forged Rifling]]
|barrel5=[[lightgg:839105230|Arrowhead Brake]]
|barrel6=[[lightgg:3661387068|Chambered Compensator]]
|barrel7=[[lightgg:1467527085|Extended Barrel]]
|barrel8=[[lightgg:202670084|Full Bore]]
|barrel9=[[lightgg:1392496348|Polygonal Rifling]]
|mag1=[[lightgg:1087426260|Appended Mag]]
|mag2=[[lightgg:106909392|Tactical Mag]]
|mag3=[[lightgg:3230963543|Flared Magwell]]
|mag4=[[lightgg:3142289711|Accurized Rounds]]
|mag5=[[lightgg:2420895100|Extended Mag]]
|mag6=[[lightgg:3177308360|Steady Rounds]]
|mag7=[[lightgg:1431678320|Alloy Magazine]]
|1stperk1=[[lightgg:3824105627|Firefly]]
|1stperk2=[[lightgg:3038247973|Explosive Payload]]
|1stperk3=[[lightgg:3700496672|Shoot to Loot]]
|1stperk4=[[lightgg:588594999|Moving Target]]
|1stperk5=[[lightgg:1168162263|Outlaw]]
|1stperk6=[[lightgg:243981275|Attrition Orbs]]
|1stperk7=[[lightgg:3828510309|Enlightend Action]]
|2ndperk1=[[lightgg:2109543898|Desparate Measures]]
|2ndperk2=[[lightgg:3891536761|Kinetic Tremors]]
|2ndperk3=[[lightgg:4049631843|One for All]]
|2ndperk4=[[lightgg:2387244414|Zen Moment]]
|2ndperk5=[[lightgg:47981717|Opening Shot]]
|2ndperk6=[[lightgg:3425386926|Rampage]]
|2ndperk7=[[lightgg:4104185692|Frenzy]]
|origin1=[[lightgg:2489430594|Indomitability]]
}}

==Lore==
====Standard====
{{Verbatim}}
The conspirators came late in the night, skulking into my court while we caroused. [[Dominus Ghaul|Ghaul]] himself led the coup, and it was by his own [[Red Legion]] that we were arrested. 

Imagine my surprise to see the [[The Consul|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 [[The Leviathan|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.<ref name="Leviathan"/>

====BRAVE Arsenal====
{{verbatim}}
"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."<ref name="ItL"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Brave Midnight Coup Ornament.jpg|Exclusive ''BRAVE'' [[Weapon Ornament|ornament]] available only for the ''[[Into the Light (update)|Into the Light]]'' Update. 
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]''  {{1st}}
**''[[Into the Light (update)|Into the Light]]

==References==
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[[Category:Hand Cannons]]
[[Category:Legendary weapons]]