Slap Rifle

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Slap Rifle
Slap Rifle
Grimoire Slap Rifle.jpg
Production overview

Manufacturer:

Vex

Weapon type:

Light Carbine

Min-max accuracy:

Good

Min-max impact:

Low

Min-max stability:

High

Min-max magazine:

Infinite

Specifications

Feed system:

Time/Space Gate

Ammunition type:

Superheated Matter

Fire mode:

Semi-auto

Rate of fire:

Middling

Damage:

Solar Solar
Arc Arc (specific variants)

Effective range:

Long

Service history

In service:

All collectives

Affiliation:

Goblins
Fanatics
Minotaurs
Hobgoblins

 
Taken Slap Rifle
Taken Slap Rifle
Taken Slap Rifle Infobox.png
Production overview

Manufacturer:

Vex

Weapon type:

Light Carbine

Min-max accuracy:

Good

Min-max impact:

Low

Min-max stability:

High

Min-max magazine:

Infinite

Specifications

Feed system:

Ascendant Gate

Ammunition type:

Strange Matter

Fire mode:

Semi-auto

Rate of fire:

Middling

Damage:

Void Void

Effective range:

Long

Service history

In service:

Taken

Affiliation:

Taken Goblins
Taken Hobgoblins
Taken Minotaurs

 

"From a tactical perspective, the Slap Rifle is a Vex directed-energy weapon that fills their analog of the light infantry role. From an engineering perspective it's something much more interesting: a terminal. The Slap Rifle receives a bolt of Solar energy from somewhere (or somewhen) else and it points it at a target.

The terminal's flexibility is impressive. In non-combat conditions, the Slap Rifle seems like it might serve as a viable field transmitter, construction tool, navigational beacon, network repeater, or any of a number of other utility functions.
"[1]

The Slap Rifle is a Solar light infantry weapon utilized by the Vex.

Overview

The Slap Rifle is the main weapon of Vex Goblins. Much like their wielders, it is individually weak, but becomes deadly when fired in large numbers. There is no trickery to this weapon; the player should simply seek cover or thin the number of attackers to survive it. Rarely, it is found in the hands of Minotaurs, and even more rarely Hobgoblins.

Analysis suggests the Slap Rifle may be a terminal of sorts, drawing bolts of Solar energy from somewhere (or somewhen) else before pointing it at a target. In non-combat conditions, however, the Slap Rifle seems to serve as a viable field transmitter, construction tool, navigational beacon, network repeater, or any of a number of other utility functions.

Some rare, powerful Vex like Protheon, Modular Mind use a variant that fires Arc projectiles at a faster rate.

The Taken version fires Void projectiles, but otherwise functions the same. While still the main weapon of Taken Goblins, Taken Minotaurs and Taken Hobgoblins utilize it with more frequency than their base counterparts.

Gallery

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny - Vex Arsenal: Slap Rifle