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Midnight Coup

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This article is about the Hand Cannon. For its namesake coup d'état, see Ghaul's coup.
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Midnight Coup
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Production overview

Manufacturer:

Cabal

Style:

Loyalist

Weapon type:

Hand Cannon

Intrinsic frame:

Adaptive Frame

Min-max impact:

84

Min-max stability:

47

Min-max handling:

60

Min-max reload speed:

56

Min-max magazine:

12

Specifications

Feed system:

Clip Magazine

Ammunition type:

Primary

Fire mode:

Semi-Automatic

Rate of fire:

140 RPM

Damage:

Kinetic Kinetic

Effective range:

47

Hidden stats

Aim assistance:

90

Zoom:

14

Recoil:

80

Bounce intensity:

20

Bounce direction:

Trends Right

Airborne effectiveness:

24

Service history

In service:

Guardians

Affiliation:

Emperor Calus
Leviathan
Loyalists

 

"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 Kinetic 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

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Intrinsic Trait Intrinsic Frame Barrel Bowstring Blade Haft Sight Magazine Arrow Guard Perk 1 Perk 2 Stock Grip Origin Catalyst

Smallbore Rampage Outlaw
Corkscrew Rifling Ambitious Assassin
Extended Barrel

BRAVE Arsenal

Intrinsic Trait Intrinsic Frame Barrel Bowstring Blade Haft Sight Magazine Arrow Guard Perk 1 Perk 2 Stock Grip Origin Catalyst

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

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"And my vanquisher will read that book, seeking the weapon, and they will come to understand me, where I have been and where I was going."
The following is a verbatim transcription of an official document for archival reasons. As the original content is transcribed word-for-word, any possible discrepancies and/or errors are included.

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

Destiny-GhostConstruct.png
"And my vanquisher will read that book, seeking the weapon, and they will come to understand me, where I have been and where I was going."
The following is a verbatim transcription of an official document for archival reasons. As the original content is transcribed word-for-word, any possible discrepancies and/or errors are included.

"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

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Bungie (2017/9/8), Destiny 2: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Leviathan (raid)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Bungie (2022/11/28), Destiny 2: Into the Light (update)