Midnight Coup

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

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Midnight Coup
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
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

BRAVE

Midnight Coup
Production overview
Manufacturer:	Cabal Shaxx
Style:	BRAVE Arsenal
Weapon type:	Hand Cannon
Intrinsic frame:	Adaptive Frame
Min-max impact:	84
Min-max stability:	50
Min-max handling:	75
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
Effective range:	40
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:	BRAVE Arsenal

"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.

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.

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.

BRAVE Arsenal

"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."

Gallery

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  Exclusive BRAVE ornament available only for the Into the Light Update.

List of appearances

• Destiny 2 (First appearance)
  • Into the Light