New Machine/NEXUS Weapons
Materials created by Slappy
Instruments of Pain
Most of the firearms used by the Machine’s legions are old human designs that have been in service for centuries. While these models are somewhat antiquated, they have served the Machine well, so she sees no need to replace them. They are sturdy and reliable weapons with excellent range and decent stopping power, but some of the more sadistic Machine personalities find them a bit lacking.
N.E.X.U.S. personalities like Kali are not solely concerned with exterminating humans, they want to terrify, torture, and then finally slaughter them as brutally as possible. For Kali, psychologically tormenting her prey is just as much fun as inflicting actual physical pain, and she feels the standard issue Machine weapons do little to accomplish either. These firearms do an excellent job of destroying their target, but they do not inflict nearly enough pain.
Kali had recently learned that Host Armor and many other Bio-Tech creations actually passed the sensation of pain through to the pilot, and she worked with Hecate to develop new robot designs that exploited this weakness. Her robot designs have already brought a new level of terror to the battlefield, and the psychological horror generated by these hunter/killers has inspired Kali to develop similar hand-held armaments that could be distributed to the standard combat robots. Even Kali’s sister personalities appreciate the destructive power and sheer “creativity” of these designs and have begun equipping their own legions by the thousands. Below is the first batch of firearms rolling off the assembly lines of Kali’s factories. The full effect of these weapons has not yet been felt on the battlefield, but it is only a matter of time before Kali’s new firearms make this war even uglier.
