DRAK-25 Plasma Carbine

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DRAK-25 Plasma Carbine
Equipment Details
Type	Plasma Carbine
Used by	Scout
Slot	Primary
Availability	Unlock

Unlocked through an assignment
Requires Scout 20 Purchased for: 8200 Credits 100 Croppa 40 Jadiz 60 Bismor

Initial Stats
Damage 9 Max Battery 800 Rate of Fire (per second) 13 Armor Breaking 100% Overheat Duration 2.5 Cooldown Delay 0.3

“	The DRAK-25 is among the newest additions to the DRG arsenal and is a bit of a technological marvel. Capable of laying down a blistering hail of superheated plasma without hardly ever blowing up in your hands, AND comparatively cheap to manufacture, Management were quick to approve and sign off on this design.
	— Item Description

The DRAK-25 Plasma Carbine is an unlockable primary weapon for the Scout. It is a somewhat retro futuristic carbine with the stock being incorporated into the handle and attached to the magazine. The barrel and muzzle both feature distinctly different colors compared to the rest of the gun and are much more circular than the rest of the weapon.

The Plasma Carbine, similar to Gunner's "Lead Storm" Powered Minigun and Driller's Experimental Plasma Charger, feeds from a single ammo pool and has an overheating mechanic. In addition, the plasma fired by the weapon is considered a projectile, meaning that it must physically travel through the world before hitting a target.

When firing the Plasma Carbine, each shot will produce heat which is measured on the weapon's digital display. After firing for an extended period of time and completely filling the heat meter, the Plasma Carbine will jam, rendering the weapon inoperable for the overheat duration.

Modifications

There are five tiers of modifications and each tier has two to three upgrades. Only one modification can be equipped per tier.

DRAK-25 Plasma Carbine Modifications
	Mod	Effect	In Game Description	Price
Tier 1	High-Volume Plasma Field	+3 Rate of Fire	"We overclocked your gun. It fires faster. Don't Ask. Just Enjoy. Also probably don't tell Management, please."	1200 Credits 25 Magnite
	Heat Shield	-25% Heat per Shot	"Less heat generated per shot."	1200 Credits 25 Croppa
	Stronger Plasma Accelerator	+50% Projectile Velocity	"Launches the plasma projectiles at a higher velocity."	1200 Credits 25 Umanite
Tier 2	Larger Battery	+250 Battery Capacity	"The good thing about clips, magazines, ammo drums, fuel tanks... you can always get bigger variants."	2000 Credits 15 Bismor
	Increased Caliber Rounds	+2 Damage	"The good folk in R&D have been busy. The overall damage of your weapon is increased."	2000 Credits 15 Enor Pearl
Tier 3	Custom Coil Alignment	-70% Shot Spread	"Hand-aligned coils with a custom two phase acceleration profile improves accuracy and reduces spread."	2800 Credits 50 Croppa 35 Bismor
	Gen 2 Cooling System	+50% Cooling Rate, -0.1 Cooling Delay	"The new and improved passive cooling system sheds heat faster when not firing."	2800 Credits 35 Jadiz 50 Magnite
	Hot Feet	+Speed Boost During Overheat	"The burning hot gases motivate you to move faster while the weapon is overheated."	2800 Credits 50 Magnite 35 Enor Pearl
Tier 4	Overcharged PCF	+20 Chance to Electrocute on Hit	"The projectiles carry excess charge distributed across the containment field giving a small chance to electrocute the target on impact."	4800 Credits 72 Umanite 50 Enor Pearl 48 Bismor
	Plasma Splash	-5 Direct Damage, +5 Splash Damage Area	"A simple modification to the containment field causes it to rupture outward on impact damaging all things in a small radius even through heavy armor."	4800 Credits 48 Croppa 72 Magnite 50 Bismor
	Destructive Resonance AMP	+200% Armor Break Bonus	"We're proud of this one. Armor shredding. Tear through that high-impact plating of those big buggers like butter. What could be finer?"	4800 Credits 72 Croppa 48 Jadiz 50 Enor Pearl
Tier 5	Manual Heat Dump	+ Manual Heat Dump	"Pressing the reload button will force the DRAK-25 into overheat mode letting you quickly cool the weapon."	5600 Credits 64 Croppa 64 Magnite 140 Enor Pearl
	Thermal Feedback Loop	+Faster RoF When Hot	"Pumping excess heat back into the system results in a faster rate of fire when the weapon passes 50% heat."	5600 Credits 64 Jadiz 140 Umanite 70 Enor Pearl

Overclocks

Overclock calculations happen after modifiers.

DRAK-25 Plasma Carbine [Expand/Collapse]
Overclock	Effect	In Game Description	Price
Aggressive Venting	Burn AoE on overheat x0.8 Overheat Duration	"Directional vents burn everything around you and send enemies running when the weapon overheats. They also reduce the overheat recovery time."	8000 Credits 95 Croppa 80 Enor Pearl 130 Bismor
Thermal Liquid Coolant	x1.25 Cooling Rate x0.85 Heat per Shot	"With a liquid coolant fitted to the weapons thermal system it transfers heat more efficiently, accelerating its cooling rate and reducing heat per shot."	8100 Credits 130 Umanite 105 Enor Pearl 75 Bismor
Impact Deflection	Projectiles will bounce 1 time, either off of terrain or enemies -2 Rate of Fire	"Tinkering with the particle density makes your projectiles react on impact with armor and surfaces, making them bounce up to 2 times! However the rate of fire needs to be reduced to keep the gun from exploding in your hands."	7950 Credits 60 Croppa 140 Jadiz 105 Umanite
Rewiring Mod	Regenerate Ammo while Overheated x1.3 Overheat Duration x0.7 Battery Capacity	"By rewiring the thermal systems into a secondary cell and connecting it to the primary battery, your weapon can convert the energy from overheating into ammo. However this reduces the maximum capacity of the primary battery significantly."	8200 Credits 65 Croppa 110 Jadiz 130 Bismor
Overtuned Particle Accelerator	+8 Direct Damage x0.8 Battery Capacity x1.5 Heat per Shot Increased Base Spread	"The particle accelerator has been tuned way over safety standards to push the damage output to the limit! The modifications comes with a price to overall stability of the weapon and increased heat generation."	7200 Credits 65 Jadiz 120 Umanite 100 Bismor
Shield Battery Booster	+5.5 Damage while shield is full x2 Projectile Speed while shield is full +1 Rate of Fire +100 Battery Capacity x0.5 Cooling Rate x1.5 Heat per Shot x2 Overheat Duration Overheating disables shield	"Plugging your shield directly into the weapon battery boosts the plasma feed and density significantly while at full shield and improves total ammo and rate of fire at all times. However the extra energy generates more heat and overheating the weapon will short circuit your shield."	8850 Credits 120 Jadiz 105 Magnite 65 Bismor
Thermal Exhaust Feedback	Up to +6 Damage/Heat per Shot when over 50% Heat +0.8s Overheat Duration x1.2 Heat per Shot	"Feeding the thermal exhaust back into the system transfers the heat generated after a 50% threshold to the plasma, making it increasingly hot. The modifications means more heat generated and it takes longer to get rid of during overheat."	7500 Credits 100 Jadiz 75 Umanite 140 Bismor

Stats breakdown

Understanding the Weapon

• Battery Capacity is the weapon's total ammo capacity.
• Overheat Duration is the amount of time in seconds that the weapon becomes inoperable when the heat meter is completely filled.
• Cooldown Delay is how long you need to wait in seconds before the weapon's heat meter begins to cool down.
  • Heat Generated per Shot: 0.045
  • Maximum Heat Capacity: 2
• The heat-percentage bar on the gun is non-linear. It takes 18 shots to reach "50% heat", and 45 to reach 100%.
  • These values change based on mods and overclocks, from up to 69 shots at most to overheat, to as few as 29 based on build.
    

Unique Modifications

Overcharged PCF

• Actually has a 15% chance, not 20%
• Duration: 4 seconds
• Damage: 12 electric per second, 48 total
• Slow: 80%

Hot Feet

• Speed boost lasts for the entire overheat duration, plus an additional ~2s. Thus, the longer the overheat duration, the longer the speed boost.

Plasma Splash

• Damage type: Fire
• Radius: 1m

Manual Heat Dump

• Manually overheating provides a significant reduction in overheat duration. Thus, its much faster to dump the heat by manually overheating at <99% heat, rather than automatically at 100% (35% less overheat time), also bypasses the "Cooldown delay".

Thermal Feedback Loop

• Gives +5 rate of fire above 50% heat, up to a total RoF of 20

Unique Overclocks

• Impact Deflection
  • The bounce angle depends on the surface angle, like the reflection of a beam of light.
  • If the "Plasma Splash" mod is equipped, the projectile deals splash damage when bouncing off terrain; making it possible to deal x2 splash if you shoot the floor infront of enemies (splashing on contact with floor, then bouncing into the enemy, dealing direct + splash damage again).
• Rewiring Mod
  • Rewiring Mod will refill 31.44 shots given a full overheat of 45 shots, 69.86% of ammunition used. This means a full 45-shot overheat will only consume 13.56 shots.
  • Using "Manual Heat Dump" to overheat early mod will refill around 47-70% of ammunition used. A minimum of 18 shots are needed to reach "50% heat" to manually overheat, and consumes ~9.5 shots (only refilling 47.2% of the 18 used).
• Shield Battery Booster
  • At full shields, +5.5 direct damage, and x2 projectile speed.
  • Does not function in missions with the Shield Disruption modifier
• Thermal Exhaust Feedback
  • Adds 1.5 fire and 1.5 heat damage for every 10% heat over 50%, up to a total of +6 fire and +6 heat damage.

• Aggressive Venting
  • Upon overheating, deals up to 6 fire damage, 60 heat, and 500 fear within a 5 meter radius.
  • These values all scale with %heat at overheat, so at 50% heat, all of them will be halved.
  • Additionally, this overclock drastically reduces overheat time, which stacks with Manual Heat Dump. Overheating at 50% heat with MHD will give an approximately .5 second overheat duration.

Mastery

Each modification that is purchased advances a mastery bar by one unit.

Mastery unlocks:

• Three modifications – First Stripe Weapon Paintjob
• Seven modifications – Deepcore Weapon Paintjob
• All (13) modifications – The Company Special Weapon Paintjob

Trivia

• The DRAK-25 Plasma Carbine's weapon prototype used the Deepcore 40mm PGL model.