LOK-1 Smart Rifle

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LOK-1 Smart Rifle
Equipment Details
Type	Submachine Gun
Used by	Engineer
Slot	Primary
Availability	Unlock

Unlocked through an assignment
Requires Engineer 20 Purchased for: 8200 Credits 35 Jadiz 65 Magnite 100 Umanite

Initial Stats
Damage 21 Magazine Size 36 Max Ammo 180 Rate of Fire (per second) 6 Reload Time 3s Lock-On Range 25m Max Targets 12 Lock-On Time 100% Acquire Lock Threshold 10° Lose Lock Threshold 70° Armor Breaking 150%

“	Take a standard, high-grade submachine gun and, bolt a semi-sentient AI core to the side of it, and rig it up with several sophisticated tracking packages, arm that resulting abomination with prototype rounds that interface directly with the onboard systems, and you have the aptly named LOK-1 Smart Rifle - a glorious bit of kit any engineer worth their salt would be happy carrying.
	— Item Description

The LOK-1 Smart Rifle is an unlockable primary weapon for the Engineer. It is a heavily augmented submachine gun with multiple electronic attachments and wiring surrounding the weapon. In the front, a small mechanical "eye" rests on top of the barrel with a foregrip attached below. A hinged metal arm supports a loaded magazine that contains a munitions window and a pull tab.

The Smart Rifle is one of the few weapons that has an alternative firing mode, although it is a lot more unique. Tapping the fire button will cause a single shot to be fired normally. Holding down the fire button however, will cause a targeting interface to appear and begin placing incremental indicators onto enemies within range, along with visible tracers that lead from the gun barrel to the enemy. Upon releasing the fire button, the weapon fires at all enemies that were locked on with the amount of bullets corresponding with the number displayed on each indicator. When a locked on enemy is killed, any excess locks will not cause additional bullets to be fired.

When using this alternative firing mode, bullets follow the path of the tracer which means that firing at weakpoints will require you to position the tracer appropriately. This also means that anything blocking the tracer will be impacted instead, which can include terrain, teammates, or other enemies.

Modifications

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

LOK-1 Smart Rifle Modifications
	Mod	Effect	Description	Price
Tier 1	Increased Caliber Rounds	+6 Damage	The good folk in R&D have been busy. The overall damage of your weapon is increased.	1200 Credits 25 Bismor
	Expanded Ammo Bags	+72 Max Ammo	You had to give up some sandwich-storage, but your total ammo capacity is increased!	1200 Credits 25 Magnite
Tier 2 --	Macro Lens	x0.2 Acquire Lock Threshold, x2 Lock-On Range	The Macro Lens decreases the size of the lock on area for extra tight control and focused targeting while also greatly extending the lock on range.	2000 Credits 24 Umanite 15 Bismor
	CCD Array Add-On	+1.3° Acquire Lock Threshold, x1.5 Lose Lock Threshold	The CCD Array Add-On enables the camera to keep track of enemies in a wider angle and also expands the angle at which new locks can be acquired.	2000 Credits 15 Magnite 24 Enor Pearl
	Zoom Lens	+10m Lock-On Range	The Zoom Lens increases the range of your camera, enabling you to lock on to targets farther away.	2000 Credits 15 Croppa 24 Jadiz
Tier 3 --	Electro-Chemical Rounds	+20% Damage to Electrified Targets and +20% Damage to Burning Targets	A simple copper wire and some reactive chemicals makes your rounds pack an extra punch with electricity and high temperatures.	2800 Credits 50 Jadiz 35 Umanite
	SMЯT Targeting Software™	+Smart Targeting	This premium software update makes your camera prioritize targets with lower health and avoids placing more locks necessary. Now that's SmRt(TM)!	2800 Credits 50 Enor Pearl 35 Bismor
	Piercing rounds	+1 Max Penetrations	Shaped projectiles designed to over-penetrate targets with a minimal loss of energy. In other words: Fire straight through an enemy!	2800 Credits 35 Umanite 50 Bismor
Tier 4 --	Shutter Speed Sensor	-20% Lock-On Time	The shutter speed sensor reduces the time between lock ons, helping you reach a full lock on faster.	4800 Credits 50 Jadiz 48 Magnite 72 Enor Pearl
	Aperture Extension	+6 Max Targets	The aperture extension helps the camera sort out more light and minimizes distortion, increasing the amount of lock ons you can place on targets.	4800 Credits 72 Jadiz 72 Magnite 48 Umanite
Tier 5 --	Electric Generator Mod	+Targets with 3 or more Locks are Electrocuted when shot	An electrical generator has been wired into the lock on mechanism, turning rounds electrical when a lock on threshold is passed.	5600 Credits 140 Jadiz 64 Magnite 70 Umanite
	Unstable Lock Mechanism	+Full Lock adds 20% damage to all shots	Loosening a screw in the lock on mechanism bypasses the safety at a full lock on, making your rounds do more damage.	5600 Credits 70 Magnite 64 Enor Pearl 140 Bismor
	Fear Frequency	+Full Lock Scares Nearby Enemies	Denting a cavity in the bullets cause them to emit a fear inducing high pitched sound when fired en masse affecting all enemies around the shooter, achievable by a full lock.	5600 Credits 140 Croppa 64 Magnite 70 Bismor

Overclocks

Overclock calculations happen after modifiers.

LOK-1 Smart Rifle [Expand/Collapse]
Overclock	Effect	In Game Description	Price
Eraser	+12 Magazine Size x1.33 Max Targets	"Clean up the caves with an extended magazine combined with the ability to acquire more locks."	8000 Credits 135 Croppa 70 Magnite 90 Enor Pearl
Armor Break Module	More Damage against Armor when all Locks are engaged	"Shots do extra damage against armor when all locks are engaged."	7850 Credits 125 Croppa 90 Magnite 80 Umanite
Explosive Chemical Rounds	+Explosive Chemical Rounds -5 Damage -36 Max Ammo	"Every enemy with 3 locks triggers an explosion on the last shot."	8500 Credits 65 Croppa 130 Jadiz 95 Magnite
Seeker Rounds	+Seeker Rounds x1.33 Lose Lock Threshold 47% slower Burst Fire Rate +0.5 Reload Time	"Locked shots will always hit their target even finding their way around heavy armor and the system can maintain locks at more extreme angles. However the extra processing load reduces the rate of fire for locked shots and more care must be taken when reloading the advanced rounds."	8150 Credits 135 Magnite 95 Umanite 60 Bismor
Executioner	+50% Weakpoint Damage Bonus at Full Lock x0.5 Lock-On Time -12 Max Ammo -12 Magazine Size x0.66 Max Targets	"Tweaks to the firecontrol mechanism and camera software bring lightning fast lock acquisition and more weakspot damage when all locks are used, However the max number of locks is reduced as is the magazine and total ammo capacity."	8750 Credits 105 Jadiz 65 Magnite 130 Enor Pearl
Neuro-Lasso	+Slowdown Locked Targets x1.5 Lock-On Time Limited Lock-On Duration of 5 seconds	"Slow down enemies by locking on to them, the more locks the slower an enemy gets! The down side is a slower lock-on rate and the locks can only be maintained for a short time before the system resets."	8950 Credits 125 Croppa 80 Magnite 100 Umanite

Stats breakdown

Understanding the Weapon

The Lok-1 will sequentially target all enemies in its scanning range, prioritizing enemies closest to the center of the 'crosshair' (note: the bracket). If the smRt upgrade is not taken, it will paint as many locks as possible per target until reaching the maximum lock capacity. Note however, that the Lok-1 will only ever use the number of bullets needed to actually kill an enemy essentially meaning that no ammo is wasted considering that the player does not waste bullets on terrain, etc. Holding M1 will initiate 'scanning' mode to target enemies and acquire locks, this is visually represented on screen by a loading bar with the text "SCANNING".

The Lok-1 will display a trajectory highlighting the bullet pathfinding for each locked enemy. This orange glowing line can be manipulated by continuing to hold down the lock button and changing the player's perspective. However there is a limit to how far the player can view before the lock's disengage. One may also get a stronger arc by jumping or using perks such as dash to extend the curvature of the bullet trajectory (such as to hit weakspots). Doing this is important to maximize ammo efficiency with the weapon as the Lok-1 has a crippling low amount of maximum ammo.

Compared to the Stubby and the Warthog , the Lok-1 boasts the longest effective range of any weapon in the engineer's arsenal, with a maximum scanning range of up to 35m with appropriate upgrades. As a result the Lok-1 is incredibly effective at disposing of mactera and spitters.

Unique Modifications

The SmRt upgrade prevents 'overlocking' of enemies, by default the Lok-1 will put as many locks as possible on an enemy but only use the amount of bullets neccessary to actually kill the enemy, the SmRT thus acts a quality of life assurance so all bullets are equally dispersed between locked targets, saving time to scan and refire should the player opt to use it.

Unique Overclocks

Explosive Chemical Rounds

Targets with 3 or more Locks on them will trigger an explosion on the last shot locked onto the enemy (or the locked-on shot that kills the enemy), dealing 50 Area Damage and 50% Base Fear Chance in a 4m radius around them (2m Max Damage Radius, 50% Falloff).

Seeker Rounds

Locked shots always hit their targets and ignore armor. The interval between shots in a burst is multiplied by 1.9 which reduces the Burst Fire Rate from 16.67 (1/0.06) to 8.77 (1/0.114), which is approx. -47% Burst Fire Rate.

Seeker Rounds' bonus to Lose Lock Threshold stacks multiplicatively with CCD Array Add-On for a total of 200% if both are equipped.

Neuro-Lasso

Each Lock on an enemy slows it down by 10% (x0.9), and the slows multiply together on each enemy.

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 modifications – The Company Special Weapon Paintjob

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