Innovation on the Bat'leth.

cbrjwrr

We are all familiar with the 116 cm Bat'leth; they have been the pride of our equipment, our swords of honour ever since Kahless the Unforgettable defeated our ancient enemy and oppressor Molor, a feat we have celebrated for many centuries with the feast of Kot'Baval!

However, I have thought of a modification which drastically enhances the lethality of our blades: behold!


This - badly and hastily drawn, I'll accept - concept features two disruptor pistols fashioned into the first and third hand holds, and so, gives us unrivalled offensive capability - not only a deadly sword, but the tactical edge our great Empire needs in this time of constant warfare!

I recognise that this is a significant break with what has gone before, but it is not without precedent; this very year we unleashed onto the battlefield a Bat'leth that stacks Electrokinetic Capacitor Charges with the purpose of stunning and devastating those who dare defy us.

Therefore, is there not room in the Empire for this development?


****Out of character****

Adjust model of a Bat'leth to feature guns, create required animation, place into game. Thoughts?

autumnturning

Better off modifying the Nanopulse Edge Bat'leth, which already features an (on demand) "energy blade" to enable a "shooter" mode that effectively "spits" bolts of energy at your foes.



Essentially the energy of the blade "contracts" into the center and is then "fired" before the blade "reignites" back into its former shape, giving a sort of pulse shooter that would be somewhat akin to the performance of a Compression Pistol.

hugin1205

or just add a string that combines both limbs of the bat'leth and you can fire battery powered nano pulse arrows

angrytarg

However, there is the Gin'tak polearm. I can see such a weapon with a integrated disruptor used by Yan-Isleth. You could lower the weapon and fire a bold during the charge before either thrusting or slashing with it.​​

cbrjwrr

So you agree with the premise of modifying a melee weapon, but not the implementation?

The problem with that is the Gin'tak is not in STO, and realistically it isn't going to be added...

angrytarg

The concept is workable (in sci-fi) like attaching a blade to a disruptor to have a combined weapon and for something like Star Trek it arguably makes more sense than to have people actually using swords over ranged energy weapons. However, not in a bat'leth, the weapon is completely unfeasible to integrate something like that - with the exception of how the Terran Taskforce rep weapon does it, maybe. The bat'leth allows you to discharge a close to midrange electrical charge which is basically what you are asking for, or the Nukara sword which "loads" during combat and allows you one ranged energy attack afterwards.

The Gin'tak isn't in game, true, but so aren't shooty bat'leths The whole melee system needs a serious makeover to make more sense but this is generally not something we should expect happening at this point.​​

hugin1205

btw: the idea isn't new http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_59GYpEVAu0U/TRl6lxmkPUI/AAAAAAAAAps/O4TSuJ_cJcE/s1600/pistol-cutlass2.jpg

However: what's the Point? And how would you control the new attack?
I think players should have 3 ground weapon slots: one dedicated melee, one dedicated pistol and one dedicated rifle. This would also be easier to implement game wise.

cbrjwrr

Oh, I know; it was looking at axe-guns which set off my thoughts to make this thread.

Well, it is a Bat'leth; they have several points...
Look up "HetaQ's Secret Fighting Arts of the Warrior Race (Volume I - betleH yIqel)" and then adjust to take into account the fact you now have two disruptor pistols in the weapon.
Or did you mean actual game mechanics rather than the practicals of Bat'leth combat? Well, for that, I was thinking of the third attack firing a shot, like the other special bat'leths mentioned.

That would be good, but I don't necessarily agree all weapons should be treated that simply, consider the possibility of clipping issues between over-the-shoulder weapons. But, a set of pistol, a Telogar and a rifle shouldn't be a problem. Of course, the game doesn't display them all anyway, so why not...


Well, I can think of how I'd use such a weapon as the one proposed - for example, in a slash across the body or a stabbing thrust the disruptor as aligned would add a significant amount of lethality onto it (and an actual Klingon using it would only improve it effectiveness) - so it isn't completely infeasible. Questionable, obviously, but not infeasible.

Yeah, that's part of the problem, it only gets made if it involves space and works for Feds, and this is neither...

freakium

Or we can just go with a wuxia approach and have them swing the blade as usual but have the bat'leth generate electric bananas like the Elachi weapons. It can all be explained away by saying a mad Klingon scientist did it.

goodscotch

hugin1205 wrote: »

I think players should have 3 ground weapon slots: one dedicated melee, one dedicated pistol and one dedicated rifle.

This is a great idea!