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request to change the Maco Battle Rifle into the TR-116-A
inputend21
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Basically Topic,i really want to see the MACO rifle turned into this thing,it ROCKS,and wasn't it Developed as a weapon the Borg Couldn't adapt to?
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So, in STO canon, the TR-116 IS a MACO weapon, and was first used by them against - you guessed it - the Borg.
+1 to this movement.
Technically, the TR-116 exists already, it was a pre-order bonus. We're proposing doing something similar to that the Shattering Harmonicsa set did with the Tholian Crystalline Sword - make a new one with almost the same function, but make it do something special. Plus, the MACO rifle we have now is (to me) good for one thing only: It has a neat sound effect. It's not terribly effective when compared to the other STF weapons, it's not AS canon, and it doesn't look as neat (but then, I'm a fan of the Adapted MACO Pulsewave).
okay... we make a TR-127/8
7 can be a sniper
8 can be a full auto
Why does it have to have a different number? Like I said in my first post, MACO uses the TR-*116*. So, make a MACO TR-116, and let the pre-order be the regular TR-116. Like the Shattering Harmonics Tholian Crystalline Sword versus the regular Tholian Crystalline Sword. The one in the Shattering Harmonics set isn't the Tholian Crystalline Blade, it's the Tholian Crystalline Sword with an addition.
Unlike the sto in game date I want a different number dammit!
It would even give me a reason to finish my tier 5 Omega reputation.
As for the Shield, why not take it a step further and go with MACO Chromodynamic armor and a MACO Multiphasic personal shield as the other two parts of the set?
For example, perhaps this new version uses explosive bullet shells, on top of the micro-transporter addition made during the 24th century.
That's the plan - to be a one-up on the pre-order. The explosive rounds would be nice. A WONDERFUL "Adapt to THIS" move. XD
Well, either that or give it a holographic bayonet for melee attacks, like I was hoping for with the adapted M.A.C.O. rifle. If Cryptic is feeling particularly bold, they could even give it *both* the explosive shells and the bayonet.
The Klingon Empire and Romulans could stand to get their own versions as well, as I'm sure they would at least figure out how to make their own versions.
The TR-116 is canon as a weapon the Federation developed but decided not to deploy. However, The Needs Of The Many, the official STO novel, says that M.A.C.O. personnel carried TR-116A's.
You might be more sucessful citing NOTM and requesting the TR-116A be added to Omega Rep as a T5 unlock, I could get behind that. Odds are good they're not going to monkey with an existing equipment set, but Geko was talking about more itemization a while ago, and adding a weapon to a kit and device could a new ground set for M.A.C.O.
Considering that Omega Force gets a second (space) set, this would be a fair solution and would allow for the addition of other items as well.
Dreadnought class. Two times the size, three times the speed. Advanced weaponry. Modified for a minimal crew. Unlike most Federation vessels, it's built solely for combat.
What's ranged that Klingons could use as a equivalent that would be uniquely Klingon...
The first thing that came to mind was throwing knives. Huge, nasty looking throwing knives.
The second was essentially a shrapnel firing blunderbuss. With a transporting slug shot as a secondary fire.