Heavy Barrel no longer does anything for a pistol; reduced weight cannot be combined with ceramic components either. Very, very expensive, very, very difficult to get a hold of, even despite the (okay, admittedly fuzzy) comment in the fluff about it being kept 'in competition with the main side arms of other nations'. Is this supposed to be a widely-used piece like that suggests, or a highly restricted one? Also, why is the CAS producing this directly, instead of contracting it to a weapons manufacturer?
Even with the 0.46 Heavy Pistols price modifier, this thing comes in at a whopping 5660¥. With a silencer that doesn't work as well (technically) as a normal one, why should I purchase this instead of some other MAD-based weapon into which I could ladle a few relatively inexpensive modifications?
I never noticed that they completely changed the Heavy Barrel mod, a 2073 version would probably replace it with Electronic Firing (RC and quieter). While it isn't written out, someone with Low Frequency hearing
should be able to hear a normal suppressed weapon much much easier. I figure that while you can't usually modify ceramic components with reduced weight, guns can come standard bending the rules (glares at Ares Alpha). Its standard issue for stealth operations (mostly special forces), but can stand up to other nations sidearms despite being tuned for silent operation.The fluff was written for 2063. As for the CAS, they were trying to keep the design under wraps.
The bulk of the price is in the modifications (6 x cost since its ceramic). The gun itself I put at 400 (slightly above predator), but with Ceramic Components 3 (2400), Internal Silencer (2400), Smartgun System (2400), Reduced Weight (2400), Melee Hardening (1800), and Heavy Barrel (2400) the gun's base cost is hardly the issue (cost given is actually about 2k less than modifying the weapon yourself to that point). Dropping Heavy Barrel out would lower the price, but I'd probably replace it with Electronic Firing. Its meant to be a high priced piece of equipment. The only other undetectable heavy pistol is extremely hard to get ammo for and cannot be modified at all.
Again, wildly expensive; I can get four FN HARs for this, and get them twice as fast. Though they might not fold away like this, they always have those two points of recoil comp. Not sure if you have the Concealability right; am I correct in believing that you're saying it is naturally more concealable than an SMG, and when folded up it falls between a heavy pistol and a machine pistol in concealability??
The entire point of the gun is concealability, not the recoil comp. The SR3 version had the concealability of a Light Pistol when folded up. Bullpup design allows the whole package to wind up roughly the size of an SMG, but the helical clip largely cuts down the profile. Folding in the stock and grips, it should come out to be roughly the size of a mini-bat and its specifically designed to be worn strapped under the shoulder.
Its not supposed to be a standard weapon, its what high end bodyguards occasionally get issued for those "unarmed" situations.
