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## About The Pull Request  Reworks flechette shells from... whatever it was that they were supposed to be before into an AP pellet round that primarily focuses on wounding power and embedding power over specifically dealing direct damage (16 as opposed to buckshot's 30). Useful if you want to maim as a priority. You can print flechette once science researches Exotic Ammunition. Nuclear Operatives also get flechette rounds as a Bulldog Shotgun magazine choice priced as a basic ammunition type. In addition, you can also acquire Donk Co. 'Donk Spike' flechette shells. These shells fire plastic darts! They can be purchased by Nuclear Operatives as a surplus option for Bulldog shotguns. 7 magazines for the price of one. Donk Co. 'Donk Spike' flechette was intended to be an alternative to the standard flechette but failed spectacularly once it hit the market. Due to a lack of confidence in the product, Donk Co. 'Donk Spike' flechette now appears in maintenance loot as potential trash, as Donk Co. dumped it in the millions into various landfills across the sector. You can also print it if you find the tech in a BEPIS tech disk. Does it work? Why don't you take a chance on Donk and find out? ## Why It's Good For The Game I'm not sure if the person who made the original flechette actually understood what each of the variables was supposed to be doing or how they actually worked. A bullet with an excessively negative standard wound power (for a pellet projectile) and low damage, but then an excessively high bare wound bonus (for a pellet projectile). But then some ricochet variables without ricochet being assigned to the bullet... and a demolition mod on a round meant to be weak against armor? Nonsensical. So I've reworked it into two unique rounds. The first serving a practical purpose and becoming an AP option when the crew typically begins seeing those options open up (such as x-ray lasers). The same can be said for nukies, who love AP options, but one focused on lasting wounds is handy too for keeping someone down. There isn't a milspec option; so for nukies, this isn't doing nearly as much upfront damage as buckshot or slugs. You buy this when you want someone not to be recovered with a LOT of medical attention. The second being more tongue in cheek, but also giving a surplus option for Bulldog shotguns, which I think are having ammunition problems even still. Surplus ammunition might slowly roll out for all the guns, but I'm mostly focusing on the ones that have some slight price disparity for total shots compared to other weapons. Also, shooting people full of plastic is kind of funny. ## Changelog 🆑 balance: Flechette has been reworked into an AP pellet round that embeds and wounds, but has less actual damage to buckshot. You can print it once Exotic Ammunition has been researched. Also available to Nuclear Operatives. add: Donk Co. 'Donk Spike' flechette rounds. No longer offered by Donk Co. It can sometimes shows up in trashbins and dumpsters. And operatives can buy it in bulk if they really feel like it. /🆑 --------- Co-authored-by: ATH1909 <42606352+ATH1909@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: SmArtKar <44720187+SmArtKar@users.noreply.github.com>