a book about mashing Z and LMB

code/__DEFINES/traits.dm

@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@
 #define TRAIT_NO_INTERNALS		"no-internals"
 #define TRAIT_NO_ALCOHOL		"alcohol_intolerance"
 #define TRAIT_MUTATION_STASIS			"mutation_stasis" //Prevents processed genetics mutations from processing.
+#define TRAIT_FAST_PUMP				"fast_pump"	
 
 // common trait sources
 #define TRAIT_GENERIC "generic"
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@
 #define BLOODSUCKER_TRAIT "bloodsucker"
 #define SHOES_TRAIT "shoes" //inherited from your sweet kicks
 #define GLOVE_TRAIT "glove" //inherited by your cool gloves
+#define BOOK_TRAIT "granter (book)" // knowledge is power
 
 // unique trait sources, still defines
 #define STATUE_MUTE "statue"

code/game/objects/items/granters.dm

@@ -57,6 +57,35 @@
 			on_reading_finished(user)
 		reading = FALSE
 	return TRUE
+///TRAITS///
+
+/obj/item/book/granter/trait
+	var/granted_trait
+	var/traitname = "being cool"
+
+/obj/item/book/granter/trait/already_known(mob/user)
+	if(!granted_trait)
+		return TRUE
+	if(HAS_TRAIT(user, granted_trait))
+		to_chat(user, "<span class ='notice'>You already have all the insight you need about [traitname].")
+		return TRUE
+	return FALSE
+
+/obj/item/book/granter/trait/on_reading_start(mob/user)
+	to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You start reading about [traitname]...</span>")
+
+/obj/item/book/granter/trait/on_reading_finished(mob/user)
+	to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You feel like you've got a good handle on [traitname]!</span>")
+	ADD_TRAIT(user, granted_trait, BOOK_TRAIT)
+
+/obj/item/book/granter/trait/rifleman
+	name = "\proper the Neo-Russian Rifleman\'s Primer"
+	desc = "A book with stains of vodka and...blood? The back is hard to read, but says something about bolt-actions. Or pump-actions. Both, maybe."
+	oneuse = FALSE
+	granted_trait = TRAIT_FAST_PUMP
+	traitname = "riflery"
+	icon_state = "book1"
+	remarks = list("One smooth motion...", "Palm the bolt...", "Push up, rotate back, push forward, down...", "Don't slap yourself with the bolt...", "Wait, what's this about pumping?")
 
 ///ACTION BUTTONS///
 

code/modules/projectiles/guns/ballistic/shotgun.dm

@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You're too exhausted for that.</span>")//CIT CHANGE - ditto
 		return//CIT CHANGE - ditto
 	pump(user, TRUE)
-	recentpump = world.time + 10
+	if(HAS_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_FAST_PUMP))
+		recentpump = world.time + 2
+	else
+		recentpump = world.time + 10
 	if(istype(user))//CIT CHANGE - makes pumping shotguns cost a lil bit of stamina.
 		user.adjustStaminaLossBuffered(2) //CIT CHANGE - DITTO. make this scale inversely to the strength stat when stats/skills are added
 	return

code/modules/uplink/uplink_items/uplink_devices.dm

@@ -188,6 +188,16 @@
 	item = /obj/item/healthanalyzer/rad_laser
 	cost = 3
 
+/datum/uplink_item/device_tools/riflery_primer
+	name = "Riflery Primer"
+	desc = "An old book with blood and vodka stains on it. Freshly pulled from a dusty crate in some old warehouse, \
+			this primer of questionable worth and value is rumored to increase your rifle-bolt-working and/or shotgun \
+			racking fivefold. Then again, the techniques here only work on bolt-actions and pump-actions..."
+	item = /obj/item/book/granter/trait/rifleman
+	cost = 3
+	restricted_roles = list("Operative") // i want it to be surplusable but i also want it to be mostly nukie only, please advise
+	surplus = 90
+
 /datum/uplink_item/device_tools/stimpack
 	name = "Stimpack"
 	desc = "Stimpacks, the tool of many great heroes, make you nearly immune to stuns and knockdowns for about \