Adds Lever Action Laser Rifle - The Model 2495

[PollardTheDragon]

What Does This PR Do

Adds a lever-action laser rifle to the game. It fires a standard laser rifle projectile. The gun itself is EMP resistant, and is recharged by cycling the action. You only get one shot per charge. The cycle has a 1 second cooldown, similar to how a pump action shotgun works.

The gun can be fired one-handed, but two are needed to cycle the weapon. You can use the *twirl emote to attempt a one-handed cycle, with a 50% chance of success. Failure results in fumbling the cycle and dropping the weapon. Clowns shoot themselves if they try to twirl the weapon.

If you're a badass, you can cycle the weapon one-handed, and never fail a twirl. If you have two, you cycle both at once. What a badass.

The gun comes complete with sound (source is https://freesound.org/) and sprites/inhands.

Obtaining the weapon is done through cargo - at 250 credits per crate, for two guns. Half the price of an IK.

Why It's Good For The Game

Adds an EMP-resistant firearm with high uptime without necessarily begetting a higher escalation tier. DPS is low due to cycle speed, but you do not need rechargers.

Images of changes

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/040355ad-6c6e-433a-9aef-e4280133f893

Testing

Spawned skrell. Shot skrell. Cycled gun. Twirled gun a few times. Put on holocigar. Was a badass with two guns.

Declaration

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Changelog

:cl: add: Added the Model 2495 Lever Action Laser Rifle /:cl:

[Ahzpy]

I'm not a member of balance, but I think for a gun that can't be EMPed, has no charge, and can be loaded with an emote, the drawback on it is too minimal. It does not take long at all to reload and you can just spam emote with no cooldown if you have the badass trait.

[PollardTheDragon]

you can just spam emote with no cooldown if you have the badass trait.

This is not true, at least for the functionality of the weapon. There is a cooldown between when you charge it and when it's fireable (1.5 seconds). Even if you spammed emote, you wouldn't be able to fire it any faster than the given speed.

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[PollardTheDragon]

Stale bot go away this is on TM