Laser Pistol
A directed-energy sidearm for the hacker's arsenal.
The Laser Pistol is a weapon in System Shock (1994), a first-person action-adventure game set aboard a space station in 2072.
Quick Facts
- Appears in
- System Shock (1994)
- Setting
- Citadel station
Lore & Background
The Laser Pistol is one of the game's sixteen weapons. It is an energy weapon that can be found and used by the player character, a nameless hacker, to combat robots, cyborgs, and mutants controlled by the artificial intelligence SHODAN.
Reader's Guide
The Laser Pistol is a projectile weapon that may have selectable ammunition types with varying effects, as is typical of the game's weapons. It drains from the player's main energy reserve when used, necessitating economization. Its effectiveness against enemies depends on armor absorption, vulnerabilities, critical hits, and randomness; for example, energy weapons may be more or less effective against certain enemy types.
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