Railgun Chemical Shell

[hollow prawn]

Within Barotrauma, players violate the Geneva Conventions quite a lot. To an extent that it rivals the sheer heresy that Rimworld players act out within their games. However, I have noticed a lack of a specific armament that would greatly effect player vs. player combat.

What I propose is a shell that delivers a chemical payload from a railgun. Imagine loading up a canister with mustard gas or cyanide and launching it at an enemy vessel. Imagine being within said vessel and you watch in horror as a titanium mass tears through your hull and, upon contact with the interior, it delivers its chemical payload, dumping it into your air.

Its a horrifying aspect but it would be one that should be utilized within our beloved depths of Europa. The damage should also scale with a medic with the plague doctor perk, to help balance it of course.

[ocean canopy]

Can’t observe the Geneva convention if it’s not on europa

[hot loom]

Nerve gas grenades and weaponry would be very fun, yes

[ocean canopy]

Acid too

Basically have it create clouds like a watcher

Also if we have chemical bombs have them be just that so we load it into a railgun shell or boarding pod

[ocean canopy]

Oh I missed nerve gas that’s brutal. To put it simply it will cause anyone afflicted to force ragdoll as they slowly die of organ failure

Because nerve agents basically disable your muscle’s ability to receive the stop command so every muscle will simultaneously try to move in both directions

Neurotrauma will have a field day

[unique narwhal]

Instead of making a new post, I will simply add to this one: I believe it would be very useful for players to have access to Railgun munition capable of holding a chemical payload. of course this is useless for creatures of the size of Hammerheads and smaller, but things like Molochs and larger could definitely be useful against. I for one would love to see how a Endworm could handle a few hits of Morbusine and Deliriumine

[proper nacelle]

I think, in a similar vein, you should also be able to load credits directly into railgun shells. Not for any gameplay incentive, just to make the cost/reward of railguns even worse