Lex Talionis
- Lex Talionis is an artificer bolt pistol that was rediscovered by the 9th Reconnaissance Battalion on the planet of Mimir .
Mechanics & Inner Workings
Like much technology in the age of the Imperium, the inner workings are not truly known or understood. It appears as though the weapon was made by a lesser able artificer, as its improved capabilities aren't consistent
When the weapon is fired, for the majority of shots it appears to have identical abilities to a standard bolt pistol. However, for occasional shots (approximately 1 in 10) the pistols mechanism accelerates the shell being propelled, so when it impacts with a target, it will cause additional damage.
In game terms, critical hits cause an additional hit
History
Despite their best efforts when interrogating the machine spirit of the weapon, tech-priests attached to the 5122nd Imperial Army have not been able to discover the true origins of the weapon.
All that is known is that, following a defence of the world's ruined archives from a Tau battle force, the 9th Recon Battalion and their supporting savant came across a still secured vault. After the Tech-priests had imbued the machine spirits to open the vault, a single gilded bolt pistol was found hovering in a stasis podium, with the ossified skeletal remains of an archivist (going by the heavy insignia still hanging around the neck).
Following it's discovery, and proper initiation rituals, the weapon has been gifted to Brevet Major Friedrich Hobart, as commander of the force to who rediscovered it.
Item type
Weapon, Ranged
Creation Date
SCM 14
Current Holder
Related ethnicities
Owning Organization
Rarity
Although classified as a holy relic by the Adeptus Mechanicus, making it rare in its own right, the inconsistency of its improvements keep it on the lower end of the rarity scale
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