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RAIL DRIVER

     Colonel Masako brought the FCA-26 Magnetic Rail Driver to Mars, and once you get it, you'll thank her. Essentially, it's a highly revved up sniper weapon. It features an advanced zoom scope that allows for sight through walls as well as an incredible penetration capability due to the mass-driven metal slugs it uses as ammunition that allow for killing through walls. Unfortunately, the weapon only holds one slug at a time, which necessitates a reload after every shot. Not recommended for close-quarters combat, but still an excellent addition to the arsenal. Possibly the most frustrating weapon used against you throughout the game, mercenaries are able to kill you with one shot from this thug and can just as easily deplete a vehicles armor with a few well placed shots. If you see a blue streak go by at lighting speeds and are still somehow alive than you'd be best to find where it came from and silence the threat, before you yourself are put down with prejudice.

  • Primary Fire: Fires a high velocity metal slug capable of penetrating walls.
  • Alternate Fire: Engages/disengages zoom scope that allows you to see through walls.
  • Pros: Very potent one hit quit kind of stuff. See through walls function is both useful and cool.
  • Cons: To see a person through a wall he/she must be approximately in the center of your scope. Reloads are long, and the weapon is thus impractical at close ranges. Mercenaries repeatedly pull off cheap kills in the game with it.
  • Recommendation: An excellent addition to the arsenal that can be used to check the path ahead and insure it's safe for travel or to see how many guys are laying in wait just behind the door so that you can plan your attack more efficiently. Don't use it at close ranges unless you enjoy dying.

          

Movie of the Rail Driver in action
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