Assassin Pistol

"A 9mm pistol, manufactured by Mako Ballistics, but modified by Omar Technosect for greater range and damage."

- inventory description

The Assassin Pistol is a unique pistol that can be found in an abandoned shop "Der Blutende Rabe" in Trier.

Background
The Assassin pistol is a customized version of Mako Ballistics' 9mm pistol that was modified by the Omar. The flashlight has been replaced with a scope and the gun hurts targets more than the factory-standard pistol does.

Characteristics
Compared to the regular pistol, the Assassin Pistol has a built-in scope that can be brought up by hitting the alternate fire key. Scoped headshots do more damage than unscoped headshots do. It also does more damage compared to the normal pistol. Worth noting is the fact that it makes a much louder sound when firing (the unmodified Sniper Rifle firing sound to be exact), which might be slightly ironic for an assassin's pistol.

Otherwise, it is the same as the normal 9mm Pistol.

Tactics

 * This weapon is great for any character build. It takes two scoped headshots to kill a normal human enemy in normal difficulty, making it very useful for quickly eliminating most of the enemies the player will face.


 * The Assassin pistol is great for ammo conservation when facing normal human enemies because of how powerful each shot can be if the player lands scoped headshots.
 * Stealthy players should consider that the weapon makes the Sniper Rifle's firing sound when fired, so they might want to add the silencer to it.


 * With a silencer mod, the Assassin pistol is very useful for stealthy players. They can use the assassin's pistol to quickly defeat normal human enemies without enemies noticing and with less ammo consumption than the sniper rifle.
 * Some time has been spent on Realistic Mode deeply analyzing the strengths of this weapon, so please patiently forgive the wordiness of the following 3 bullet points; it is hoped that this knowledge is appreciated by someone:
 * Think of the Assassin Pistol as a weaker and shorter ranged but faster firing, more ammo-efficient alternative to the Sniper Rifle.
 * At short to medium range, the Assassin Pistol is NOT a good replacement for the Red Greasel Hunter that is modded with Increased Damage, especially when it is also modded with a Silencer, as that means that shots fired do not alert nearby combatants that are out sight of the killing and the body; one-shot kills are less detectable by game mechanics and those nearby can be ghosted with one shot to the head when the have not been unalerted. This takes more skill and works on fewer combatants than the Sniper Rifle. Remember that the only way one can pull off this tactic with a pistol consistantly is in Realistic Mode with a Red Greasel Hunter that has been modded with Increased Damage and a Silencer. If you want to use this tactic through a scope, then the Assassin's pistol will do it, but for fewer combatants than the Red Greasel Hunter. And for those combatants with more health, one must use the Sniper Rifle to score one-shot kills, though you may be able to get away with not installing a silencer mod, as the Sniper Rifle can one-shot most alerted combatants, and can be done at a distance that is outside of NPC hearing range (but usually not indoors) as can the Assassin Pistol, but with less effective range.
 * In short, The Assassin Pistol is a fun compromise of the Sniper Rifle, and is best utilized as a shorter range Sniper Rifle that is less powerful than the Red Greasel Hunter.