TESLA

TESLA is an experimental mechanical augmentation introduced in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. When used, it causes a non-lethal electrical discharge on an enemy, stunning and usually incapacitating them, similar to using the Zenith ZAP.

Description

 * The Targeted Electrical Discharge System, also known as the TESLA, is capable of firing a 200-milliamp arc of electricity. Useful for incapacitating targets, the high current causes muscular contractions strong enough to clamp down on the heart and prevent full cardiac arrest, leaving the target unconscious but alive.


 * The TESLA is powered by experimental aluminum graphite nanobatteries housed within the forearm.


 * Incapacitate targets (human or electronic) with an arc of quiet, high voltage electricity at a range of around a dozen meters.


 * Warning: This augmentation is experimental. Unlocking it will add to the Overclock.
 * Activation cost: 2 Praxis
 * Activation: manual
 * Energy consumption: ammo (TESLA Cartridge)

Quick-Fire System

 * The aug picks out targets with a UV laser emitter. The laser reflection is then captured by onboard UV sensors, making it basically impossible to miss unless there's dense intervening material or some kind of reflective obstruction.


 * Target one mark with the TESLA.
 * Upgrade requirement: TESLA
 * Upgrade cost: N/A
 * Activation: manual
 * Energy consumption: ammo

Dual-Arc Upgrade

 * The UV lasers can be configured to mark up to two targets by forging ancillary connections between the dual and tertiary electrodes.


 * An additional capacitor switch housed with the batteries splits the amperes evenly, allowing for two evenly-powered arcs.


 * Target two marks simultaneously with the TESLA.
 * Upgrade requirement: Quick-Fire System
 * Upgrade cost: 1 Praxis
 * Activation: manual
 * Energy consumption: ammo

Quad-Arc Upgrade

 * The UV lasers can be configured to mark up to four targets by forging ancillary connections between a quaternary support system and the dual and tertiary electrodes.


 * An additional capacitor switch housed with the batteries splits the amperes evenly, allowing for four evenly-powered arcs.


 * Target four marks simultaneously with the TESLA.
 * Upgrade requirement: Dual-Arc Upgrade
 * Upgrade cost: 1 Praxis
 * Activation: manual
 * Energy consumption: ammo

Arc Distance Upgrade

 * Upgrading the TESLA's UV laser emitter with a PIN-diode and fusing it with an Ohmic contact will increase the electical  [sic] current's stability and density, allowing it to lock on to targets from a greater distance.


 * Increases the lock-on range to 21 meters.
 * Upgrade requirement: Quick-Fire System
 * Upgrade cost: 1 Praxis
 * Activation: manual
 * Energy consumption: ammo

Trivia

 * 10 μA is the minimum current necessary to cause death (by ventricular fibrillation when applied directly across the human heart).
 * Real-life 230 V AC Tungsten incandescent light bulb (60–100 W) operates at around 250 – 450 mA.
 * UV lasers are real. Even X-Ray lasers are real.