The Knucklehead Standard-Issue Battle Rifle, also known as the “The Knucklehead Point-and-Shoot” become Iron Company standard issue in YE 45.

In YE 45, while nursing a bottle of Vahallan Whiskey, Tacho decided it was time to gift the men of the Iron Company with something they would use more regularly than a fresh pair of briefs. It was an honest gesture in hopes of keeping the men alive as they toured the Kikyo Sector killing ugly xenobiological wildlife. The energy weapon would be one of the few they used on a regular basis, designed to subdue and harass anything or anyone that was causing a scene. The battle rifle would also include several small warning labels such as indicating that the barrel needed to be pointed at the enemy to ensure that the “knuckleheads” were as informed as they could be on the battlefield.

The charge cartridges would also include a detailed instruction manual that resembled one of the commonly designed toaster oven appliances used in the Iron Company, and on occasion would be accidentally swapped out for the manual for the toaster oven. Tacho ensured the rifle was put into mass production, and although the implied humor it would be adopted as a standard issue item for the Iron Company.

General statistics for “The Knucklehead”.

Knucklehead Standard-Issue Battle Rifle
Year Introduced	Full Production YE 45.
Class/Nomenclature	IC-W2-1A (Current Production Version)
Designers	Iron Company, Tacho
Manufacturer	Iron Company
Fielded By	Iron Company
Weapon Type	Energy Pulse Rifle
Weapon Role	Anti-Xenobiological Wildlife, Anti-Personnel
Length	102cm
Weight	5kg
Damage Rating (Version 3)	Firing Mode Dependant
Production	Mass Production
Pricing	200KS

The Knucklehead Battle Rifle ¹⁾ has a sleek and ultra-modern design, a typical ethos of the designs from the “Cultural Exchange Bitch” known as Tacho who sneaks in a lot of her Norian origin into her creations. Thankfully the weapon has plenty of labels that point out each of the firing modes, the location of the trigger, the insertion for the cartridge, and most importantly the direction in which the barrel aperture should be pointed.

Information about the “Pew-Pew” situation for the Knucklehead Battlerifle.

In the event of a desperate unfortunate situation, the rifle can be set on overload and thrown at a target. This results in a DRv3 Tier 4 blast which destroys the weapon entirely and hopefully whatever it was thrown at. Accuracy depends on the Knucklehead throwing it and the level of the psychological fear factor of the brown-pants situation.

The Knucklehead Standard-Issue Battle Rifle Ammunition is a rechargeable capacitor cartridge ²⁾ that slides into the body of the rifle. A label indicates which side should be inserted into the weapon. The recharging cradle can be found on all Iron Company ships, bases, and on any vehicles powered by the Wrath Series Fusion Reactor.

• Ammunition: Capacitor Charge Cartridge.
• Purpose: Anti-Xenobiological Wildlife, Anti-Personnel.
• Damage: See Above Chart.
• Capacity: 99 (Standard Mode), 69 Tacho Mode (Super-Heavy).

The fancy information can be summarized with “Point and Shoot Knucklehead”.

• Firing Mechanism - Pull the trigger completely. Pulse in various modes is discharged toward the enemy.
• Loading - Insert rechargeable capacitor cartridge, Press the activator button to charge the rifle.
• Firing Modes - Selector Knob on the right side of the weapon body. (See Firing Modes listed in Discharge Information)
• Weapon Sight - Mounted Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight.
• Flashlight - High-Powered Blue LED Tactical Light.

Knuckleheads are encouraged to utilize multipurpose tape to secure a knife to the weapon in the event they want a Bayonet. Like most weapons utilized by the Iron Company if it can be taped, cobbled, or augmented, the sky is the limit.

The major issue here is getting these solutions solved without Tacho finding out.

• Cleaning Kit (To remove carbon build-up, includes 5 5oz. pouches of laundry detergent for cleaning soiled underwear.) - 20KS
• Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight - 75KS
• High-Powered Blue LED Tactical Light - 40KS
• Barrel/Other Internals - Starting at 50KS
• Rechargeable Capacitor Cartridge - 10KS
• 3-Day Use Tactical Light Capacitor - 35KS
• 50 slot - Wrath Series Fusion Reactor compatible charging cradle - 200KS

Andrew created this article on 2022/11/18 14:56.

• Art done in Midjourney bot by Andrew.
• This was approved by Wes on 2022/11/21.³⁾