Tools Update

I have decided to include the crossbow and the Crystal Pistol as weapons in the game.

The crossbow must be assembled from scrap metal and spare parts found in offices. Assembling it and oher weapons will take a different form than the ragtag assembly of grenades and other support items. You will have a specific set of parts you need to find or make. The stock, for instance, will have to be bent from a metal pipe. The arms will have to be psionically smelted from scrap metal using the Gauntlet. As for the launching system... let's just say a lot of rubber bands are required (again, the Gauntlet will make them into what you need).

The Crystal Pistol is one of few weapons utilized by the enemies infected by the Hive crystals. This gun, somewhat similar in concept to Halo's Needler, launches Hive crystals at you in an effort to add you to the ranks of the mutants. Rather than having homing abilities, these crystals will apply gradual damage after you are hit. This damage stacks as more projectiles strike you, and damage continues until you heal yourself.

At some point you will obtain a Crystal Pistol as a carried item, but you'll need to modify it using the workbench before you can use it. Once you do so, it becomes a sort of anti-infection gun, in that it gradually destroys the Hive crystals infecting the enemy, making it possible to completely reverse the infection using the Heal power (I'll tell more about that in a later post.)