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Homemade ‘Zagro’ bolt-action Sniper Rifle

"Some rail agents dropped by, flying at night like you're not supposed to. One Solaris, one... well, he said he was Saturnine but that doesn't seem right. They sold us this bolt-action rifle! It looks Grineer made, but see here, Tenno? This receiver, the stock, they're all made out of pipes welded together. And I think there's part of a wrench and some leather used for that pistol grip!"

...
"See, it uses a Grattler barrel - The Saturnine said they took it from a downed transport. So it uses the same ammo Grineer use in their heavier machineguns, and they customized it so it hits like a charging Kubrodon. And explodes on impact! The rest is mostly made from scratch. As for the Lanka scope, well... you Tenno leave enough broken Lankas every day.

I asked the Saturnine where it came from, and he says it's common enough on Titan, Enceladus, and Siaarnaq. Says one of the only advantages you have over Grineer is distance, and a well-placed shot from this will down any one of them. There's two things that bother me, though - first it's such a perfect weapon for us. Simple, easy to maintain, blows up Grineer inside their own armor... and uses their same ammo. It's almost too perfect. Second, the Solaris said: 'The Business values working with you again.’

He had a Jovian accent, too. I can only assume that means he was working with one of the crime syndicates of the Outers. Or otherwise, it means these two Solaris were with... him.

And if he’s in contact with us again, then I fear for the future.”

Vikra Ohgun, Cetus Armory

—CODEX

Lore

An anti-armor bolt-action sniper rifle invented by Steel Meridian artificer Corba Gral and Saturnine partisan Amuruq Lanziver during the Titan Offensive.

The Zagro is a favorite sniper rifle for anti-Grineer insurgents due to its simplicity, ease of use, and the availability of its ammo. This particular version, one of many assembled by hand at Siaarnaq Armory, was built using discarded pipe from a Grineer Galleon, a wrench, discarded bicycle tires, a “retired” Grattler barrel, a homemade recoil reduction system, and a Lanka’s scope. Due to damage to most of these scopes, they’re only capable of two zoom levels as opposed to three. However, it’s possible to use backup iron sights installed atop the sights for use at extreme close range, but at that point you should just use a pistol.

It was also outfitted with a Grineer-made bipod.

Thanks to its semiretired Grattler barrel, the Zagro fires the same rounds. However, it uses a jury-rigged “supergun” system hooked up to the sides of the barrel to drastically improve their velocity by creating miniature explosions as the bullet moves through the barrel.

Due to tampering to increase the payload of the explosive, the Zagro’s rounds are semi-armor-piercing, exploding inside of armor. Against Grineer tanks, Thumpers, Bolkors and other heavy armor, this weapon is a Godsend, spraying hot plasma into the confined spaces of troop bays or cockpits upon piercing the armor. Among Saturnine partisans, Steel Meridian, and Ostron, the perfect shot through a wall is known as “Fried Eggs.”

While seemingly outclassed by its counterpart, the Kuva Chakkhurr, the Zagro has multiple advantages. It has a higher fire rate, quicker reload, better long-range capability thanks to its scope, and greater ease of use.

The official line of the Siaarnaq-based Saturnine Independence Front (SIF) has been:

“In the wake of Vay Hek seeding the Plains Of Eidolon with Ghouls, and rumors of Ghouls being mutated by close proximity to Eidolon energy, we can’t afford to leave Cetus defenseless.”

However.

A rumor has circulated in the Far Rim of the Origin System. A rumor repeated by Bidanians, Sednan Grineer, those few Corpus who man the polar outposts of Eris, and Barons in the Corpus capitol on Pluto alike:

That something is approaching from the forgotten reaches beyond the Outer Terminus, beyond even far-off Bidan. The ancient God-machines that once laid waste to the Orokin and wiped out the Far Rim once before are returning.

We can only hope this is untrue.

Stats:

Shared:
Fire Rate: 2.2
Reload: 1.4s
Magazine Size: 4+1
Status Chance: 35%
Critical Chance: 28%
Critical Multiplier: 2.4x
Total Damage: 300

Normal Attacks
Damage: 175
95 Puncture
70 Blast
35 Heat
15 Slash
10 Impact

Area Attacks

Damage: 125
85 Heat
50 Impact
10 Slash
Radius: 3m

Zoom Levels:

0x - Basic, non-sniper, non-scoped zoom.
3x: + 25% critical chance
5x: + 40% critical chance

ARTIST NOTES:

Do bicycles still exist in the world of Warframe? There’s no reason they shouldn’t, but this being Warframe, I seriously had to wonder. Perhaps I can try to make a version of the Bigun that uses generative design bicycle parts as opposed to a normal bicycle frame. That would be funny.

First off - making Sniper Rifle stats is… fairly unfamiliar territory for me. In fact, the last two sniper rifle concepts I made were before I started actually adding stats, to this day I have no idea how the Harken’s weak point gimmick would work with scope zoom levels. Sure, there’s all the battle rifles I’ve made, but I usually keep those to somewhere between 130 and 180 damage.

(…Though with the Chakkhurr being a thing, and the Kuva Quartakk, I wonder if I should buff them a little more? Hmmm.)

The tricky part here was something that didn’t feel as powerful as the Chakkhurr, except it’d have enough advantages that this still felt relevant. Also, I didn’t want it to outclass the Vectis Prime.

This weapon here was inspired by improvised weaponry from all over the world from real life and fiction - specifically the PTRD, various homemade anti-materiel weapons, and - of course - the Valve. The rifle also has a recoil system similar to that of the NTW-20. No idea how well that works in this configuration, but it felt like a good idea.

The “rumors of ancient god machines” thing, is of course, New War.

Description

Homemade ‘Zagro’ bolt-action Sniper Rifle

"Some rail agents dropped by, flying at night like you're not supposed to. One Solaris, one... well, he said he was Saturnine but that doesn't seem right. They sold us this bolt-action rifle! It looks Grineer made, but see here, Tenno? This receiver, the stock, they're all made out of pipes welded together. And I think there's part of a wrench and some leather used for that pistol grip!"

...
"See, it uses a Grattler barrel - The Saturnine said they took it from a downed transport. So it uses the same ammo Grineer use in their heavier machineguns, and they customized it so it hits like a charging Kubrodon. And explodes on impact! The rest is mostly made from scratch. As for the Lanka scope, well... you Tenno leave enough broken Lankas every day.

I asked the Saturnine where it came from, and he says it's common enough on Titan, Enceladus, and Siaarnaq. Says one of the only advantages you have over Grineer is distance, and a well-placed shot from this will down any one of them. There's two things that bother me, though - first it's such a perfect weapon for us. Simple, easy to maintain, blows up Grineer inside their own armor... and uses their same ammo. It's almost too perfect. Second, the Solaris said: 'The Business values working with you again.’

He had a Jovian accent, too. I can only assume that means he was working with one of the crime syndicates of the Outers. Or otherwise, it means these two Solaris were with... him.

And if he’s in contact with us again, then I fear for the future.”

Vikra Ohgun, Cetus Armory

—CODEX

Lore

An anti-armor bolt-action sniper rifle invented by Steel Meridian artificer Corba Gral and Saturnine partisan Amuruq Lanziver during the Titan Offensive.

The Zagro is a favorite sniper rifle for anti-Grineer insurgents due to its simplicity, ease of use, and the availability of its ammo. This particular version, one of many assembled by hand at Siaarnaq Armory, was built using discarded pipe from a Grineer Galleon, a wrench, discarded bicycle tires, a “retired” Grattler barrel, a homemade recoil reduction system, and a Lanka’s scope. Due to damage to most of these scopes, they’re only capable of two zoom levels as opposed to three. However, it’s possible to use backup iron sights installed atop the sights for use at extreme close range, but at that point you should just use a pistol.

It was also outfitted with a Grineer-made bipod.

Thanks to its semiretired Grattler barrel, the Zagro fires the same rounds. However, it uses a jury-rigged “supergun” system hooked up to the sides of the barrel to drastically improve their velocity by creating miniature explosions as the bullet moves through the barrel.

Due to tampering to increase the payload of the explosive, the Zagro’s rounds are semi-armor-piercing, exploding inside of armor. Against Grineer tanks, Thumpers, Bolkors and other heavy armor, this weapon is a Godsend, spraying hot plasma into the confined spaces of troop bays or cockpits upon piercing the armor. Among Saturnine partisans, Steel Meridian, and Ostron, the perfect shot through a wall is known as “Fried Eggs.”

While seemingly outclassed by its counterpart, the Kuva Chakkhurr, the Zagro has multiple advantages. It has a higher fire rate, quicker reload, better long-range capability thanks to its scope, and greater ease of use.

The official line of the Siaarnaq-based Saturnine Independence Front (SIF) has been:

“In the wake of Vay Hek seeding the Plains Of Eidolon with Ghouls, and rumors of Ghouls being mutated by close proximity to Eidolon energy, we can’t afford to leave Cetus defenseless.”

However.

A rumor has circulated in the Far Rim of the Origin System. A rumor repeated by Bidanians, Sednan Grineer, those few Corpus who man the polar outposts of Eris, and Barons in the Corpus capitol on Pluto alike:

That something is approaching from the forgotten reaches beyond the Outer Terminus, beyond even far-off Bidan. The ancient God-machines that once laid waste to the Orokin and wiped out the Far Rim once before are returning.

We can only hope this is untrue.

Stats:

Shared:
Fire Rate: 2.2
Reload: 1.4s
Magazine Size: 4+1
Status Chance: 35%
Critical Chance: 28%
Critical Multiplier: 2.4x
Total Damage: 300

Normal Attacks
Damage: 175
95 Puncture
70 Blast
35 Heat
15 Slash
10 Impact

Area Attacks

Damage: 125
85 Heat
50 Impact
10 Slash
Radius: 3m

Zoom Levels:

0x - Basic, non-sniper, non-scoped zoom.
3x: + 25% critical chance
5x: + 40% critical chance

ARTIST NOTES:

Do bicycles still exist in the world of Warframe? There’s no reason they shouldn’t, but this being Warframe, I seriously had to wonder. Perhaps I can try to make a version of the Bigun that uses generative design bicycle parts as opposed to a normal bicycle frame. That would be funny.

First off - making Sniper Rifle stats is… fairly unfamiliar territory for me. In fact, the last two sniper rifle concepts I made were before I started actually adding stats, to this day I have no idea how the Harken’s weak point gimmick would work with scope zoom levels. Sure, there’s all the battle rifles I’ve made, but I usually keep those to somewhere between 130 and 180 damage.

(…Though with the Chakkhurr being a thing, and the Kuva Quartakk, I wonder if I should buff them a little more? Hmmm.)

The tricky part here was something that didn’t feel as powerful as the Chakkhurr, except it’d have enough advantages that this still felt relevant. Also, I didn’t want it to outclass the Vectis Prime.

This weapon here was inspired by improvised weaponry from all over the world from real life and fiction - specifically the PTRD, various homemade anti-materiel weapons, and - of course - the Valve. The rifle also has a recoil system similar to that of the NTW-20. No idea how well that works in this configuration, but it felt like a good idea.

The “rumors of ancient god machines” thing, is of course, New War.