

It might even hurt annelids that are unharmed by other weapons. In close quarters against annelid foes, this weapon is extremely powerful. Don't let it detonate too close to you when it's set to affect humans! Press and hold down the trigger to fire - when you release the trigger, the viral payload will detonate. The virus can be tailored to affect pure annelids, or humans and human/annelid hybrids. This weapon releases a host of anti-annelid virus in an explosive radius. Both modifications also increase weapon damage. The first modification to this weapon increases the clip size, while the second reduces the ammo usage. The viral proliferator requires an Exotic Weapons skill of 4. The proliferator can be set to release virus hybrids tailored against pure annelids, or tailored against human or partially human targets.

The media must be replenished with annelid tissue - these worms must be collected in standard laboratory beakers. Additional energetic charges will disperse the viral payload in an explosive radius. Release of the virus hybrids into the core will cause cycles of replication at nanite, rather than biological, speeds, building up until the payload is released. The central hexagonal core is an energy-rich media, ringed with receptacles containing nanite-virus hybrids. Judging by the stock and trigger, it was built by humans.

This weapon appears to have been cobbled together from both human and alien technologies. Viral proliferator is a weapon in System Shock 2.
