Drill Spear
The Drill Spear is a tier 6 legendary spear-type unique weapon that can be found (with a very low probability) in extreme-threat (tier 6) space encounters and hostile NPC ships. It cannot be found in NPC space stations or friendly NPC ships, even those orbiting fiery stars, because those are all tier 1 encounters.
The weapon's primary attack is a variation on the standard spear thrust, with the ability to hold the attack button to keep the spear extended. Both primary and alt fires cause the drill on the end of the spear to spin and emit a whirring sound cosmetically. The primary fire in particular has a fire time of 1.2 (~0.83 full-damage stabs per second) and a base DPS of 36.75, producing a stab damage of 44.1 and a hold damage of 4.41 (based on 10% hold multiplier for conventional spears) every 0.25 seconds.
The weapon also has a unique special ability, internally called Drill Charge: upon holding the secondary attack button, the weapon will be thrust forward (after a delay) with the drill itself glowing orange and thruster flames emerging from the bottom of the blade. This deals 12.25 damage and 25 knockback to enemies every 0.25 seconds and pulls the wielder in the direction of the mouse at speeds of up to 25 tiles per second (using a force with a value of 150), all while consuming 45 energy per second. If aimed straight up, the spear will greatly increase the height of the player's jumps, and slow their fall. In low gravity, if the player has equipped their EPP with a gravity augment, or if other gravity-reducing status effects are active, the special ability will have a jetpack like function, allowing flight in whichever direction the mouse is pointed. The pulling mechanic works in zero-gravity as well, making it useful to have during a space encounter so that the player can explore outside of their mech. Also, as its name implies, this attack allows the wielder to mine blocks, specifically it damages up to 3 layers of blocks at once every 0.15 seconds for 0.5 block damage per tick.
The red light on the shaft, as well as the drill-head and thrust flames when using the secondary attack, glow in the dark. Despite that, they emit no light themselves.
Probability
The basic space treasure pool has a 40% chance of 1 draw, a 30% chance of 2 draws, and a 30% chance of 3 draws. Each draw has a 7% chance of drawing from the rare space item pool. The rare space item pool has a 2% chance of drawing from the space weapon pool, which means that each basic space treasure container has a 0.2658% chance of producing at least one space weapon. The tier 6 space weapon pool has a 1/3 chance of producing a drill spear. Therefore, a player should expect to have to search approximately 1128 tier 6 basic space treasure containers to find one drill spear.
The Industrial Storage Locker in the cockpit of each pirate ship has one guaranteed rare space item and a very small chance of more than one such item, so it has a 2.13% chance of containing a space weapon, which has a 1/3 chance of being a drill spear. Therefore, a player should expect to have to search 141 pirate ship cockpit lockers to find one drill spear. However, because pirate ships also have between two and eight basic space treasure containers, they represent the best chance for players to find the weapon.
Trivia
This weapon is a reference to the hit anime "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann." Its flavor text is a very direct reference to a quote from the show, as well as the appearance mimicking the main character Simon's own Drill Spear, which he had in the show's epilogue.
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- Version 1.3.0: Added
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