A Drukhari Splinter Pistol
A Splinter Pistol is a Drukhari Splinter Weapon in which the weapon's internal mechanism reduces a potent neurotoxin that has been solidified into a crystal into thousands of tiny splinters and then launches them at incredible speeds towards an enemy using an electromagnetic mass accelerator. Because of its shorter barrel as a pistol variant, the Splinter Pistol has a shorter range than other variants of Splinter Weapons.
A Splinter Pistol represents a more lightweight and mobile Splinter Weapon at the cost of a shorter effective range.
The Splinter Pistol is the ranged weapon of choice for Archons, Wyches, Reaver Jetbikers and most Sybarites and Dracons. It is usually paired by these combatants with a Monomolecular Knife or Stunclaw and used as a pair for added effectiveness in infantry assaults.
The Splinter Pistol uses the same ammunition and firing mechanisms as the Splinter Rifle, although its mechanism is more compact and therefore possesses a shorter range and a smaller ammunition crystal to reduce the weight of the pistol even further. Splinter Pistol crystals are therefore the most frequently impregnated with Drukhari toxins, as they are the weapons that most need the added effect to overcome their shorter effective range.
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- Codex: Dark Eldar (3rd Edition), pp. 34-35
- Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition), pp. 57-60