Magnetic-Powered Ranged Weaponry

Magnetic-Powered Ranged Weaponry
The Tau (Warhammer 40,000) have a host of rail weapons in their arsenal.
Power/Ability to:	Launch magnetic powers using ranged weapons.

The ability to use magnetically enabled/powered ranged weapons. Variation of Nanite Weaponry, Scientific Ranged Weaponry and Ranged Power Weaponry. This power should not be confused with magnetic ranged weapons which is the use of ranged weapons to deliver magnetic attacks.

Also Called

• Electromagnetic/Gauss/Magnetic/Rail/Railgun/Coilgun Bow Proficiency/Usage
• Electromagnetic/Gauss/Magnetic/Rail/Railgun/Coilgun Firearms Proficiency/Usage
• Electromagnetic/Gauss/Magnetic/Rail/Railgun/Coilgun Gun Proficiency/Usage
• Magnetic/Mass Accelerator Artillery

Capabilities

The user can either use various ranged weaponry such as guns, cannons, howitzers, etc, as a conduit for magnetic and/or electromagnetic forces or impose those effects on ranged weapons to enhance them.

Applications

• Electromagnetic Infusion
• Electromagnetic Pulse Emission
• Magnetic Infusion
• Magnetization

Variations

• Electromagnetic Beam Emission
• Magnetic Projectile

Associations

• Electromagnetic Ranged Weaponry
• Electromagnetic Constructs
• Electromagnetism Manipulation
• Magnetic Energy Manipulation
• Magnetism Manipulation
• Magnetic Weaponry
• Magnetokinetic Constructs
• Ranged Power Weaponry
• Scientific Ranged Weaponry

Limitations

• May be dangerous for a synthetic being to use, due to Electromagnetic Pulse Emission
• Useless without ranged weapon medium.
• Can be disabled by Demagnetization.
• Anti-Electromagnetic Field Projection

Known Users

• Janel Braddock (Agents of MAYHEM)
• Jovian (Bionicle); Magnetic Bolt Launcher
• Red Shard (DC Comics); via Archer rifle
• Cabal (Destiny series)
• Defenders (Destiny); via Magnetic Grenades
• Sentinels (Destiny 2); via Magnetic Grenades
• Billie Lurk (Dishonored: Death of the Outsider); via Hook Mines and Voltaic Gun
• Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem Forever); via Railgun
• William Cabot (Evolve)
• Combine (Hλlf-Life 2 series); via Pulse weapons
• Pit (Kid Icarus Uprising); via Rail Cannon
• Melter (Marvel Comics)
• Coulson's Team (Marvel Cinematic Universe); via I.C.E.R.
• Enoch (Marvel Cinematic Universe); via I.C.E.R.
• Reapers (Mass Effect); via Thanix weaponry
• AI Weapon Chrysalis (Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker)
• Metal Gear Sahelanthropus (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
• Metal Gear REX (Metal Gear Solid)
• Fortune/Helena Dolph Jackson (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
• Crying Wolf (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
• Fenrirs (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
• Eustass Kid (One Piece); via the Jiki Jiki no Mi
• Ratchet (Ratchet and Clank series); via Mag-Net Launcher
• SCP-5514 - The Dragonslayer (SCP Foundation)
• Chewbacca (Star Wars); via Chewbacca's bowcaster
• Guardian (Terminator: Genisys)
• Northstar (Titanfall 2); via PR-01 Plasma Railgun
• Corpus (Warframe)
  • Railgun MOA
• Tau (Warhammer 40,000); via Rail Weapons
• Brad Evans (Wild ARMS 2)
• ADVENT (XCOM 2)

Known Items

See Also: Magnetic Weapons

• Pulse rifles (Alien franchise)
• Machine Gun (BioShock 2); via Ricochet Upgrade
• MORS (Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare)
• RW1 (Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare)
• Ballista EM3 (Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare)
• G-RAIL (Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare)
• Electromagnetic pulse weaponry (Command and Conquer series)
• Railgun Upgrades (Command and Conquer series)
• Scorpion railgun (Command and Conquer: Renegade)
• Phase Rifle (Conduit 2)
• EM-4 Vortex (Crusader: No Remorse)
• Gauss Rifle (Crysis series)
  • Gauss Attachment
• Magnetar (Dark Void)
• SWS Motorized Pulse Rifle (Dead Space series); via Pulse Rounds
• 935 Bonder Rivet Gun (Dead Space: Extraction)
• Bullpup Rifle (Dead Space 3)
• Shrapnel Launcher (Destiny)
• Typhoon (Deux Ex: Human Revolution/Deus Ex: Mankind Divided)
• Boltcaster (Deus Ex: Invisible War)
  • Hellfire Boltcaster
• Mag Rail (Deus Ex: Invisible War)
• Gauss Cannon (Doom 2016)
• Gauss rifle (Fallout 2/Fallout 3/Fallout: New Vegas/Fallout 4)
  • YCS/186 (Fallout: New Vegas)
  • The Last Minute (Fallout 4)
• Gauss pistol (Fallout 2)
• Railgun (Grand Theft Auto V)
• Asymmetric Recoilless Carbine-920 (Halo)
• Model 99 Special Application Scoped Rifle (Halo)
• M555 Electromagnetic Launcher (Halo)
• Type-25 Spiker (Halo)
• XRP12 Gremlin (Halo); via X23 NNEMP Cannon
• LSR44 Spoor (Killzone: Shadow Fall)
• M6 Punt (Killzone: Shadow Fall)
• PnV06 Voltage (Killzone: Shadow Fall)
• Iron Man Armor: Mark XXXIII (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Iron Man Armor Model 13 (Marvel Comics)
• Iron Man Armor Model 20 (Marvel Comics)
• Iron Man Armor Model 51 (Marvel Comics)
• Web-Shooters (Marvel Comics); via Magnetic Webbing
• Arc Grenade (Mass Effect)
• Heavy Disruptor Ammo (Mass Effect)
• Javelin (Mass Effect)
• Mass Accelerators (Mass Effect)
• Electromagnetic grenade (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
• Hellbreath (Metro series)
• TS-29 Cannon (The Order: 1886)
• FarSight XR-20 (Perfect Dark)
• FCA-26 Rail Driver (Red Faction)
• EDF Gauss Rifle (Red Faction: Guerilla)
• EDF Rail Driver (Red Faction: Guerilla)
• EDF Super Gauss (Red Faction: Guerilla – Demons of the Badlands)
• Magnet Gun (Red Faction: Armageddon)
• Rail Driver (Red Faction: Armageddon)
• Longbow 1S-1K (Resistance: Retribution)
• SCP-5514 - Rounded Recoilling Plasma (SCP Foundation)
• Gauss rifle (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)
• Reason (Snow Crash)
• Magnetic acceleration weaponry (Star Wars)
• Gauss pistols (Starcraft)
• Gauss rifles (Starcraft)
• LR-3 Railgun (Starhawk)
• FIVE_Over Modelcase_"RAILGUN" (Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index)
• Lanka (Warframe)
• Haywire Weapons (Warhammer 40,000)
• Splinter Weaponry (Warhammer 40,000)
• EMP Cannon (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)
• Bluescreen Rounds (XCOM 2)
• EMP Bomb (XCOM 2)
• EMP Grenade (XCOM 2)
• Gauss Rifle (XCOM 2)
• Mag Cannon (XCOM 2)
• Mag Pistol (XCOM 2)
• Magnetic Rifle (XCOM 2)
• Shard Gun (XCOM 2)
• Temnotic Rifle (XCOM 2)

Gallery

Train Heartnet (Black Cat) is able to use the nanomachines infecting him to channel a railgun shot through his orichalcum gun, Hades.

The Reapers (Mass Effect) can utilize Thanix technology to make functional mass accelerators, propelling molten material at relativistic speeds to the point that they appear to be lasers.

Crying Wolf (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots), with her equipped railgun on her battlesuit.

Old Snake (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots) wielding the railgun he took from Crying Wolf.

Chewbacca (Star Wars) with his bowcaster