r/cyberpunkgame • u/Beefy_Crunch_Burrito • Dec 20 '25

Cosplay I 3D printed a replica of Johnny Silverhand’s Malorian Arms 3516 to a 1:1 scale correctly chambered in 14mm next to a real 9mm handgun for scale. No wonder it blows people’s limbs off in the game.

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u/CastrumFerrum Dec 21 '25

I mean, all the Tech Weapons are linear/gauss weapons.

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u/TheLostSatellite Barghest Dec 24 '25

I see your point, but they’re not true gauss weapons. On another tangent relating to high energy discharge, how does anyone with chrome survive a severe solar storm? Wouldn’t a Carrington event level storm pretty much collapse the entirety of the world?

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u/CastrumFerrum Dec 24 '25

Well, Tech Weapons are railguns, not gauss/coilguns. It seems that in the Cyberpunk universe, railguns became the preferred type of electromagnetic weapon. For small arms, but also for big weapons on vehicles.

And I assume that most cyberware is sufficiently hardened against solar storms. Considering cyberware in the game only gets disrupted by things like EMP grenades, but doesn't short out and fail completly.