Please excuse the MSPaint. I just really wanted to do one of these
Name: The A808 Skrith "Tomahawk"
Background: Haven't really thought much about this. But I think it's enough to say that the Skrith decided they needed some heavy hand-held munitions, and in true Skrith style they stuck a lot of blades to it. I think that's a satisfactory description for now...
Basic Description: The weapon's design concepts are actually based on an old Middle-Age/Renaissance throwing axe called the "Hurlbat". Hurlbat doesn't exactly roll of the tongue, so I chose "Tomahawk" as the name instead. I could have also gone with "Throwing axe", but that's a little boring.
As the image above describes, it's a combination throwing axe and plasma grenade. Leave it to a Skrith to make a melee weapon out of everything...
Weapon Modes: This comes in two flavors - Hold mode, which basically makes it into a simple melee weapon, or release mode, which brings its explosive capabilities to bear, at significant risk.
Primary Fire: Standard melee attack. Chop-chop-chop in a whirling frenzy of axe blade.
Secondary Fire: Depending on the current situation, this can either be a standard melee weapon attack (hold mode), melee weapon attack with a twist, or a weapon throw function (release mode).
If the weapon is currently in "Hold" mode, it functions exactly as the secondary fire for all other melee weapons.
If on "release" mode, if an enemy is within striking range in front of you, you smack him. If he survives, you leave the axe embedded in his flesh. If he doesn't, you keep the axe and it doesn't explode, but that's fine since the enemy is dead anyway.
If an enemy isn't in arm's reach, it changes into a throw. Throwing is similar to the X3's knife throw, only you must charge the throw to get distance. Max throw speed is about 3/4 that of the pineapple, with charge time at one second to fully charge. There is a minimum velocity the tomahawk must achieve to stick to its target effectively. If it does not reach this velocity, it will simply do some impact damage and fall to the ground. The weapon can also be blocked by other melee weapons, causing it to harmlessly bounce off onto the ground. However, any significant impact (greater than a fall from 8 feet) while the weapon handle is released will arm the bomb and start the fuse. Better start running...
Change weapon mode: Toggles hold mode and release mode.
Weapon Special: Blocks attacks, like the Katana and A909. The block functions for all 3 weapons should allow them to absorb impact damage from grenades and deflect thrown knives and Tomahawks, as well as block melee attacks. It might also be fun to allow them to lessen damage from explosions, with varying levels depending on the weapon. The A909 would offer the best protection, and Katana the worst.
Other notes:
-As stated above, you can only carry four of these. That could even be decreased to three, actually.
-The explosion could feature some flying Triclonium shards from the blades for some good shrapnel action.
If anyone wants to criticize or contribute, I'd love to hear any suggestions.
EDIT: Idea modified to accommodate Yokel's suggestions.
). I use the knife throw very often and it accounts for most of my knife kills, even in v2.1, with its throwing rate decreased (thank God!).