Here's an idea inspired by "The Prophecy" [ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114194/ ] The movie itself isn't terribly interesting, but it does feature a rather cool weapon: a spear that can be used to rip out people's (angels', actually) hearts.
You basically ram it into someone's back or chest as you would a normal spear, all the way through so that the front end exits on the other side. Once this is done, a couple of hooks or spikes (3, I think) fold out of the front end of the staff. Basically think of a long umbrella minus the fabric (and some other changes, obviously).
Anyway, the spear is then violently retracted and rips the still beating heart from the victim's chest. If the UT code supports this sort of thing, you might have different heart extraction effects per species. Normal hearts for humans, greenish / slimy / whatever hearts for aliens, and power cores (or batteries, LOL) for robots. Of course there would be plenty of blood and gore...
The heart rippin' melee attack would actually be the altfire function. Primary would be a (whitish, angelic) energy bolt, relatively slow rof but decent damage. This wasn't in the movie, btw, but it would make the lance a more interesting weapon. Melee / ranged combo weapons are teh coolest, imo.
How does it fit into the Ballistic universe? Dunno, maybe the Skrith (sp?) use it, or maybe it's just a wild card of sorts. Anyway, I think it might be fun.
