Shock Rifle

The Shock Rifle is a weapon in Unreal, Unreal Tournament, UT2003, UT2004, and UT3 as well as UC and UC2.

The Shock Rifle is also known as the ASMD in early games. It is an energy-based weapon that fires either a hitscan bolt or a core (an "orb" of energy which travels across the map until it strikes a solid mass). In addition, you can shoot a bolt at a core to cause a "shock combo", a massive explosion which does considerable damage to anything within its blast radius.

Unreal
If the compressed energy in the core of this weapon was released all at once, the resulting force would be enough to bring down a large building. The comparatively small energy bursts released with each squeeze of the ASMD's trigger are still more than enough to put a world of hurt on most targets.

Lightning-fast burst of focused energy.
 * Primary Fire

Unstable energy projectile, expands radially. Rumors of a combination attack persist...
 * Secondary Fire

The ASMD fires a bolt or a Tazer Proj (orb projectile). The Tazer Proj in Unreal was very small, making it hard to hit with a bolt when moving, but this was rewarded by huge amount damage done by a combo - with Damage Amplifier enabled one could inflict 1200+ damage with one shock combo.

Unreal Tournament
Classification: Energy Rifle


 * Primary Fire: Instant hit laser beam.


 * Secondary Fire: Large, slow moving plasma balls.


 * Techniques: Hitting the secondary plasma balls with the regular fire's laser beam will cause an immensely powerful explosion.

Unreal Tournament 2003
The Shock Rifle in UT2003 sports a pretty rapid-fire primary and shoots a large, slow core on the alt-fire, making it easy to shoot but more difficult to properly place for maximum-damage combos.

Unreal Championship
The Shock Rifle shoots a bolt or a Shock Core.

Unreal Tournament 2004
''The ASMD Shock Rifle has changed little since its incorporation into the Tournaments. The ASMD sports two firing modes capable of acting in concert to neutralize opponents in a devastating shockwave. This combination attack is achieved when the weapon operator utilizes the secondary fire mode to deliver a charge of seeded plasma to the target. Once the slow-moving plasma charge is within range of the target, the weapon operator may fire the photon beam into the plasma core, releasing the explosive energy of the anti-photons contained within the plasma’s EM field.''

The UT2004 shockrifle is similar to the UT2003 shockrifle, but recieved a graphic overhaul. UT2004 provides an option to display the UT2003 model instead of the new look.

Unreal Championship 2
The Shock Rifle fires a bolt or a Shock Core. The bolt can be frozen in mid-air and more bolts added for a bigger, more powerful explosion.

Unreal Tournament 3
The Shock Rifle fires a bolt or a Shock Core.

Trivia
As revealed to the public by David Münnich, T. Elliot Cannon (Myscha the Sled dog) stated in a conversation with him that the name "ASMD" is derived from a movie phrase saying And Suck My Dick. This is so far thought to be the official explanation of the weapon's name. Some of the other, more funny and less provocative explanations of its name suggest it could also mean Anyone Seen My Dog, Automatic Spectrum Matching Device, Atomic Shock Mechanism Device and many others.

Related Weapons
Energy Rifle (Shock Lance) - From Unreal 2.