Conversation 695: INVENTORY / FRACTURED BULLET

By inspecting the bullet, you can find out that: 1. The bullet came from a breech-loaded rifle. 2. The bullet was shot from some distance, so this was probably not a mercy kill (white check.) 3. The rifle used was a model mass-produced during the revolutionary war, and the surplus rifles/ammo are still a favourite with third-world guerrillas and Jamrock bangers.

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1 None
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2 Fractured Bullet The bullet is safely sealed away in a plastic bag bearing the RCM stamp. Kim has filled out the label on the bag with the item number, case number, and date and location the bullet was found.
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3 None
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4 You Feel the bullet through the bag.
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5 You Inspect the bullet closer. Variable["TASK.ballistics_analysis"] == true
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6 You The bullet has nothing more to say. [Put it away.]
7 You Try to determine what type of weapon shot this. Variable["TASK.ballistics_analysis_done"] == true
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8 Fractured Bullet The squashed bullet has some sharp edges where the jacket has split open. It feels cold, even through the bag.
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9 Fractured Bullet The jacket of the bullet is made of yellowish metal. It has blossomed out to reveal a dark grey core. The base of the bullet is close to 5 mm in diameter.
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10 Fractured Bullet
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11 Fractured Bullet Variable["inventory.fractured_encyc_white_check_succeeded"]
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12 Fractured Bullet (Variable["inventory.fractured_encyc_white_check_succeeded"]) == false
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13 Hand/Eye Coordination You can't remember what happened last week -- what makes you think you're going to remember arcane firearm models?
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14 None
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15 Hand/Eye Coordination A rifle. Revolutionary-period. Your bullet looks to be an old 4.46 mm -- from the surplus left over from the turn of the century. Probably an antique or a retrofitted antique.
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16 Hand/Eye Coordination The 4.46 calibre was widely used with the *Belle-Magrave* rifle, a Revacholian manufacturer. The B-M dominated the battlefields of the Insulindian theatre of the Antecentennial Revolution, 50 years ago.
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17 You Is anyone still making these rifles?
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18 You Who uses Belle-Magrave rifles these days?
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19 Hand/Eye Coordination Antiques enthusiasts, guerrilla fighters in distant countries, a few lucky Jamrock bangers. You're looking for the same thing you found in that hidden weapons cache -- only in working order.
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20 Hand/Eye Coordination No, but Zieleger, a major firearm manufacturer, ended up with a surplus after the war, so there are still a lot of these old military rifles floating around, usually broken. The quality was appalling.
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21 Fractured Bullet
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22 Fractured Bullet IsKimHere()
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23 Fractured Bullet (IsKimHere()) == false
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24 Esprit de Corps Back at the station, the lieutenant is standing at a counter, diligently filling out paperwork to hand over to a tired records clerk.
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25 Fractured Bullet
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26 Fractured Bullet Variable["inventory.fractured_esprit_kim"]
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27 Fractured Bullet (Variable["inventory.fractured_esprit_kim"]) == false
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28 Esprit de Corps You should share your findings with him as soon as possible.
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29 None
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30 Encyclopedia You wouldn't ordinarily have cause to handle jacketed bullets. The Citizens Militia uses cast bullets only -- little pebbles of metal loaded from the muzzle, usually in a cartridge.
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31 None
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32 Perception (Sight) The core is lead. The brass jacket probably didn't cover the entire bullet, otherwise the softer metal wouldn't have expanded quite like that.
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33 You Look at the jacket.
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34 You And the core?
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35 Fractured Bullet You can just about make out a few striations near the base of the bullet. Little hairlines, linear. It feels standard.
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36 Fractured Bullet
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37 Fractured Bullet Variable["inventory.fractured_look_jacket"] and Variable["inventory.fractured_look_core"]
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38 Fractured Bullet (Variable["inventory.fractured_look_jacket"] and Variable["inventory.fractured_look_core"]) == false
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39 None
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40 None
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41 Fractured Bullet It's quite destroyed. Some of the fragments are still lodged in the wound.
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42 None
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43 You "The shot probably came from a Belle-Magrave rifle."
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44 Kim Kitsuragi "Hmm..." The lieutenant jots something down in his notebook. "What are you thinking? Bullet?"
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45 You "I mean... have some ideas, but I can't be sure..."
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46 You "Our stiff was killed by a jungle gun." IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")
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47 You "Belle-Magrave rifle. The ammo points to it."
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48 Kim Kitsuragi "What's your best guess?"
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49 Kim Kitsuragi "You mean some turn-of-the-century surplus firearm?"
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50 Kim Kitsuragi "An antique. That makes sense. There can't be many breech-loading rifles floating around in Martinaise, or anywhere in Revachol, really..."
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51 You "Why not?"
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52 You "That's probably a good thing."
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53 Kim Kitsuragi He nods. "I have to hand it to the monarchs -- it's quite admirable that they took the advice of criminologists last century and banned the use of breechloaders in peacetime."
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54 Kim Kitsuragi "Sure, there's some arms trafficking. But the laws prohibiting the use of breechloaders we inherited from the monarchy have been effective, from what I've seen."
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55 Kim Kitsuragi "Some new RCM recruits get impatient with their muzzleloaders once they've trained with military-grade weapons, but they realize it's worth it, in the end."
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56 Kim Kitsuragi "Imagine if everyone -- cops, citizens -- had access to firearms that could shoot multiple rounds without pausing to reload. After the first shot, the second, third, and so on -- come much easier."
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57 You "Worth what? Getting shot?"
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58 You "I think we should have more *powerful* guns. We're the law!"
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59 You "Makes you consider every shot. I like it."
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60 None
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61 Kim Kitsuragi "But back to the investigation."
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62 You "Seems we're looking for an antiques enthusiast."
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63 You "Could the victim have been mixed up with some foreign guerrilla fighters?"
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64 You "Have well-armed Jamrock bangers started crossing over into Martinaise?"
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65 Kim Kitsuragi "Doesn't seem *that* likely, but we'll check out all possible leads. Next step -- finding the gun itself."
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66 Kim Kitsuragi "Let's find out. Next step -- finding the gun itself."
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67 Fractured Bullet
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68 Fractured Bullet CheckItem("antique_rifle")
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69 Fractured Bullet (CheckItem("antique_rifle")) == false
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70 Hand/Eye Coordination Incidentally, you have just such a rifle with you. The dusty old thing you found hidden in the basement below the commercial area. It's unusable, sadly. If it were, the bullet would *probably* fit the chamber.
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71 Fractured Bullet
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72 Fractured Bullet IsKimHere()
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73 Fractured Bullet (IsKimHere()) == false
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74 Kim Kitsuragi "What can you say about the bullet so far?"
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75 Kim Kitsuragi "Even the RCM uses ordinary unjacketed conical bullets. This is... strange. Very strange. I like this, officer. Strange means unique. Unique means incriminating. We need to find the gun that shot it."
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76 None
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77 You "It's a jacketed bullet, close to 5 mm in diameter."
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78 Kim Kitsuragi "A jacketed bullet. Okay... It would have been shot from a military-grade breech-loading rifle, not from a muzzleloader like those typically found on the streets of Martinaise."
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79 Inland Empire Beside his orderly handwriting, the bullet looks especially sad. Like a tiny, shrivelled head of cauliflower.
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80 Fractured Bullet
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81 Fractured Bullet Variable["inventory.fractured_main_hub_reached"]
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82 Fractured Bullet (Variable["inventory.fractured_main_hub_reached"]) == false
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83 Fractured Bullet The bullet is still safely sealed away in a plastic bag bearing the RCM stamp.
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84 You "What do I do with you, bullet?"
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85 Fractured Bullet
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86 Fractured Bullet IsKimHere()
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87 Fractured Bullet (IsKimHere()) == false
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88 Fractured Bullet The squished little thing has no idea.
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89 Kim Kitsuragi "What?" The lieutenant steps closer.
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90 You "I said: What do I do with you, bullet?"
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91 Kim Kitsuragi "Well, if I was the bullet -- which I'm not -- I would say: find the weapon that shot me."
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92 You "Good idea."
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93 You "I don't know..."
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94 Kim Kitsuragi "If we find who owns it, we will have likely found who *used* it -- possibly to kill our victim."
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95 Kim Kitsuragi "In conclusion: the more we know about this bullet of yours, the better."
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96 None
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97 Visual Calculus I know! You should find the gun that shot this bullet.
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98 None
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99 You Eat it!
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100 You Find the gun that shot it!
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101 You Sell it for profit!
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102 Fractured Bullet But the bullet is not edible, sadly.
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103 Fractured Bullet Who would want this *used* bullet?
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104 You It's my friend, I'm gonna start talking to it. It will keep me company.
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105 Fractured Bullet But bullets don't talk.
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106 Fractured Bullet
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107 Fractured Bullet CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true
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108 Fractured Bullet (CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true) == false
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109 Horrific Necktie Yeah, what are you, *crazy*? Bullets can't talk. They don't have emotions. A bullet can't keep you company.
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110 None
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111 Fractured Bullet That sounds like something a police detective would do. First you should to learn all you can about this little guy!
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112 Fractured Bullet
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113 Fractured Bullet Variable["inventory.fractured_viscal_find_the_gun"]
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114 Fractured Bullet (Variable["inventory.fractured_viscal_find_the_gun"]) == false
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115 Visual Calculus Then find the gun that shot it, and the person who that gun belongs to -- he used it to kill your victim. Neato!
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116 None
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117 Esprit de Corps Far away, Lieutenant Kitsuragi is flipping through stations in his Kineema. He is not here examining the bullet with you. He should be... he would find this very intriguing. Mention it to him, later when he's here.
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118 None
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119 Interfacing What's interesting about the bullet thus far?
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120 Fractured Bullet
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121 Fractured Bullet Variable["inventory.fractured_interfacing_interesting_bullet"]
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122 Fractured Bullet (Variable["inventory.fractured_interfacing_interesting_bullet"]) == false
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123 You It's a jacketed bullet close to 5 mm in diameter.
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124 Interfacing A jacketed bullet... which would have been shot from a military-grade breech-loading rifle, not from a muzzleloader like those typically found on the streets of Martinaise.
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125 You "Kim, take a look at this. It's a jacketed bullet close to 5 mm in diameter." Variable["inventory.fractured_kim_not_present_for_analysis"] and IsKimHere()
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126 None
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127 You "Yes. Something *mysterious* is afoot with this antique bullet type."
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128 Kim Kitsuragi "Mysterious?" He shrugs. "Okay. Either way, we'll know when we find the gun."
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129 Inland Empire Something tells you that won't be any time soon. This'll have to be one of those epic tasks that's open for a while...
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130 You Make?
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131 Fractured Bullet
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132 Fractured Bullet CheckItem("antique_rifle")
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133 Fractured Bullet (CheckItem("antique_rifle")) == false
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134 Hand/Eye Coordination Antiques enthusiasts, guerrilla fighters in distant countries, a few lucky Jamrock bangers. You're looking for a well-preserved antique, most likely.
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135 You "I think I know where this came from." (Dangle the bag thoughtfully.) Variable["inventory.fractured_encyc_who"] and IsKimHere()
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136 Kim Kitsuragi "Okay. And?"
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137 Encyclopedia Prohibiting peacetime law-enforcement to front loaded rifles is a policy enforced by the Moralist International in all the nations of the Reál Belt.
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138 Fractured Bullet Very interesting. You have an unusual, military-grade bullet in your hand. Now all you need is to find a gun that could fire it.
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139 Endurance This is a real killer. Not some garbage street ammo. You can *feel* it.
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140 You Wow, I actually *know* this...
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141 Fractured Bullet Yes. It's as if you've seen bullets before, officer.
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142 Fractured Bullet Yes. It's as if you've seen bullets before, officer.
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143 You Wow, I actually *know* this...
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144 Endurance We were right. This came from a serious weapon.
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145 Encyclopedia Highly unusual. The people of Revachol haven't carried breech-loading weapons like this for nearly half a century.
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