BRT7 Burst Fire Gun
 Unlocked through an assignment.
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Requires Gunner  15
Purchased for:
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| “ | More precise than an SMG, with the stopping power of a small shotgun, the BRT (or "Burt", as it's sometimes called) is highly prized among collectors and connoisseurs alike. |
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The BRT7 Burst Fire Gun (also known as the "BRT") is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Gunner. It is a handgun with a long barrel and a slender profile. The weapon's magazines are stored internally, and the port is accessed by pulling the knob above the weapon's handle to reveal it.
The BRT fires three bullets in a rapid burst with one pull of the trigger. One burst of bullets all follow the same spread pattern, though rapid fire with the weapon will cause bursts to fly in random directions. At base level, eight bursts can be fired before needing to reload.
Modifications
There are five tiers of modifications and each tier has two to three upgrades. Only one modification can be equipped per tier.
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| Tier 1 |  High Velocity Rounds |
+3 Damage | "The good folk in R&D have been busy. The overall damage of your weapon is increased." |
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 Floating Barrel |
x0.7 Base Spread
x0.6 Spread Per Shot |
"Sweet, sweet optimization. We called in a few friends and managed to significantly improve the stability of this gun." |
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 Blowthrough Rounds |
+1 Max Penetrations | "Shaped projectiles designed to over-penetrate targets with a minimal loss of energy. In other words: Fire straight through an enemy!" |
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| Tier 2 6
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 Recoil Dampener |
x0.5 Recoil | "Quality engineering, the best lasercut parts, the tender loving care of a dedicated R&D Department. The recoil of your gun is drastically reduced." |
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 Quickfire Ejector |
-0.7s Reload Time | "Experience, training, and a couple of under-the-table design "adjustments" means your gun can be reloaded significantly faster." |
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 Disabled Safety |
+2 Rate of Fire | "Shorter delay between bursts" |
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| Tier 3 10
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 High Capacity Magazine |
+12 Magazine Size | "The good thing about clips, magazines, ammo drums, fuel tanks ...you can always get bigger variants." |
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Increased Caliber Rounds |
+3 Damage | "The good folk in R&D have been busy. The overall damage of your weapon is increased." |
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| Tier 4 14
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 Hardened Rounds |
+200% Armor Break Bonus | "We're proud of this one. Armor shredding. Tear through that high-impact plating of those big buggers like butter. What could be finer?" |
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 Expanded Ammo Bags |
+72 Max Ammo | "You had to give up some sandwich-storage, but your total ammo capacity is increased!" |
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 Hollow-Point Bullets |
+40% Weakspot Damage Bonus | "Hit 'em where it hurts! Literally! We've upped the damage you'll be able to do to any creature's fleshy bits. You're welcome." |
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| Tier 5 18
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 Burst Stun |
+4s Burst Stun Duration | "Stun target if all shots in a burst hit" |
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Longer Burst |
+3 Burst Size
(Also reduces Burst Speed by 0.02s) |
"More bullets, faster! Fire more rounds at a higher rate in each burst." |
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Overclocks
Overclock calculations happen after modifiers.
 BRT7 Burst Fire Gun [Expand/Collapse]
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Composite Casings
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"Lighter rounds that permit a shorter delay between bursts and you can carry a few more of them as well. What's not to like?" |
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Full Chamber Seal
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"Meticulous sealing lets you get a bit more power out of each round and the attention to detail improves how easily the magazine slots in." |
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Compact Mags
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"You can carry even more ammo but the rate of fire needs to be toned back to avoid a jam and please take more care while reloading." |
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| Experimental Rounds
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"A new shape to the bullet delivers a lot more damage but it's odd size means fewer rounds in the clip and a bit less ammo overall." |
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Electro Minelets
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"After impacting terrain, these high-tech bullets convert in to electro-minelets that will electrocute anything unfortunate enough to come close. However they don't last forever and the rounds themselves take more space in the clip and deal less direct damage." |
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Micro Flechettes
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"Convert the BRT to fire small flechettes instead of slugs. Increases overall ammo and magazine size as well as reducing recoil but at the cost of raw damage." |
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Lead Spray
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"It ain't pretty but this overclock will tear apart anything that gets close, though it gets a bit iffy at range." |
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+36 Max Ammo 
-1 Rate of Fire
Stats Breakdown
Understanding the Weapon
Unlike non burst weapons, the RoF stat shown for the BRT7 does not actually represent the amount of bullets the weapon is able to fire in 1 second. Instead the actual RoF is influenced by the following stats:
- Burst Size is how many shots are fired in a burst.
- Rate of Fire is the time interval between the last shot in a burst and the first shot in the next burst. Higher is faster.
- Burst Speed is the time interval between shots within a burst. Lower is faster.
To calculate the effective RoF use the following formula, or see the table below:
- Effective RoF (per second) = [ Burst Size ] / ( 1 / [ RoF ] + ( [ Burst Size ] - 1 ) x [ Burst Speed ] )
| Effective Rate of Fire (per second) |
2 RoF | 3 Rof | 4 RoF | 5 RoF | 6 RoF |
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| 3 Burst Size | ~4.54 | ~6.08 | ~7.31 | ~8.33 | ~9.18 |
| 6 Burst Size | 7.50 | ~9.47 | 10.90 | 12.00 | ~12.85 |
Unique Modifications
Unique Overclocks
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Electro Minelets |
Electro Minelets is an Unstable Overclock that causes each bullet which impacts a surface to automatically turn into a Minelet after 0.1s, arming for detonation after 0.8s.
If a creature goes within 1.1m of a Minelet it will trigger, electrocuting all creatures within a radius. Minelets automatically trigger if they reach the end of their 5 second lifetime, and each Minelet can only trigger once. Equipping the Blowthrough Rounds modification allows the player to shoot through a creature to hit a surface, damaging the creature while also creating a Minelet. |
Minelet Explosion:
Electrocution DoT:
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Mastery
Each modification that is purchased advances a mastery bar by a single unit.
Mastery unlocks:
- Three modifications – First Stripe Weapon Paintjob
- Seven modifications – Deepcore Weapon Paintjob
- All (13) modifications – The Company Special Weapon Paintjob
Skins
A full gallery of all available Frameworks and Paintjobs can be seen at Weapon Cosmetics.
Gallery
Trivia
- The weapon's full ammo interaction consists of the Gunner tossing it into the air, where it spins once vertically before falling back into his hand. This animation is also present with the Driller's Experimental Plasma Charger and the Scout's Grappling Hook.
- When the 7 in "BRT7" is interpreted as a second T, it can be read as "BRTT". This is an onomatopoeia of the weapon's firing sound.
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