Talk:Lanka/@comment-76.238.198.227-20130801005752/@comment-71.228.186.133-20130804192106

The weapon was changed for the same reason the Snipetron was decommissioned. As a bullet weapon, the Snipetron didn't fit the lore as a Corpus weapon. As a railgun, the Lanka didn't either. The Lanka is supposed to be the weapon that Sniper Crewmen have always used, and if you look and listen closely, you'll see that it's an energy weapon. So lore-wise, it was orignally a laser sniper. (Also, what Leno said: Lanka's projectiles don't behave as a railgun's do, and never have.)