Cestra

"Compact and deadly, the Cestra discharges bolts of energy at an increasingly rapid rate."

- In-Game Description

The Cestra is a Sidearm shown in Update 11 Highlight Video. It is a rapid-fire Corpus sidearm, with a short spinup time and respectable accuracy.

Characteristics
This weapon deals mostly Puncture damage.

Advantages:
 * Accurate even at full speed.
 * Decent critical chance.
 * High magazine size (second only to Afuris).
 * Average reload speed (2 seconds).
 * Decent damage per shot.
 * Deals mostly Puncture damage, good for armored enemies like the Grineer.

Disadvantages:
 * Deals no Slash damage, worst used against Infested.
 * Short wind-up time in which the Cestra fires slowly, similar to the Supra.
 * Projectiles have travel time, between the Dera and the Supra.
 * High recoil when fully spooled.
 * Poor Ammo economy. It is advised to use Pistol Ammo Mutation.
 * Low status chance.

Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Tips

 * If you are planning to make extensive use of this weapon, Heated Charge and/or Expel Infested will be necessary to fight the Infested; as this weapon has no Slash Damage, Razor Shot will have no effect.
 * Pistol Ammo Mutation, Trick Mag or Team Ammo Restores will be necessary to counteract the high rate of ammo consumption.

Trivia

 * The Cestra's barrel rotates slowly clockwise when not in use, and spins faster as it is fired.
 * The reload animation consists of the player pulling out the barrel, flipping it and reinserting it back into the Cestra, oddly making the revolving barrel the clip itself.
 * This may suggest that the cylinder may be composed of two seperate batteries, one used to fire plasma shots while the other is collecting energy from ammunition reserve of the user.
 * Color of projectiles is colored by the weapon's energy color.
 * The name of this weapon seems to be derived from Cestrum, a genus of flowers that commonly grows on Southern America, which possibly makes sense as the frontal lookings of Cestra appears to be a flower.