Detron

"The sleek lines of the Detron conceal it's ferocious nature. The hand cannon's semi-automatic action takes down enemies with speed and efficiency"

- Codex Description

The Detron was one of two rewards for The Gradivus Dilemma event, the other being the Brakk. While it was not awarded from the event, the blueprint and components are now obtainable from the Harvester.

The Detron can now be seen in the hands of grey/white-suited Corpus Crewmen that can only be encountered on the Corpus Gas City tileset. In their hands, it fires a spray of blue energy bolt projectiles, behaving like a shotgun.

Characteristics
Advantages
 * High Damage.
 * Deals damage which can confuse targets.
 * Equal damage to Bronco
 * Fast reload time.
 * Higher clip size than the Bronco and Akbronco and on par with the Brakk.
 * Relatively high pellet count.
 * Good ammo efficiency.
 * No damage falloff.

Disadvantages:
 * Small clip size.
 * Slow fire rate.
 * Radiation-exclusive damage can limit its utility.
 * No polarity slots.
 * Requires three parts, including the blueprint, along side ten Orokin cells.
 * Only decent crit chance and low crit damage.
 * Mild travel time.

Acquisition
As of Hotfix 11.5.5, the Harvester drops the blueprint and its components.

Tips

 * The Detron can be made into an effective anti-Grineer weapon by adding  damage, allowing it to deal extra damage against both Ferrite Armor and Alloy Armor. This particular damage combination also makes effective against Ancient Infested (as the Corrosive Damage will do more damage to Disrupters and Toxics, while the Radiation Damage will do more damage to Healers).

Trivia

 * Much like the Brakk, The Detron uses a revolver mechanism.
 * Colloquially, a "hand cannon" often refers to an extremely powerful pistol chambered for a high caliber cartridge such as .500 S&amp;W Magnum or .50 Action Express.
 * In Livestream 17, the developers jokingly claimed that the Detron pistols intended as rewards for the Gradivus Dilemma were "melted down and used to make MOAs." This has more or less proven to be true, as the Harvester drops the Detron blueprint and parts.
 * Like the Flux Rifle, the Detron does not follow the Corpus weapon naming convention.
 * The magazine ejects during reloading. It holds 6 rounds but not the actual 5 rounds of the gun.