Detron

The Detron was one of two possible rewards for The Gradivus Dilemma event, the other being the Brakk. While it was not awarded from the event, as the Corpus lost the conflict, its blueprint and components are now dropped by the Harvester.

The Detron is used by grey/white-suited Corpus Crewmen. When used by these crewmen, it behaves like a shotgun, firing a spray of blue energy bolt projectiles.

Characteristics
Advantages
 * High Damage.
 * Deals damage which can confuse targets.
 * Equal damage to Bronco
 * damage is highly effective versus Alloy Armour and Sinew.
 * Fast reload time.
 * Larger clip size than the Bronco and Akbronco and on par with the Brakk.
 * Relatively high pellet count.
 * Good ammo efficiency.
 * No damage falloff over distance.
 * Fast travel time.

Disadvantages:
 * Small clip size.
 * Slow fire rate.
 * Radiation-exclusive damage can limit its utility (reduced damage versus shields and severely reduced damage against 2 Infested Classes).
 * No polarity slots.
 * Requires three parts, including the blueprint, alongside ten Orokin cells.
 * Only obtainable by defeating the Harvester

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

Tips

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

Trivia

 * 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.
 * During the reload animation, A pack of 6 energy cells (presumably) is ejected from the gun, although, the Detron only has the capability of firing 5 rounds before reloading.
 * The Detron had an entry in the Codex shortly before players could actually obtain it (at the time, the Harvester dropped nothing upon defeat).