Imperator Vandal

The Imperator Vandal is the Vandal form of the Imperator heavy machine gun for the Archwing flight system, offered as a reward for attaining 15 (10 for PS4/XB1) Battle Points in the Operation Eyes of Blight event.

The Imperator Vandal is also available as random component part drops – blueprint, receiver and barrel – after successfully completing Fomorian Sabotage missions.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * High rate of fire, especially after spool-up.
 * High damage makes it effective against shields.
 * Large magazine size.
 * Comes with a polarity slot.

Disadvantages:
 * Has damage fall off at range.
 * Low base damage.

Comparisons:
 * Compared to the Imperator:
 * Larger magazine size. (300 rounds/mag vs. 250 rounds/mag)
 * Faster ammo reload rate. (60.0 rounds/sec vs. 50.0 rounds/sec)
 * Higher crit chance. (15.0% vs 10.0%)
 * Higher status chance. (10.0% vs 5.0%)
 * Has spool-up, increasing the rate of fire to 150%.

Trivia

 * The Imperator Vandal is the very first Vandal arch-gun weapon released.
 * The Imperator Vandal was leaked as an entry in a player's Profile under Equipment, along with the Mara Detron,  before it was revealed to be a reward for the Operation Eyes of Blight event.
 * As with all Vandal weapons, only the energy color can be changed. Other colors may be selected, but will not show on the weapon, unless said weapon possesses a skin.
 * The Imperator Vandal is the first event weapon that can be built using component parts.
 * In all future and existing  blueprints and parts were made tradable.

Media
Император_Вандал Imperator Vandal