Cestra

Corpus Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

The Cestra is a Corpus-built sidearm added in Update 11.0. In essence, It is a scaled-down version of the Supra, where it has a brief spooling period before reaching its maximum fire rate.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000‍ 5,000; it is also a requisite ingredient for Dual Cestra (x2).

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000	3,000	1,200	4	2	Time: 24 hrs
					Rush: 25
Market Price: 175			Blueprints Price:20,000

CharacteristicsEdit

This weapon deals primarily Puncture damage.

Advantages:

• High Puncture damage – effective against armor.
• High status chance.
• High magazine size.
• Very high accuracy.
• Fast fire rate.

Disadvantages:

• Low Impact and no Slash damage – less effective against shields and health.
  • Does not benefit from Slash mods.
• Projectiles have travel time.
• Very low critical chance.
• Below average critical multiplier.
• Has a short spool-up time before reaching optimal fire rate.
• High recoil when fully spooled.
• Poor ammo economy.

Comparisons:

• Cestra, compared to Dual Cestra:
  • Lower fire rate (8.33 rounds/sec vs. 12.5 rounds/sec)
  • Smaller magazine (60 rounds vs. 120 rounds)
  • Smaller max ammo capacity (420 rounds vs. 480 rounds)
  • Faster reload speed (2 s vs. 3.5 s)
  • More accurate (33 vs. 20)
  • Different polarities (None vs. )
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 7)

Weapon LoadoutsEdit

• See Category:Cestra Build to see how players mod this weapon.
• See Category:Cestra Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
• For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

NotesEdit

• Despite the high rate of fire, there is a significant and mandatory pause between releasing the fire button and being able to fire again, limiting the Cestra's ability to fire single shots or short bursts. 

TipsEdit

• 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, neither Razor Shot nor Maim will have any effect.
• Pistol Ammo Mutation (or its Primed counterpart), Trick Mag, Pistol Scavenger or Team Ammo Restores will be necessary to counteract the high rate of ammo consumption.
• While having good base accuracy, the Cestra has significant recoil that scatters its shots, making it ineffective for long range shooting. Steady Hands is a must if one plans to utilize the Cestra's high base accuracy effectively.
• To counteract the pause that occurs between releasing and pressing the fire button, use fire rate mods like Gunslinger or Lethal Torrent

TriviaEdit

• The Cestra's barrel rotates clockwise slowly 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 magazine itself.
  • This may suggest that the cylinder may be composed of two separate batteries; one used to fire plasma shots while the other is collecting energy from the ammunition reserve of the user.
• The Cestra may be a numeral-derived name, just like other Corpus-designed weapons released around the time: the Tetra, which has a barrel with four blocks attached and a "quad-chambered magazine"; and the Penta, which has a five-grenade magazine. Cestra may be a corruption of Sexa-/Sext-, from sixth, and has a rotating section with six blocks.
  • While Tetra- and Penta- are Greek numeral prefixes, Sexa-/Sext- is a Latin numeral prefix. The appropriate Greek prefix would be Hexa-.

BugsEdit

• Currently, the Cestra and its counterparts (Dual Cestra and Secura Dual Cestra) cannot increase the damage of Antimatter Drop.
• When holding a Datamass in a mission, the Datamass will spin whilst reloading.

MediaEdit

• Cestra in Codex.

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Cestra Skins

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Patch HistoryEdit

Last updated: Update 22.15

See alsoEdit

• Supra, the Rifle version of this weapon.
• Dual Cestra, the dual wield version of this weapon.
• Secura Dual Cestra, the custom dual wield version of this weapon, used by The Perrin Sequence.