Tetra

Drawing from its huge quad-chambered clip, the Tetra is capable of unleashing a sustained barrage of lethal energy bolts.

The Tetra is a Corpus designed rifle sporting a large magazine size for sustained fire. The rifle features an average rate of fire coupled with high damage energy bolts and fair accuracy for mid to long range combat.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

This weapon deals primarily Puncture damage.

Advantages:

High Puncture damage – effective against armor.
High status chance.
Good accuracy.
Can use the Tetra-exclusive Focused Acceleration and Kinetic Ricochet mods.

Disadvantages:

Low Impact and no Slash damage – less effective against shields and health.
Projectiles have travel time.
Very low critical chance.
Low critical multiplier.
Third lowest fire rate of all fully automatic rifles, after Buzlok and Panthera.

Comparisons:

Tetra, compared to Prisma Tetra:
- Lower base damage (32 vs. 38)
  - Lower Impact damage (6.4 vs. 7.6)
  - Lower Puncture damage (25.6 vs. 30.4)
- Lower critical chance (4% vs. 10%)
- Lower critical multiplier (1.5x vs. 2x)
- Lower status chance (20% vs. 24%)
- Lower fire rate (6.67 rounds/sec vs. 7.08 rounds/sec)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (3 vs. 4)
- Higher disposition (1.5 vs. 1.45)

Acquisition[edit | edit source]

The Tetra's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	2	400	900	100	Time: 24 hrs
30,000	2	400	900	100	Rush: 40
Market Price: 125			Blueprints Price:30,000

This weapon can be sold for 7,500‍7,500.

Tips[edit | edit source]

With a large portion (80%) of its total damage relying on Puncture, it is somewhat more viable to equip Piercing Hit and/or Piercing Caliber than with most weapons.
- Similarly, because the Tetra has no Slash Damage, Sawtooth Clip and Fanged Fusillade are completely useless.
With its high recoil, Stabilizer is a good choice to make this weapon more useful at longer ranges.
While the Tetra has less accuracy than the Dera and weaker overall firepower than the Supra, it deals more damage than the former and has better handling than the latter, making it a good middle-ground weapon in terms of performance. It is also the only Corpus Primary energy weapon whose blueprint can be purchased off the Market, making it more accessible than the clan tech Dera and Supra.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

True to the Tetra's description, the word "Tetra" is a Greek prefix meaning "four"
The Tetra's battery-like magazines are attached in front of its barrel
- Each of the four "batteries" composes one-fourth of the gun's entire magazine size. Firing up to each quarter (15 rounds by default) round will cause a "battery" to eject.
- All remaining "batteries" will be ejected when reloading manually.
It appears to fire from four distinct barrels, in a clockwise motion, starting at the top right barrel and ending at the top left.