SV-23 Dart Pistol

For the weapon in the Remake, see Development Changes (System Shock).

SV-23 Dart Pistol
Pickup Icon In-Hand Fired
Weapon Data
First Found	Level 1 - Hospital
Destructible	No
Operation	Semi-Automatic
Ammunition	Needles Tranq Needles
Attack Type	Projectile
Damage	15 per Hit (Needle) 5 per Hit (Tranq)
Armor Penetration	6 (Needle) 0 (Tranq)
Offense Value	2 (Needle) 3 (Tranq)
Range	20
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The SV-23 Dart Pistol is a weapon found in System Shock. It provides excellent control of laboratory animals, delivering an explosive bite or a paralyzing neurotoxin.

Overview

Despite firing with an unimpressive "whap" the Dart Pistol will do an admirable job of keeping Humanoid Mutants and lower-level Cyborgs at bay until you can obtain a stronger firearm such as a Minipistol.

Stick to the Needle Packs. Tranq Needles are near-useless as their paralyzing effect doesn't last very long on the mutated lifeforms aboard Citadel and does nothing against robotic threats. At most they will buy you a few seconds to either finish off the paralyzed target with a melee weapon or make an escape.

If you run out of Needle Packs early on you're generally better off switching to a SparqBeam.

Ammunition Types

		Needle Packs (15) - Micro-Explosives embedded in needle housing.
		Tranq Needles (15) - Paralyzing neurotoxin in needle housing.

Trivia

• Most of the weapons' names in System Shock are derived from the initials of the game's makers. In this case, SV stands for Sara Verrilli.
• The Dart Pistol was one of several weapons completely removed from System Shock (Remake).

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