The Côte d'Azur Combat Rifle is is a variant of the FR-27 S.F.W. Combat Rifle and a weapon in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
Characteristics[]
The Côte d'Azur is a special variant of the combat rifle that fires only EMP rounds.
- The weapon features an integral silencer, a unique blue holosight, and a large magazine capacity of 60 rounds (twice as large as the 30-round magazine of the standard combat rifle).
- Maximum range is 40 meters, lower than the standard combat rifle's 60 meter range.
- The Côte d'Azur may be traded for one of Nada Birak's special stocks.
The Côte d'Azur is a very specialized weapon because it fires only EMP rounds. EMP rounds are capable of temporarily disabling drones, robots and electronic devices, but are not capable of destroying them permanently. Therefore, in being able to fire only EMP rounds, the Côte d'Azur is unable to destroy even simple devices such as cameras.
Even as an EMP weapon, the usefulness of the Côte d'Azur is limited by the fact that many other weapons are also capable of firing EMP rounds. For example, compared to a fully upgraded and silenced 10mm Pistol, the Côte d'Azur inflicts only half the stun time per shot on Sentry Bots. While the Côte d'Azur has a high rate of fire to quickly increase the stun time through successive hits, rate of fire is generally not important in the context of disabling robots, since stunned robots do not return fire, and all devices have a capped maximum stun time. Moreover, the Côte d'Azur has a larger inventory size as compared to the 10mm Pistol. Finally, EMP ammo is not necessary to disable robots and electronic devices, since the Remote Hacking augmentation provides an alternative.
The Côte d'Azur inflicts non-lethal damage, as with any other weapon loaded with EMP ammo. For this reason, the Côte d'Azur can potentially be used as a non-lethal weapon, with the added bonus that EMP rounds disable augmentation usage for a short period of time. The missions in Golem City and G.A.R.M. provide opportunities for deployment of the weapon against augmented enemies.
However, the amount of non-lethal damage is low. For example, about 5 headshots from this rifle are required to down ARC militia and typical Shadow Operatives. The low non-lethal damage, combined with the scarcity of EMP ammunition, limits the practicality of the Côte d'Azur as an anti-personnel weapon.
Acquisition[]
- Found inside a weapon case in the Tarvos Security Services corporate vault in the Palisade Property Bank. The keycard for this vault can be obtained from the basement of Sobchak Security. Only one instance of the weapon can be obtained per playthrough. When first found, the weapon is only loaded to half capacity (30 rounds). 100 additional rounds are located nearby.
Trivia[]
- Côte d'Azur (literally "Azure Coast") is the native French name for the French Riviera, the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France.
- The Côte d'Azur has a street name of "fulgur," as seen in emails on Nada Birak's computer. Fulgur is the Latin word for lightning and is a reference to the Côte d'Azur's use of EMP rounds.
- The Côte d'Azur's weapon model displays the label "S.O.W. Flechette Ordnance." The acronym "S.O.W." is not defined in in-game text.
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