Darter

About the Darter

A tiny, near-silent projector that fires slender needles or darts, the darter is a weapon of subtlety rather than force, its whisper-quiet discharge and negligible recoil making it a favorite of spies and assassins. The dart itself does little harm on impact, being little more than a pinprick, but that is entirely the point: the darter is built to deliver a payload, a coating of toxin, sedative, or tracking agent that does the real work once it breaks the skin. Small enough to palm or conceal in a sleeve, it slips past scans that would flag a blaster and lets an operative strike without ever revealing themselves. Light and easily hidden, it favors precision and patience, a single well-placed dart being worth more than a hail of louder fire. In the wrong hands it is a quiet path to a very public death, the weapon of choice for work meant never to be traced.