Static Pike

About the Static Pike

The static pike is a crowd-control weapon dressed as a polearm, a long shaft tipped with an electrified point that punches through and then floods the wound with a disabling charge. Security forces and prison guards favored them for exactly that reason: reach to keep a violent prisoner at arm's length, a piercing tip to deter a rush, and a stunning discharge to end the confrontation without a corpse to explain. Wielded in two hands, it is surprisingly quick for its length, and a trained guard can jab, sweep, and reset before an opponent closes the distance. The energized head delivers both the sting of the point and the shock of the current, so even a glancing touch can leave a target twitching and disoriented, which is usually all a guard needs.