Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4991418-20131124024823/@comment-173.84.110.186-20160204195845

The most realistic weapon so far is Neo's. It's a sword hidden within an Umbrella. A certain twist of the handle could keep the Blade locked within the handle of the Umbrella, then untwist the handle and pull the blade out. What's even cooler to think about is that Umbrella could have another function in the real world. During the cold war there where actual Umbrellas with guns hidden in the handle, so that's a way Neo's weapon could also be a gun.

Granted the parts need to make it so that a silenced gun is concealed in just the upper tip of the Umbrella would have to strong but small, compact, and possible complex to still have room for the blade, but it wouldn't be that different from what the CIA, KGB, and other Black Op groups have done before. Like the "Lipstick Pistol," or "Kissof Death," that was used by the KGB. It was a single shot 4.5 mm pistol hidden in a Lip Stick holder.

Realy the only realistic issue concerning Neo's weapon would be weight and durability, and gettting your hands on the materials that would satisfy those requirements. The first time we see Neo use her Umbrella it's to block one of Yang's ranged Shot Gun Blast. To work almost as well as it did in the web show the fabric would (other than poassibly beinf fire proof) would have to be a bullet proof cloth material, which does exist but can be costly. For Functionality purposes I would say that the fabric of the umbrella should be woven Carbon Nanotubes for maximum durability. The concealed blade and the rest of the Umbrela could be made out of regular steel for a weapon that would be used a few times. For long term repeated use though another material or alloy might want to be used for the main body of the Umbrella, otherwise it might get some sizeable dents overtime or be bent out of shape.

-Defcon Deceiver.