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Name: Saggitarius.

Type: CrossGun. Or if you want technicism: Hybrid Semi-Automatic Crossbow-Rifle.

Derivation: Crossbows, Sniper Rifles.

Design: A dark grey-colored semi-automatic Rifle with silver-colored lines along the top half. It's about slightly less than 1 foot wide and 4 foots long. It has a small spot at the top-center for the user to attach a scope. Weights about 4Kg unloaded. Uses Dust energy entirely as ammo. Specifically Powdered Dust.

Features: The gun has 2 modes: Rifle, and Crossbow. When switching to crossbow mode, the barrel retracts into the gun, and the sides of the rifle near it's end separate from the center, while rotating to the sides until the gun gets an arrow shape. Both modes use Dust energy, but in different ways.

Rifle Mode: The Dust is used to fire small "Dust Bullets", which release the energy on impact in a very small area. They are strong, quick, and accurate. However, it has more recoil and makes a loud noise when firing in this mode. There's a 0.2 second delay between pulling the trigger and the shot being fired.

Crossbow Mode: The Dust is used to create a "Dust arrow", which do not release the energy on impact. Not as fast or strong as the Dust Bullets, and are easier to notice due to their length. They also fall towards the ground quicker due to the slower speed. However, there is nearly no recoil or noise when firing them. Dust Arrows linger for up to 3 minutes. They can be broken or detonated remotely. There is a 0.5 second delay between pulling the trigger and the arrow being fired.

Inactive form: The gun goes back to Rifle mode, then the front part retracts until the gun is 2 foots long. Scope needs to be removed manually.

Dust Capacity: Uses cartridges filled with Powdered Dust. However, it burns through them relatively quickly with succesive firing.

Usages: Rifle mode can be used when needing quick, instant damage, or to snipe at a target. Crossbow mode can be used when requiring more stealth, weaken an enemy, or to setup traps and tactics.

Planned Upgrades: Improve Dust consumption and delay before shots.

Notes: Saggitarius is sometimes called "the Archer", last time I checked. And it's normally represented with a centaur, bow in hand. Centaurs being half horse. The crossbow part fits the Archer aspect well enough, and I feel like the Rifle part is somewhat fitting of the horse half.