Item detail: the Celeste II

A closer illustration of Nadiel's primary weapon, the Celeste II custom antimaterial rifle. Its specs follow:

Classification: long range precision antipersonnel and antipredator sniper/antimaterial rifle.

Weapon length: 172 cm.

Weapon weight: (unloaded) approx 13.5 kg.

Loading mechanism: non-detachable revolving cylinder.

Ammunition capacity: 6 rounds.

Ammunition type: 12.7mm (.50 caliber) x125mm magnum rifle rounds; typically discarding-sabot armor-piercers carrying magnesium/phosphorous incendiary payloads.

Muzzle velocity: in excess of 3500 feet per second.

Effective range: approx. 2000 meters.

Typical attachments: 5x45mm telescopic gunsight.

Details: Especially created to suit Nadiel's particular skills upon his promotion to combat team leader. Note the extensive bayonet that reaches along all but the entirety of the underside of the barrel, and the semiautomatic fire ability, the primary features that indicate this as a weapon made to handle the possibility of close and hand-to-hand combat, albeit strained under the weapon's substantial size and weight. Its rounds can easily penetrate unarmored flesh, boring deep and narrow wounds often several meters into predators' bodies to inject their burning chemical payloads. However, this is actually an awkward choice due to the fact that its wounds would in fact be some of the thinnest and cleanest. If a vital point is not struck, only minor damage will be dealt.