A recreation of the Needle Rifle, from Halo Reach in the style of the Aliens found in the Fallout Universe.
Mod Details
Bringing a classic Halo weapon to Fallout:
The Zetan Needle Rifle is a recreation of the Needle Rifle found in Halo Reach. To keep the weapon lore-friendly, it was modeled after the alien weapons found in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4. We are always striving to make sure that our models, armors, weapons, etc., are always lore-friendly. With such a unique weapon as the Needle Rifle, we felt we wouldn't be able to bring it into the game without making it a Zetan weapon.
Extensive Customization:
With update 1.10, we made sure to add many new customizations to the weapon for a total of 18 weapon attachments:
- 3 Barrel types – The DMR, AR, and SMG barrels (names may change, but they help get the ideas across).
- 5 Scopes / Sights – Ranging from 2x up to 10x. 6x and 10x are new long scope attachments.
- 4 Stock options – Each stock increases stability, and one reduces recoil greatly (changes very likely here).
- 4 Style Variants – Red and Steel, Covenant-inspired, Adventurer’s Style, and Golden (more to come).
- 2 Receivers – A full-auto option and a semi-auto option. Both technically full auto, but one is much faster.
Where to Get
Found at an Alien crash site near the Boston AirPort.
Design
The Zetan Needle Rifle is a reimagining of the Needle Rifle from Halo Reach. This started out on basically a what if in my head. I really wanted to see if I could take an iconic design from another game and add it into Fallout 4. The challenge came from picking an alien weapon though. Both Halo and fallout have very distinct alien weapon styles. With not wanting the weapon to be just a simple port of the one found in Halo. I had to redesign the entire weapon to follow the known design language of the fallout alien weapons. The issue with that is that the alien weapons of fallout 4 are meant to be inspired by retro futuristic ray guns. This made it very difficult to make the weapon follow the Zetan style while still looking half decent. Still though, I think it was a very successful experiment and has made us reconsider the role of Zetans in New Austin.
New Austin Lore
The Zetan Needle Rifle is a reimagining of the Needle Rifle from Halo Reach. This started out on basically a what if in my head. I really wanted to see if I could take an iconic design from another game and add it into Fallout 4. The challenge came from picking an alien weapon though. Both Halo and fallout have very distinct alien weapon styles. With not wanting the weapon to be just a simple port of the one found in Halo. I had to redesign the entire weapon to follow the known design language of the fallout alien weapons. The issue with that is that the alien weapons of fallout 4 are meant to be inspired by retro futuristic ray guns. This made it very difficult to make the weapon follow the Zetan style while still looking half decent. Still though, I think it was a very successful experiment and has made us reconsider the role of Zetans in New Austin.
Change Log
1.0
Initial Release
1.1
A larger update that brings several changes to the mod including;
- New Textures
- New Models
- 3 Barrels
- 4 Stocks
- 2 long scopes
- 3 Reflex Sights
- 4 Alternate Styles
- Along with these new additions we have also added a custom workbench that is used to Create the ammo for this weapon.
This is to ground the weapon even more into the fallout universe.
There are also several general changes to the balance of the weapon such as damage increase, the amount of needles to super combine increased and much more small changes. Too many to write here. General Balance changes.
1.2
- Reworked Textures
- Reworked Models based on player feedback