Malorian Arms 3516 (2020)

The Malorian Arms 3516 is a Very Heavy Pistol in and a Power Pistol in.

Overview
A custom made handgun for Johnny Silverhand, this one of a kind 14mm heavy pistol's rare solid titanium frame was manufactured in space, allowing for an almost zero chance of imperfection in the casing. A custom Dyna-porting and direct integral cyber-interlink means only someone with a cyberarm and smartgun link can take full advantage of the pistol's features.

An iconic weapon that V can equip, it acts as a Borg weapon - both Power and Tech at the same time - allowing to make use of ricochets as well as object penetration.

History
Manufactured by Malorian Arms, the 3516 was the most famous and powerful personal handgun on the market in the year 2020. Eran Malour developed this radical new design to the personal specifications of famous rockerboy Johnny Silverhand, who wanted something that could end a cyberpsycho'ed fan at 100 paces, no matter how protected the fan was. The price was not a problem for him.

Johnny wielded the Malorian until his death in 2023 during the AHQ Disaster. Shortly afterwards, a former pararescue firefighter known as Samantha Stevens somehow recovered some of his possessions from the Hot Zone, including the gun. She kept it with her for decades, preserving the weapon in a good state by using cosmoline.

In 2045, after encountering a group of edgerunners who were trying to find an unreleased song of Samurai, Samantha gave them the task to transport a create to Los Almos in New Mexico. Before they left, the woman took aside one of them, a mercenary known as Zara. Samantha gave her the Malorian in a wrapped package and told her that the owner was never going to use it again, adding that she seemed the right person to carry it for him.

During their journey east from Night City, Zara unwrapped the gun, realizing what it was, but afraid to confirm it. Despite her fears, she eventually linked to it and used it to protect her friends. She then discovered that the gun's interface boosted her situational awareness to absurd levels, giving her a seemingly supernatural accuracy and a palpably cold eagerness. As a fact, the gun's cyber interface had been modified to create almost cyberpsycho levels of feedback, damping down the user's normal emotional reaction to combat situations, and giving them a robot-like control. The group eventually succeeded in their quest, and Zara decided to keep the gun.

It's unknown how or when, but Adam Smasher recovered the Malorian at some point. He eventually gifted it to his right-hand man Jeremiah Grayson, who kept it until 2077, when V and Rogue Amendiares took it back from him.

Database Entry (2077)

 * The only one of its kind, made specially for rockerboy Johnny Silverhand. Semiautomatic, equipped with a prototype smart link and compatible with various ammunition types, it sports three firing modes - ricochet, wall penetration and incendiary rounds. Plus, the collector's value is through the roof.

Acquisition (2077)

 * Chippin' In - Acquired from Grayson.