Firearm

2014-05-26T00:44:03Z

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[[File:Ott Flintlock.png|thumb|250px|The Ottoman flintlock rifle]]
'''Firearms''' are a class of long-ranged [[weapons]] that launch projectiles at a high velocity through the confined burning of propellants. They were used as early as the late Middle Ages.

==History==
===High Middle Ages===
{{Quote|The knowledge of projectile combat is not new to us, having been observed amongst our Eastern neighbors. But their weapons were much larger – and insufficient for our needs.|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]], page 28.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:Mentor's return 11.png|thumb|left|250px|Altaïr aiming the Hidden Gun at Abbas Sofian]]
Though he knew of firearms being used in ancient [[China]], the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] took little interest in them, realizing that the weapons were of no use to his Order in their current size.

As such, upon obtaining the [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]], he successfully utilized the knowledge it held to condense the design, ''"embedding their fiery weapon into a form that can be worn on the wrist."''

Along with the formulation of a combustible powder that could be made from common ingredients, Altaïr kept the schematics for the [[Hidden Gun]] a secret, available to only the Brotherhood's most trusted allies. Sometime afterwards, he recorded all details of these in [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|his personal journal]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

===Renaissance===
In [[Italy]] during the [[Renaissance]], another Assassin, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], came into possession of Altaïr's Codex and showed the pages to [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. Leonardo deciphered the instructions, and as a result was able to construct the Hidden Gun for Ezio's use.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:Vilified 11 v.png|thumb|250px|Papal arquebusiers]]
Though firearms were uncommon until the early 16th century, after [[Cesare Borgia]] forcibly recruited Leonardo into his employ around 1499, the engineer was made to design a wheel-lock firearm for use by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] armies.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

Cesare's ally, the [[France|French]] baron [[Octavian de Valois]], received a personalized, golden wheel-lock firearm from Leonardo, and kept it with him at all times. During the [[Siege of Monteriggioni|Fall of Monteriggioni]], Cesare used this pistol to kill [[Mario Auditore]].<ref name="ACB"/>

A variety of firearms began to circulate among common [[guards]] as well, with [[arquebusiers]] wielding long muskets or arquebuses, and with several [[horsemen]] and [[Papal Guard]]s using shorter pistols.<ref name="ACB"/>

[[File:ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman]]
During Ezio's travels to [[Constantinople]], he encountered [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] soldiers using Ottoman flintlock muskets, as well as [[Janissaries]] who used short pistols. The Assassins of the [[Turkish Assassins|local guild]] also made use of firearms to guard [[Assassin Dens|nearby dens]], ranging from simple muskets to [[cannons]].<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

Meanwhile, the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] forces had designed an early version of a flamethrower, which they used to deliver [[Greek Fire]].<ref name="ACR"/> They also had a form of a machine gun, which was similar in construct to Leonardo da Vinci's [[War Machines|prototype]].<ref name="ACB"/> Both of these were then later adapted by the Assassins, in order to aid them in [[Den Defense|defending their dens]].<ref name="ACR"/>

===Colonial America===
[[File:AC3 Musket soldiers.png|thumb|250px|Connor facing a group of soldiers wielding muskets]]
By the [[Golden Age of Piracy]], muskets with [[bayonets]] had become standard equipment for armies and navies, while high-ranking soldiers like [[officers]] and [[Jägers]] wielded flintlock pistols.

As it still took time to reload and clean firearms, [[Piracy|pirates]] were usually accustomed to carrying multiple pistols at any one time. As such, the pirate and Assassin, [[Edward Kenway]], could wield up to a maximum of four flintlock pistols in combat.

By the 1760s, the [[France|French]]-[[Africa]]n Assassin [[Aveline de Grandpré]] was able to wield muskets, as well as two Queen Anne pistols. Similar to the flintlock pistols, these were single shot weapons and took time to reload.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref> The [[Colonial Assassins|Colonial Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] was able to wield a musket as well as two flintlock pistols. By the [[American Revolutionary War]], some pistols were advanced enough to carry two shots at a time.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

===Russian Revolution===
[[File:Fall-Orelovrifle.png|thumb|250px|left|Nikolai with his rifle]]
During the late 19th and early 20th century, in the [[Russian Revolution]], the [[Russia]]n [[Russian Assassins|Assassin]] [[Nikolai Orelov]] wielded a modern bolt-action {{Wiki|Berdan rifle}}, alongside the usual weaponry of his time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>
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===Modern times===
In 2012, Assassins continued to wield firearms in combat, and once used them on a direct assault on [[Abstergo Industries]], in an attempt to rescue [[Desmond Miles]].

Though Desmond overheard exchanged gunshots through the [[Animus Project laboratory|facility]]'s intercom, Dr. [[Warren Vidic]] eventually told him that the rescue attempt had failed, and that most of the team had been killed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> Firearms were, at this point, standard equipment for Abstergo guards in the [[Rome]] facility.<ref name="AC3"/>

[[File:AC3 Desmond Cross Lab.png|thumb|250px|Daniel Cross aiming a customized pistol at Desmond Miles]]
Once during a night-time infiltration of a Manhattan office building, Desmond Miles came across a power source for the [[Grand Temple]] and aimed to retrieve it from its case. Despite his obtainment of the cube, [[Daniel Cross]] surprised and threatened Desmond with a pistol; undeterred, Desmond clobbered Cross to unconsciousness with the power source and left. Subsequently, when Desmond searched for the second source at a mixed martial arts tournament in Brazil, Cross killed its owner and proceeded to shoot after Desmond, with Abstergo guards also doing so. However, this did not prevent Desmond from fighting Cross and taking the second power source.

In December of that year, once Desmond had assassinated Cross at Abstergo's Rome facility in his attempts to rescue his [[William Miles|father]], Warren Vidic authorized guards to use deadly force on contact with Desmond. However, he took Cross' pistol – an {{Wiki|Heckler & Koch Mark 23|MK23}} – and could use it in the latter half of his assault, which worked similarly to his ancestor Connor's flintlocks, only that it had a much larger magazine, a higher rate of fire, and had a suppressor attached.<ref name="AC3"/>

==Statistics==
===18th century British Colonial America===
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Name
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Rate of Fire
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Short Range Damage
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Long Range Damage
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Cost
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Availability
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Flintlock Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Sequence 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Double-Barrel Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|£8,250
| style="text-align: center;"|Sequence 9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Duckfoot Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|£5999
| style="text-align: center;"|Sequence 6
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|French Coat Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Level 2 Blacksmith Flints + Iron Ore + Special Iron Ingot
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|English Flintlock Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Level 2 Blacksmith - Level 2 Woodworker Flints + Oak Lumber + Special Iron Ingot
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Royal Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Level 3 Blacksmith Flints + Silver Ore + Special Iron Ingot
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Navel Duckfoot
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Level 3 Blacksmith Flints + Lead Ore + Special Iron Ingot
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Italian Flintlock
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Level 3 Blacksmith and Woodworker Flints + Maple Lumber + Special Iron Ingot
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Royal Navy Sea Service Flintlock
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Level 4 Blacksmith Flints + Gold Ore + Special Iron Ingot
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Pitcairn-Putnam Pistols
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Sequence 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Pirate Flintlock
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Complete [http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Sinking_a_Secret Sinking a Secret]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Scottish Flintlock
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|3
|
3
|N/A
|Sequence 6
|}

===18th century French Colonial America===
{|width="60%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="text-align:center"
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|
Name
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Magazine
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Short Range Damage
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Long Range Damage
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Cost
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Persona
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Queen Anne Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Assassin
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Dual Pistols
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|10,000 écu
| style="text-align: center;"|Assassin
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Pocket Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|10,000 écu
| style="text-align: center;"|Lady, Slave
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Double-Barreled Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|5,000 écu
| style="text-align: center;"|Assassin
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Pepperbox Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|2
| style="text-align: center;"|50,000 écu
| style="text-align: center;"|Assassin
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Dueling Pistol
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|N/A
| style="text-align: center;"|Assassin
|}

===18th century Caribbean===
{|width="60%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="text-align:center"
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|
Name
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Damage
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Stun
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Range
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Common Flintlock Pistols
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Captain Morgan's Pistols
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Pirate Blunderbusses
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Standard Wheellock Pistols
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Spanish Officer Pistols
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Cannon-Barrel Pistols
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Golden Flintlock Pistols
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"|Captain's Wheellock Pistols
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|3
|}

==Trivia==
*A number of firearms were available in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'', including the {{Wiki|arquebus}}, {{Wiki|Lee-Enfield|.303 SMLE}}, and {{Wiki|M1917 revolver}}.
**Owning two M1917 revolvers in ''Project Legacy'' granted the '''Akimbo''' [[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy achievements|achievement]].
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'', the Pirate Flintlock was awarded upon the completion of the memory "[[Sinking a Secret]]".
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', pistols holstered on Edward's chest had shortened barrels.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Octavian de Valois Gun.jpg|[[Octavian de Valois]]' personal wheel-lock firearm
Scottish flintlock pistol concept - AC3.jpg|Concept art for a Scottish Flintlock pistol
Assassin's Creed 3 Multiplayer Weapons - 03 by trebor7.jpg|Muskets and rifles as seen in ''Assassin's Creed III''
Assassins-Creed-IV-Black-Flag Pistols VincentGaigneux.jpg|Concept art of pistols seen in ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''
ACB Cesare Baron.png|Cesare Borgia holding the wheel-lock gun
ACIII-InfiltratingSouthgate 14.png|Benjamin Church aiming at Silas Thatcher
ACIII-BraddockExpedition_8.png|Haytham Kenway holding Edward Braddock at gunpoint
ACIII-BraddockExpedition_9.png|George Washington aiming at Haytham's horse
AC3 Connor Musket.png|Connor holding a musket
Missing Supplies 6.png|Haytham killing a man with a flintlock pistol
The Fort 6.png|Aveline de Grandpré holding [[Patience Gibbs]] at gunpoint
</gallery>

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