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"Yep, come on lad, off to the Armory" Grayson said, walking out of the War Room. He led the way on the very short distance between the War Room and Armory, input his biometric scan to open the door, and welcomed Maxi inside.

"Just throw your old gun on the desk here" Grayson said as he did the same with the laser pistol, then busied himself checking the readout screens on the nearest display cases, wondering if the Alliance might have provided something to suit their current need. As expected, there was nothing quite as simplistic as Maxi preferred, so he wandered over to the crates that his own collection was stored in, slid open the front panel and began to root around for the weapon.

"Really need to grab a moment to clean this place up a bit" he said, more to himself than Maxi "30 M-68's on display, and not a single TAR-92, the Alliance should be ashamed of themselves.... ah here we are"
He stood up with a new laser pistol in hand.
"TX-5, fairly new model at that, and a definite step up from that TX-2. They've upgraded from Lithio-Proton energy cell to a Thermo-Ionic, they last longer, and aren't prone to any leakage or drain-cycles. The thing about the TX Series is that rapid-fire built up too much heat, and there was nowhere for it to go. The TX-5 introduced this venting system on the heat-sink, and a gauge below the sights to monitor it. Weapon's overheating? Hold the vent release button here on the side and wait a few seconds. Now I still don't recommend rapid-firing if you can avoid it, tends to shag up the regulator battery over time" Grayson turned the weapon over in his hands and offered the handle to Maxi Now, we don't have a firing range or anything on board, but grab ahold of it, see how it feels in your hand. If you like it, we'll move on to your ballistic"