XR-42 Phoenix

XR-42 Phoenix
Specifications
Manufacturer	SRPA
Type	Energy Weapon
Weapon Stats
Primary Fire	Health Drain
Secondary Fire	Cellular Regeneration Grenade
Accuracy	High
Range	High
Clip Size	Unlimited
Maximum Ammunition	15 Health Grenade

The XR-42 Phoenix is an incredibly advanced Chimeran weapon that appears in the Cooperative campaign of Resistance 2. It can only be equipped by the Medic.

Description

The Phoenix fires a beam of energy which regenerates human tissue on a cellular level. It is also capable draining health from Chimeran units and using that stolen energy to restore the health of friendly targets. The Phoenix was recovered by Specter Team from a conversion center in Shanghai, China, and the SRPA recognized its value and had made it a mandatory apparatus to all SRPA field teams. The Phoenix's design and function remains unknown to SRPA technicians.

Upgrades

Name	Unlock Lvl.	Description	Gray Tech
High Density Bioplasm Chamber	8	Allows the Phoenix to store more bioplasm energy. This results in more secondary fire shots that can heal allies.	75
Bioplasm Tracking Tech	14	Upgrade to the Phoenix allows its healing bioplasm projectiles to better track toward allied targets.	100
Bio-amp Scope	22	Increases the aiming range of the Phoenix and also broadens the range of healing effects for the secondary fire.	150
Leech Barrel	26	Increases the Phoenix's range and its damage to enemies.	200

Intel

“	Recovered from a conversion center in Shanghai, China, the Phoenix is widely considered to be the most significant find in the Specter arsenal. Its ability to regenerate human tissue on a cellular level has made it a mandatory apparatus across all SRPA field teams, although technicians admit they know very little about how it works.	”

Gallery

Early version of the Phoenix.

XR-42 Phoenix, with all upgrades.

Trivia

• The weapon is named after the legendary Phoenix, which is said to die in flames and is reborn from the ashes left behind. There is also a ribbon award for killing a Chimera with the Phoenix known as "Ashes to Ashes".
• The Phoenix visually resembles to the Arc Charger from Resistance: Fall of Man.
• It is possible to kill any Chimeran enemy present in the Co-op using this weapon, as the rate of healing the player (per second) is higher than the rate of damage inflicted by it. This leads to the creations of long drawn out battles whereby the player is preserved from enemy attacks provided continued use of the weapon.
• The Phoenix on its own is ineffective, however as the Co-op involves players working as a team the process of completing missions is speed up by the presence of players of other classes. The role of the Medic being to keep these players alive to complete these objectives.
• The LED indicator on the weapon helps indicate the current amount of Secondary Fire ammunition on the weapon, there is a part that is numbers and another that is a rectangle, in the updated version of the weapon another rectangle will appear on the LED, and it indicates that the player is using the weapon's Primary Fire.
  • The numbers are the weapon's current available amount of Secondary Fire.
  • The rectangle will form up to 5 squares, when five squares are filled, 1 number increases the amount of current Secondary Fire ammunition of the weapon, in the updated version these squares are visible fixedly.
  • In the updated version of the weapon, another rectangle will appear on the LED, which will indicate when the player is using the weapon's Primary Fire.