Sonic Pistol

General Information

The Sonic Pistol is the first in the sonic line of weapons used by the aliens. It offers a surprising amount of power for such a tiny package. It even surpasses the Heavy Gauss in every way except its construction costs and its aimed accuracy.

The outstanding features that secures a niche for the sonic pistol in the sonic heirarchy are its speed, huge ammo clip and its ability to be operated in a single hand. None of these traits are shared by the Sonic Cannon.

The Sonic Pistol is also quite a match for the Gauss Rifle for snap shot speed and accuracy, but it offers more power. Unfortunately, the only thing that lets the sonic pistol down, and pretty much the entire sonic weapon heirarchy, is its lack of automatic fire.

The sonic pistol is therefore an outstanding weapon for fast moving scouts, grenadiers or heavy weapon soldiers that require a sidearm. If worse comes to worse, the sonic pistol can also be used as you primary weapon. However, it tends to quickly become an exotic weapon as the aliens will quickly move on to the Sonic Cannons as their standard issue weapons.

It is curious to note that the Sonic Blasta Rifle and the Sonic Cannon are simply made up of the sonic pistol with different attachments.

Comparison to UFO Mirror: Plasma Pistol

To compare the Sonic Pistol and the Plasma Pistol is like comparing apples and oranges. The sonic pistol greatly surpasses the Plasma Pistol in every way except that it lacks and auto fire mode, which admittingly evens things up again.

The sonic pistol is more comparable to the Plasma Rifle in terms of power, but lacks its accuracy.

Weapon Stats

• Firing Accuracy:
  • 65% Snapshot
  • 85% Aimed

• Firing Cost:
  • 30% Snapshot
  • 50% Aimed

• Selling Cost: $84000
• Build Cost: $56000
• Build Resources:
  • Aqua Plastics: 1
  • Zrbite: 0

Rough Notes

Temporary Draft Notes: (For deletion at a future date)

• Sonic pistol has huge capacity clip: 20 rounds (For TFTD this is huge!)
• Sonic pistol surpasses Heavy Gauss in terms of everything except cost and aimed accuracy. Amazing how much power it has for a mere pistol!
• Comparison: At 80 damage, is comparable to Plasma Rifle from original
• Comparison with UFO counterpart: Blows Plasma Pistol out of water in terms of usefulness - but lacks auto-fire, so evens up a bit.
• Comparison with Sonic Blasta Rifle: Does 15 points less damage, slightly less accurate, but has an extra attack per turn and is one handed. Another strategic decision to make.
• Weapon Combos: Gauss Pistol or Sonic Pulsers recommended.
• See Also: Sonic Blasta Rifle, Sonic Cannon