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{{Infobox Weapon
 
{{Infobox Weapon
 
|weapon=Thunderbolt
 
|weapon=Thunderbolt
|image_w=weapon_thunderbolt.png
 
|image_v=v_thunderbolt.png
 
|manualtext=Try it. You'll like it. Use the same technique as watering your rosebush.
 
 
|ammotype=[[Cells]]
 
|ammotype=[[Cells]]
 
|ammousage=1 per shot
 
|ammousage=1 per shot
|shottype=[[Hitscan]]
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|shottype=hitscan
 
|dpshot=30
 
|dpshot=30
 
|dpsecond=300
 
|dpsecond=300
|range=600 [[unit]]s
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|range=600 units
|cycletime=0.1 s
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|cycletime=0.1s
|1stappearance = [[E2M5]]
 
|obituary1=(Target) accepts (attacker)'s shaft.
 
|obituary2=(Target) accepts (attacker)'s discharge.
 
|obituary3=(Target) discharges into water/slime/lava.
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
The '''Lightning Gun''', also known as '''Thunderbolt''' or '''Shaft''' is only available in the registered version of Quake. It fires a short-ranged bolt of lightning similar to the [[Shambler]]'s attack. Don't fire it under water, or it will explode, killing you and anyone else nearby, unless, of course, you have the [[Pentagram of Protection]].
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The Lightning gun, ''Thunderbolt'' or ''Shaft'' is only available in the registered version of quake. It fires a short-ranged bolt of lightning similar to the [[Shambler]]'s attack. Don't fire it under water, or it will explode, killing you and anyone else in the water nearby. (Unless, of course, you have the [[Pentagram of Protection]]. Try it on [[dm3]] sometime. It's great fun.)
  
=Notes=
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Note: the thunderbolt underwater effect does damage in a radius around the player, and doesn't actually check to see if targets are also underwater, so you can actually kill people out of the water with this attack.
*The thunderbolt underwater discharge works like an ordinary explosion, calling [[T_RadiusDamage]] with 35 times the player's current [[cell]] ammo as a radius. Therefore, as it doesn't actually checks to see if targets are also underwater, it will also affect targets out of the water as long as the [[traceline|line of sight]] to them is unobstructed.
 
*Thunderbolt [[QuakeC]] implementation contains some dead code which apparently was supposed to send [[deathmatch]] opponents flying on successful hit.
 
  
 
{{Weapons}}
 
{{Weapons}}

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