"Republic Commando" Weapons Trivia Quiz

Answer: PEP (Pulsed Energy Projectile) attachment

Although the manual calls the DC-17m a Modifiable Blaster Rifle, other sources have called it an Interchangeable Weapons System. And perhaps with good reason as swapping out an attachment transforms the DC-17m into a different weapon.

So far we've been introduced to four attachments, the blaster, sniper, anti-armor, and PEP attachments. But of these four, the first three appear it the game. The PEP attachment was introduced in the novel "Republic Commando: Triple Zero," the events of which occur just before the Kashyyyk levels of the game. It gives clone commandos a stun attachment to use when their mission profile requires capture instead of mere elimination.

Answer: Thermal Detonator

Thermal detonators are also used in games such as Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series. One noticeable difference between how their used in "Republic Commando" and the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series is that the latter tends to give two modes to the thermal detonator depending on the control the player uses when throwing it. One control button results in explosion on impact, a second is a delayed explosion.

Answer: Bowcaster

Though the Wookiee bowcaster looks primitive in comparison to most "modern" Star Wars weapons, it actually is rather high-tech and on par with blasters. It made an appearance in four of the movies, numerous games, and several books and comics. In "Republic Commando" the bowcaster provides you with a second sniper weapon, great for when you run out of ammo in the sniper attachment. Too bad it eats up ammo at a pretty high rate.

Answer: Knuckle Plate Vibro Blade

Nice and fast, but only in close, the knuckle plate vibro blade quickly extends from one of your gloves to stab your victim before instantly retracting. If you're looking to conserve ammo and don't want to switch from your DC-17m to any one of your secondary weapons, this is a great weapon to use. One or two stabs with this weapon seems to usually be enough to take down battle droids, Trandoshan mercenaries, Trandoshan slavers, and Geonosian warriors.

But super battle droids and droidekas take a lot more stabbing to take down and are much more likely to deal you some damage before they go. Geonosian elites, spider droids, and Trandoshan heavy mercenaries are folks that you really shouldn't try this with.

Answer: Geonosian Elite Beam Weapon

I did say that you can pick up, not the first secondary weapon you're equipped with. The DC-15s is actually the first secondary weapon in your inventory, but you start off with it as soon as you land on Geonosis. ACP Repeaters don't appear until you have Trandoshans to deal with. And thermal detonators are an explosive weapon, not a secondary weapon. Thus the Geonosian elite beam weapon is the first secondary weapon you can pick up.

Of all the secondary weapons, the beam weapon is perhaps the most unique. Rather than firing individual rounds at a target, it fires a constant stream of energy for as long as you keep the fire button depressed. It also has a set of "fingers" that make an annoying clacking sound when you've got it out and are not firing.

Answer: Infinite ammo

After the knuckle plate vibro blade, the DC-15s is the best choice for saving ammo due to it's self-charging dynamic energy cell. This gives it an infinite ammo capacity, but it does have a significant drawback that places it after the knuckle plate vibro blade in terms of ammo conservation. And that's the recharge rate on it's energy cell. If you empty it's "clip" too fast, it's going to take a little bit to recharge to full count. Though if you don't mind a slightly slower rate of fire, you can keep firing it as it is recharging.

Answer: LJ-50 Concussion Rifle

"Republic Commando" was not the first time a concussion rifle was used in a Star Wars video game. In fact the Stouker concussion rifle, which works in much the same way, made it's first appearance in 1995's "Dark Forces" and would go on to appear in other Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games.

Answer: Wookiee Guided Rocket Launcher

The Wookiee guided rocket launcher is perhaps the biggest, most powerful hand weapon in the game. In fact the character you play (RC-1138/Boss) makes a comment on it being nearly his size. By simply pulling the trigger you let a rocket fly in dumb-fire mode. Or hold the trigger a little longer to lock on to your target and the rocket will home in your target.

Answer: Proximity Mine

Ah, a lovely little landmine type weapon. The proximity mine is set off by, well, proximity to the mine. In this case when you see the mine you also see a red circle that shows you how close you can get before you set it off. But interestingly, the mine's sensors can't pick you up if you're crouched. Thus by crouching you can approach the mine to deactivate it.

There is only one time when you get to actually use the proximity mine, and that is during one of the Kashyyyk missions. Here you activate a mine field and use it to take out some droids.

Answer: "badly engineered."

In the Concept Art video it is said that Trandoshan weapons were viewed by the designers as being "brutal but badly engineered." It also goes on to say that they had built in fire extinguishers for when they malfunctioned. Certainly it seems like some of these weapons jam forcing you to take the time to unjam them before firing again, and thus being put in danger while doing so.

In contrast, the video claims DC-17m used by the Republic commandos was seen as being "efficient, adaptable, and absolutely deadly."