Slayer

Slayer
Information
Manufacturer	Skedar
Type	Rocket Launcher
Primary Mode	Rocket Launch
Secondary Mode	Fly-By-Wire Rocket
Damage (per Hit)	Explosive
Accuracy	Varies
Ideal Range	Varies
Rate of Fire	Low
Ammo Type	Rockets
Magazine Capacity	1 Rocket
Maximum Ammo	3 Rockets
Appears in	Perfect Dark

“	The Skedar enjoy seeing the terror of their enemies. It seems natural that they should have a remote-controlled rocket as a secondary fire mode on their basic rocket launcher, so they can take pleasure from the prey's vain attempt to escape the closing projectile.	”

The Slayer is the Skedar equivalent of the Rocket Launcher. It is one of the hardest weapons to find throughout the game, being noted to only appear in the final few levels at the end of Perfect Dark. For unknown reasons, the All Guns in Solo cheat will not give the player this weapon for any mission except for the ones it can be legitimately obtained.

Overview

The Slayer appears less advanced than its human counterpart but uses the same type of ammunition, despite its extraterrestrial origin. The weapon can fire normally but careful aiming must be considered for the missiles can alter its course from any movements by the user and it launches significantly slower than the Rocket Launcher.

The secondary mode activates Fly-By-Wire, allowing the user to remotely direct the missile through the air. While hard to steer and the missile is initially slow, the velocity accelerates quickly but holding down the R Button will cause it to decelerate, which is useful for navigating tight corners.

The missile can be remotely detonated via the press of the firing button, but smashing the missile against a surface or, more preferably, an enemy, will also cause it to explode.

The Fly-By-Wire's missile range is generally infinite, but should it be taken out of the level's boundaries, the screen will go static and control will be lost unless the missile is immediately piloted back into the map. Skilled players can navigate missiles deliberately into out of bound areas to reach enemies, in another area, from an unexpected angle of attack.

Disadvantages

The main issue with the Slayer is that its rockets accelerate slower than that of the dataDyne counterpart, leading to accidental casualties involving running into one's own missiles. While operating the secondary ability, the user is also completely vulnerable to enemy attacks. The player's screen will still flash red when attacked.

Gallery

World model N64

World model XBLA

Single XBLA

Fly by view XBLA

Appearances

Perfect Dark

• Attack Ship: Covert Assault - On the same floor as the Star Map hologram. To reach it, head through the central door in the four-way junction after exiting the lift from the hangar, go through the Skedar containment chamber and open another door. The Slayer will be at the end of this room, in between two Skedar Warriors.
• Skedar Ruins: Battle Shrine - Two Skedar Warriors near the inner sanctum wield a Slayer.
• WAR! - Used by the second Skedar King clone.

Trivia

• Players playing alone on Combat Simulator will actually suffer from poison inflicted by thrown Combat Knives by Simulants as long as they're operating the secondary fire option of this weapon.
• Although normally unavailable even with the All Guns cheat enabled, this weapon will still be given to the player in the Attack Ship and Skedar Ruins missions, though it is inaccessible by manually swapping weapons. The player will need to choose it through the pause menu in order to be able to use it.
• Despite normally being available in the WAR! bonus mission, the Slayer is not usable through the All Guns in Solo cheat, and it will strangely not be added to the player's inventory even after obtaining it from the second Skedar King clone if the cheat is active.
• In Combat Simulator, the PerfectSim and DarkSim can use the Fly-By-Wire when wielding the Slayer. When shooting in secondary mode, it will make the Rocket Launcher firing sound instead of normal, and their missiles have different controls than that of the player's, as they can completely stop it mid-air when there are no targets for them to look for.

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