SOAS-20

The SOAS-20 is a scout rifle available to the Terran Republic. It is unlocked through purchase with Certification Points or Daybreak Cash.

The Spec-Ops AutoScout - 20 is a fully-automatic rifle, designed to fulfill a role not unlike an assault rifle. The SOAS-20 has a relatively small magazine and moderate muzzle velocity plus relatively low damage-per-second, combined with poor hip accuracy. However, it has very controllable recoil, and extremely generous damage fall-off.

The SOAS-20 is most easily compared to a weapon class not available to the Infiltrator; assault rifles. More specifically, the SOAS-20 is most comparable to the NS-11A, which shares the same damage-per-second but is superior in most other regards besides recoil.

The SOAS-20, AF-18 Stalker, and  Artemis VX26 are statistically nigh-identical weapons, with the only difference found in the Vanu option's muzzle velocity, which is lowered in exchange for the faction's 'no bullet drop' trait.

Ribbons and Medals
It is possible to earn both Ribbons and Medals while using the. Each ribbon is a standard reward for achieving a set amount of kills with the rifle. Medals are awarded upon reaching kill milestones with the weapon.

History

 * Game Update Number 7
 * Minimum Damage: 112 at 65 meters changed to 125 at 65 meters
 * First Shot Recoil: 2.5 changed to 1.5
 * Recoil Recovery: 15 degrees per second changed to 18 degrees per second
 * Magazine size: 20 changed to 24
 * Total Ammunition: 120 changed to 240
 * Short Reload: 2.25 seconds changed to 2 seconds (long reload remains same at 3 seconds)
 * Aimed Accuracy: 0.15 crouched moving, 0.25 stand moving changed to 0.2 crouched moving, 0.3 stand moving
 * Horizontal Recoil: 0.1 min, 0.3 max changed to 0.2 min, 0.225 max
 * Equip Time: 0.5 seconds changed to 0.75 seconds
 * Game Update Number 9
 * Cost decreased from / to /.
 * Performance Update Number 2
 * Long reload improved from 2.9 to 2.45
 * Short reload improved from 2.0 to 1.865
 * Improved hip accuracy by 0.5 in all states
 * Min damage range reduced from 65 to 60 meters to match the other weapon of the same damage model
 * Patch February 27th, 2014
 * No longer uses sniper tracers or flyby audio. They now use carbine style tracers.
 * December 1, 2016 Update
 * Projectile velocity from 500 to 550