• As with the rest of ANIMONGER's products, the ACX-012 has the initial "A" representing their company. The CX designation that makes up two thirds of the Explosive Needle Launcher's name is derived from the weapons of the Executive Division, which are usually designated as "PCX". The "012" in its name is derived from it being the 12th official explosive weapon model conceived by ANIMONGER.




• The individual that obtained this weapon via illegal means named this Explosive Needle Launcher "TRICKSHOT" after an infamous figure in Scrapper circles who apparently

Incendiary Explosive Needle Launcher (Shotgun Type)

A medium weight Explosive Needle Launcher produced by ANIMONGER LLC using weapon data stolen from the Executive Division thanks to a hacker affiliated with ANIMONGER.
The ACX-012 trades out the rocket propelled grenades of its predecessor in favor of high-speed needles designed to penetrate armor through a narrow point and explode once inside. This makes it adept in faster skirmishes with the enemy, as it reloads much faster and more efficiently compared to the PCX-009 Explosive Rocket, which may prove a liability in close quarters combat.
This particular copy had its barrel crudely sawed off by its owner, an infamous Scrapper outlaw who sheltered in Sector 13 with a group of Finders who would later call themselves the Dealbreakers.
As a result of the missing barrel, TRICKSHOT's scatter damage increased significantly, with it being able to keep up with a PCX shotgun in pure close quarters damage output. Furthermore, the amount of bullets fired with each shot had been increased from one to three. This maximizes the speed at which TRICKSHOT delivers damage, making it a formidable weapon to face, albeit a difficult one to handle.

• TRICKSHOT has claimed the lives of many Mecharus during its long life with its owner. This is due to its large damage potential, high rate of fire, and also because of the various creative ways Hooligan uses it in.

• TRICKSHOT's high level of recoil makes the weapon extremely hard to handle, especially for those that haven't used explosive launchers before. Even still, it takes a significant amount of finesse and brute force to handle this weapon, which so far only Hooligan and his close buddies have managed to achieve.