1874e Petros Rifle
1874e Petros Rifle is worth keeping when you want careful 11x54 mm shots or a base rifle for the later Petros upgrade path; panic fights punish it fast.
Blitz PPS-5 Pistol feels like the roughest Blitz you tolerate when you just want a tiny 8x21mm fallback.
Blitz PPS-5 Pistol is the scrappy end of the Blitz family: five rounds, common rarity, and the same fast-but-loose feel as the rest of the line. It comes across like a backup you settle for, not one you trust. If the fight is going to ask more from your sidearm than a few desperate close shots, this is usually the first Blitz version you drop.
Blitz pistols are found across Sophie, so the PPS-5 usually comes up as a basic weapon pickup instead of something you plan a route around. Once it appears, the decision is whether the rusty five-round version is good enough for the rest of the run.
1874e Petros Rifle is worth keeping when you want careful 11x54 mm shots or a base rifle for the later Petros upgrade path; panic fights punish it fast.
1874s Petros Sniper Rifle is worth the slot when the run really gives you range and enough 11x54 mm ammo to cash in on it; cramped fights expose the risk fast.
866/9 Rifle feels like the sensible early rifle when the run expects medium-range fights and already has 9x42mm ammo behind it.
Anti-Reactor Rifle feels worth the slot in runs that actually want to pressure Trampler systems before boarding starts.
AV1 Rocket Launcher feels worth packing when you already have Rockets and expect targets that are worth burning them on.
Black Box only starts to matter once you have already won the reactor fight and still have enough left to get home.
Blitz 10R Pistol feels like the middle-ground Blitz: enough magazine to be usable, not enough to pretend it solves every close fight.
Blitz 15R Pistol feels like the Blitz version you keep when you want the family at its most forgiving.
It does its job as a tiny emergency backup when you are not asking the pistol to stay relevant for very long.
The magazine feels small immediately, and that starts to hurt the moment the fight lasts longer than a quick burst of panic shots.
Blitz PPS-5 Pistol uses 8x21mm Ammo.
It feels acceptable when you only want a bare-bones close-range backup and already have enough 8x21mm ammo that feeding it is painless.