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.
HG-6 Contact Grenade buys one fast explosive answer, so it fits loadouts that need a room-clear or push-stop tool without giving up a gun slot.
HG-6 Contact Grenade feels good when one thrown burst can decide the exchange before enemies settle in. That makes sense for tight rooms, fast pushes, or moments when the crew needs a quick explosive answer without swapping out a primary gun. If the fight is really about sustained pressure, better ammo or another firearm usually pays more than one grenade.
Found as weapon loot.
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 earns the slot when one thrown burst can stop a push, punish a cramped room, or buy the second the crew needs to recover control.
One burst has to solve a real problem. If the fight needs repeated pressure instead of one fast answer, the slot is usually better spent elsewhere.
HG-6 Contact Grenade does not use a normal ammo stack.
It fits when a single explosive burst matters more than another firearm, ammo stack, or supply slot.