The Rapid Shooter

The Rapid Shooter was the ranged armament built into the armor of KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth., Protector of EarthProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors. in the second age, and the Earth entry in the wider family of Elemental Blasters that the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. of the six elemental regions carried into the campaign against the Skull SpidersSkull SpidersThe arachnid swarm that raided the villages of Okoto, clamped infection masks onto its captives, guarded the City of the Mask Makers under the Lord of Skull Spiders, and broke against the arrival of the Toa.. It was a body-mounted weapon capable of delivering several blasts in a short span of time, integrated into KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth.'s standing equipment rather than carried as a separate hand tool, and it served the Earth-region ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. across her recorded service alongside OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. on the journey to the Golden Mask of Earth.

Construction and integrated mounting#

The Rapid Shooter was not a hand weapon. It was built directly into KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth.'s armor and operated as part of her body rather than as a separate instrument held in the hand. The integrated mounting was the weapon's defining structural feature and the one that set it apart from the other Elemental Blasters carried by the council of six ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.. The weapon was always with its wielder, always oriented, and always available without the time cost of drawing or stowing a hand armament.

The operating profile suited the mounting. The Rapid Shooter delivered several blasts in a short span of time, a sustained-fire weapon rather than a single-shot precision instrument. The integrated layout meant the wielder could hold a tool or a melee weapon in either hand while the Rapid Shooter operated from its mount, and the back-up Throwing KnivesThe Throwing KnivesThe Throwing Knives were the paired hand-carried back-up weapons of Korgot, Protector of Earth of Okoto, kept in reserve for the moments the Rapid Shooter ran dry or the engagement closed inside its rapid-fire envelope. KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. carried in her hands were therefore not displaced when the ranged armament opened fire. The full loadout could be operated simultaneously rather than serially, which suited a ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. whose engagements in the underground country could collapse to close range without warning.

Place within the Elemental Blasters family#

The Rapid Shooter belonged to the wider class of Elemental Blasters used by the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors.. Five of the six ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. carried a region-specific Elemental Blaster as their principal ranged armament, with the form of the weapon shaped by the working conditions of the region in question. The Protector of FireProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. carried the Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire Blaster was the ranged tool and weapon carried by Narmoto of Fire through the second-age campaign on Okoto, capable of lighting campfires and driving away Skull Spiders, and the armament that passed to Tahu in powered-up form at the temple of the Golden Mask of Fire.. The Protector of StoneProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. carried the Elemental Sandstone BlasterThe Elemental Sandstone BlasterThe Elemental Sandstone Blaster was the close-range melee and sand-blast weapon carried by Nilkuu of Stone through the second-age campaign on Okoto, and the tool that passed to Pohatu in powered-up form at the temple of the Golden Mask of Stone.. The Protector of WaterProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. carried the Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo Blaster was the ranged diving weapon carried by Kivoda of Water through the second-age campaign on Okoto, and the tool that passed to Gali in powered-up form at the shrine of the Golden Mask of Water.. The Protector of Jungle's tool was incorporated into the Air Elemental Flame Bow. The Protector of EarthKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. was equipped with the weapon called the Rapid Shooter.

Each entry in the family paired an element-keyed projection mode with a body suited to its region. The Rapid Shooter departed from the standard hand-weapon layout adopted by the other five blasters because the underground country was a working environment in which both hands of the wielder were often committed to navigation, mining, or the handling of back-up weapons. A body-mounted ranged armament freed those hands while keeping the projection capability online, and the rapid-fire profile compensated for the absence of the precision aiming that a hand weapon could deliver. The Rapid Shooter could also be wielded by a ToaThe Toa of Okoto: The Six Heroes Summoned to Save the IslandThe six elemental heroes summoned by the Protectors of Okoto, who recovered the Golden Masks, woke Ekimu, fought the Skull Army, and twice banished Makuta to the Shadow Realm. in their powered-up form, scaled to the elemental output of a full ToaThe Toa of Okoto: The Six Heroes Summoned to Save the IslandThe six elemental heroes summoned by the Protectors of Okoto, who recovered the Golden Masks, woke Ekimu, fought the Skull Army, and twice banished Makuta to the Shadow Realm. in the manner already established for the wider Elemental Blasters family.

The loadout: Rapid Shooter and Throwing Knives#

KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. carried a pair of Throwing KnivesThe Throwing KnivesThe Throwing Knives were the paired hand-carried back-up weapons of Korgot, Protector of Earth of Okoto, kept in reserve for the moments the Rapid Shooter ran dry or the engagement closed inside its rapid-fire envelope. as back-up weapons. The knives were intended to be used as a fallback in case the Rapid Shooter ran out of ammunition, and they could be wielded in close quarters or thrown at a target. The two-weapon distribution was a working arrangement: the body-mounted Rapid Shooter delivered the standing ranged capability, and the hand-carried knives covered both the contingency of an ammunition exhaustion event and the close-range engagements that the rapid-fire weapon was not optimized for.

The standing layout meant KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. could open with the Rapid Shooter at range and transition to the knives without losing the ranged capability of the loadout. The knives could be thrown to extend the ranged engagement past the moment the Rapid Shooter went dry, or held in hand for the close work that the integrated armament was not suited to. The arrangement reflected the standing principle of the ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.' loadouts, which was that every element-region ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. carried a primary weapon keyed to the region and a secondary tool that covered the contingencies the primary did not.

Service alongside Onua#

The Rapid Shooter served through the second age as part of the standing equipment with which KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. defended the underground villages of the Region of EarthRegion of EarthThe western elemental region of Okoto, home of the Earth Tribe and the Protector Korgot, a country of treacherous ravines, obsidian fields, and underground tunnels, and the territory through which Onua hunted for the Golden Mask of Earth. against the Skull SpiderSkull SpidersThe arachnid swarm that raided the villages of Okoto, clamped infection masks onto its captives, guarded the City of the Mask Makers under the Lord of Skull Spiders, and broke against the arrival of the Toa. population. When the prophesied moment arrived, KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. joined the other ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. in reciting the prayer that brought the ToaThe Toa of Okoto: The Six Heroes Summoned to Save the IslandThe six elemental heroes summoned by the Protectors of Okoto, who recovered the Golden Masks, woke Ekimu, fought the Skull Army, and twice banished Makuta to the Shadow Realm. to OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors.. She then found OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer., Toa of EarthOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer., in her region and accompanied him on the journey to find the Golden Mask of Earth.

The body-mounted layout of the Rapid Shooter was well suited to that journey. The underground country in which it took place was a working environment of tunnels, low ceilings, and uncertain footing, in which a hand-carried armament could be cumbersome and the ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.'s hands were often required for the practical work of guiding a newly arrived ToaThe Toa of Okoto: The Six Heroes Summoned to Save the IslandThe six elemental heroes summoned by the Protectors of Okoto, who recovered the Golden Masks, woke Ekimu, fought the Skull Army, and twice banished Makuta to the Shadow Realm. through unfamiliar terrain. KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth.'s standing armament stayed online across the journey without occupying either hand, and the back-up Throwing KnivesThe Throwing KnivesThe Throwing Knives were the paired hand-carried back-up weapons of Korgot, Protector of Earth of Okoto, kept in reserve for the moments the Rapid Shooter ran dry or the engagement closed inside its rapid-fire envelope. remained available for the close engagements the tunnels could produce.

The Golden Mask of Earth#

The decisive recorded action came at the location where the Golden Mask of Earth was kept. KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. and OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. reached the mask, but Skull SpidersSkull SpidersThe arachnid swarm that raided the villages of Okoto, clamped infection masks onto its captives, guarded the City of the Mask Makers under the Lord of Skull Spiders, and broke against the arrival of the Toa. attacked at the moment of recovery. OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. put the mask on and saved KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. using its enhanced power. The arrival of the Golden Mask and its activation in the hands of the Toa of EarthOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. ended the engagement.

The Rapid Shooter remained in KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth.'s armor across the engagement and continued to serve her after OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. had moved on. The weapon's body-mounted construction made it part of KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth.'s equipment in a manner that no hand weapon could match, and it remained with her into the later phases of the campaign in which the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. gathered at the City of the Mask MakersCapital CityThe former main city of Okoto, drawn into the Shadow Realm by the destruction of the Mask of Ultimate Power, leaving the Black Crater on the surface and a ruined court for Makuta in the dark below. to support the ToaThe Toa of Okoto: The Six Heroes Summoned to Save the IslandThe six elemental heroes summoned by the Protectors of Okoto, who recovered the Golden Masks, woke Ekimu, fought the Skull Army, and twice banished Makuta to the Shadow Realm. in the final operations against the Skull ArmyThe Skull ArmyThe undead host raised by Kulta beneath the City of the Mask Makers, drawn from the corpses of fallen Okotans, organised into tiers of Skull Basher, Skull Slicer, Skull Warriors, and Skull Scorpios, and aimed at the destruction of the Mask of Creation..

The pattern of office and equipment#

KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. had inherited the office of Protector of EarthProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. from her father, in the lineage that reached back to the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. who had served alongside EkimuEkimu the Mask MakerEkimu was the legendary Mask Maker of Okoto, brother of Makuta, and bearer of the Mask of Creation who struck down his brother's tyranny at the cost of his own consciousness. at the Battle of the Mask MakersThe Battle of the Mask MakersThe unveiling of the Mask of Ultimate Power at Capital City, the strike of the Hammer of Power, and the cataclysm that drew a metropolis into the Shadow Realm and left Okoto without its Mask Makers.. She wore the Elemental Earth Mask passed down through the same lineage, and she alone among the council of six ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. was female. The Rapid Shooter was part of the equipment that accompanied the office. The integrated mounting meant the weapon was passed not as a separate item but as a feature of the armor itself, and the standing-equipment layout of the Protector of EarthProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. office included the rapid-fire ranged armament as a fixed feature of the role.

The Rapid ShooterThe Rapid ShooterThe Rapid Shooter was the ranged armament built into the armor of Korgot, Protector of Earth of Okoto, and the Earth-region entry in the wider family of Elemental Blasters carried by the council of six Protectors. therefore occupied a slightly different position in the inheritance pattern than the other Elemental Blasters did. Where the Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire Blaster was the ranged tool and weapon carried by Narmoto of Fire through the second-age campaign on Okoto, capable of lighting campfires and driving away Skull Spiders, and the armament that passed to Tahu in powered-up form at the temple of the Golden Mask of Fire. or the Elemental Sandstone BlasterThe Elemental Sandstone BlasterThe Elemental Sandstone Blaster was the close-range melee and sand-blast weapon carried by Nilkuu of Stone through the second-age campaign on Okoto, and the tool that passed to Pohatu in powered-up form at the temple of the Golden Mask of Stone. could be lifted in or out of a ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.'s hands as the situation required, the Rapid Shooter was a permanent feature of the office's standing armor. The weapon was the office, in a structural sense, in a way the other Elemental Blasters were not.