Falcon 2

Falcon 2
Information
Manufacturer	Carrington Institute
Model	M1911
Type	Semi-Automatic Pistol
Primary Mode	Single Shot
Secondary Mode	Pistol Whip
Damage (per Hit)	Low
Accuracy	High
Ideal Range	Short - Medium
Rate of Fire	High
Ammo Type	Pistol Rounds
Magazine Capacity	8 Rounds
Maximum Ammo	800 Rounds
Appears in	Perfect Dark Perfect Dark (GBC) Janus' Tears Second Front

“	Accurate and trustworthy, this gun is the workhorse of the Institute's operations. Use the laser sight to place bullets with deadly effect, or pistol-whip adversaries to knock them out.	”

The Falcon 2 is a standard-issue pistol that is widely used by many security forces, special agents and military personnel alike. Highly accurate, customizable and easy to use, the Falcon 2 can be fitted with a suppressor or a 2× zoom scope. It is the successor to the Falcon, which was first featured in Perfect Dark Zero. This weapon is Joanna Dark's signature weapon of choice.

Overview

The Falcon 2 is one of the most common sidearms found in Perfect Dark. It has average damage and is well-accurate.

If an enemy guard has been disarmed, he or she has a chance to draw one of these and continue to fight. Some enemies can pull out more than one, but this rarely happens.

Most of the original promotional pictures for the game showed Joanna wielding dual Falcon 2 (scope)s, which isn't normally possible in-game without use of cheats except for the Chicago mission. A few others showed her posing with a SuperDragon.

Appearances

Perfect Dark

The player almost always carries a variant of the Falcon 2, and some disarmed enemy guards have a chance pf pulling out this weapon. Some variants of the Falcon 2 appear (or can appear) in every level except Attack Ship: Covert Assault and the bonus mission WAR!. It should be noted that the former aforementioned level had Joanna Dark not starting with a Falcon 2, and also have no human characters to disarm to receive the weapon.

Perfect Dark (Game Boy Color)

Joanna uses the scoped Falcon 2 as her standard weapon in the game.

Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears

Seen on Issue 2's promotional art (with the title "Catch Me If You Can"), it shows Joanna Dark shooting a Falcon 2 behind her. Joanna disarms Roarke of his Falcon 2 and uses it herself as she pursues her would be assassin. Joanna is seen wielding dual standard Falcon 2s on the cover of Issue 6 (also on the cover is Roarke who is wielding his own standard Falcon 2), but is never seen in the issue wielding dual Falcon 2s, let alone one (she instead primarily uses the MagSec 4 pistol). Despite being shown wielding a Falcon 2 on the cover art for several issues, the only times she visibly uses one is in Issues 1 and 2.

Perfect Dark: Second Front

Used at the dinner party before Joanna's DeathMatch VR battle with Chun Fan. Fan pulls the pistol from the back of her trousers before she fires a round into the ceiling to gain the Continuity's attention, and soon after fires a round into her side so that she has an injury to be even with Joanna before their fight.

Gallery

• Normal
• Silencer
• Scope

Secondary Descriptions

Falcon 2 (Silencer)

An upgraded Falcon 2, which has the added benefit of being silent, but deadly.

Falcon 2 (Scope)

An upgraded Falcon 2, featuring a 2x magnification scope which allows you to take advantage of the Falcon's superior accuracy.

Trivia

• Joanna's usage of the Falcon 2 and its variants mirrors the role of James Bond's PP7 seen in GoldenEye 007. Ironically, the PP9i is the unmodified version of said weapon and performs identically to the standard Falcon 2.
• Despite being a Carrington Institute weapon, nearly all dataDyne soldiers somehow carry one of these as a backup sidearm. While the Falcon 2 is apparently sold commercially (explaining why some US/NSA soldiers also carry them), it is highly unlikely they'd sell weapons to their biggest rival. This can be explained by the fact that firearms are generally sold through vendors, though they can be purchased directly through the manufacturer.
• A model exists for the Falcon 2 using both the silencer and scope at the same time. It can be accessed with a Gameshark code, though it is buggy.
• Velvet Dark as a Perfect Buddy uses the Falcon 2 as her weapon of choice.
• This weapon is based on the Colt Double Eagle, a modernized revision of the M1911 family of handguns.
• The first canonical mention of the Falcon 2 is in the novel Second Front. However, it is seen and used several times in Janus' Tears but isn't mentioned by name.
• In Second Front, although Chun Fan has managed to get a Falcon 2, the Carrington Institute agents and guards don't seem to have them yet.
• In the original Perfect Dark game, all Falcon 2 pistols come with Laser Aiming Modules. Whether this is a standard feature of the weapon in-universe, or merely the fact of game design is never clarified.
• The Falcon 2 has an 8 round magazine, and is clearly a Colt 1911 clone, which means the gun fires a powerful .45 calibre round. While in real-life this is not a popular round in most military circles due to the widespread adoption of 9mm Parabellum, it is still a highly used defensive round for civilian markets, making the Falcon 2 a legitimate backup weapon or personal-use weapon, hence the drawing of it when enemies lose their primary weapon. Likewise, it explains Joanna's preference for the weapon: special forces still swear by .45 calibre in close quarters, claiming that while 9mm enjoys high speed and a flatter trajectory, .45 is superior in close-quarters stopping power. Despite this, the damage in-game is only average like a 9mm.

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