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| “ | Hornet shots can curve in ways Hound shots can't, allowing them to swerve around at sharp angles as they pursue the target. | ” |
–Kazuki Kurauchi, about Hornet.[1] , | ||
Hornet (強化追尾弾, Hōnetto Lit. Enhanced Tracking Bullet ?) is a composite bullet created through the combination of two Hound chips.[3][4]
Appearance[edit | edit source]
Hornet looks identical to Hound mid-flight, but it can be distinguished from it thanks to its superior homing ability, which, depending on the movements of the target, could lead to a more varied flight path.[5]
Overview[edit | edit source]
Since composite bullets were discovered by Kōhei Izumi,[6] Hornet could not have existed until three years prior to Chika Amatori's and Yūma Kuga's enlistment in Border.[7]
Abilities[edit | edit source]
Hornet strengthens Hound's homing factor, allowing it to curve at sharper angles as it pursues the target.[1] Bullets from one cube can be given different settings to be made more difficult to block or avoid.[8] Since they look identical to Hound, the target may be lured into resorting to evasive maneuvers which are unsuited to Hound's enhanced homing factor.[5] Like other composite bullets, it is capable of damaging a trion body and cause moderate damage to constructs not made out of trion.[9]
Hornet can be utilized in trion cube form[10][11] or fired through a Gun Trigger.[12] In the latter case, the only known specific is that the firearm is set to shoot exclusively Hornet;[12] in the former, the user conjures two Hound cubes, one from the Main and one from the Sub, and merges them into a single Hornet cube.[10][11] The process lasts between one minute for inexperienced agents and two seconds for Shooters of Izumi's caliber,[13] during which the user is vulnerable to attack; for this reason, Hornet cannot be used uniformly in this configuration.[14]
Users[edit | edit source]
Hornet is known to be a rare composite bullet.[3] The only known user of this Trigger is Masataka Ninomiya.[2]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Like many other Gunner Triggers, Hornet may be named after a missile, the AGM-64 Hornet, commonly known simply as Hornet.
- Alternatively, it may be derived from the homonymous insect.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 22 Chapter 193 (p. 10) and Episode 99.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 22 Chapter 192 (p. 3) and Episode 98.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 22 Chapter 193 (p. 8) and Episode 99.
- ↑
Daisuke Ashihara: Q: Please tell us if there are any other composite bullets besides Tomahawk, and Gimlet.
A: There are ones like Meteor + Hound's "Salamander", Asteroid + Viper's "Cobra", Hound + Hound's "Hornet" etc.
Source: Border Briefing File, Page 304, Question 143 - ↑ 5.0 5.1 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 22 Chapter 190 (p. 19) and Episode 98.
- ↑
Daisuke Ashihara: Q: Is Ninomiya the one who created composite bullets? Is it Izumi? Or an Engineer?
A: Izumi tried it out on some kind of impulse and it worked. That is why he is called "genius-like" and "bullet idiot".
Source: Border Briefing File, Page 304, Question 145 - ↑ World Trigger Manga — Border Briefing File (p. 270-271)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 22 Chapter 193 (p. 11) and Episode 99.
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 22 Chapter 190 (p. 19-20) and Episode 98.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 8 Chapter 68 (p. 2) and Episode 30.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 127 (p. 3) and Episode 75.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1
Daisuke Ashihara: Q: Can Gunners use composite bullets?
A: If they set it in the gun trigger they can, but that gun then becomes "a gun that can only shoot the composite bullet".
Source: Border Briefing File, Page 304, Question 146 - ↑
Daisuke Ashihara: Q: Izumi synthesized a Tomahawk by combining a Viper and a Meteor. Can he do that because he's a genius or could Osamu do it too with practice?
A: It's possible to do it with practice, but it would take some time. If Osamu tried to shoot a Tomahawk now, it would take him a whole minute to prepare. It only takes Izumi two seconds.
Source: Volume 9, Question Corner 8 - ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 12 Chapter 101 (p. 9) and Episode 46.
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| Border Triggers | |
|---|---|
| Basic Equipment | Bail Out • Radar • Trion Body |
| Attacker | Kogetsu (Kogetsu: Spear) • Raygust • Scorpion • Sōgetsu (Axe) |
| Gunner | Asteroid • Cobra • Gimlet • Hornet • Hound • Meteor • Salamander • Tomahawk • Viper |
| Firearms | Assault Rifle • Grenade Launcher • Handgun • Minigun • Shotgun |
| Sniper | Egret • Ibis • Lightning |
| Defense | Escudo • Shield (Fixed Mode/Full Guard) |
| Trap | Switchbox |
| Optional | Bagworm • Bagworm Tag • Chameleon • Connector • Dummy Beacon • Enhanced Radar • Full Arms • Geist • Gen'yō • Grasshopper • Idaten • Lead Bullet • Makō • Senkū • Silencer • Spider • Starmaker • Teleporter • Thruster • Timer |
| Prototypes | Connector • Dummy Beacon • Full Arms • Geist • Idaten • Makō • Teleporter • Timer |
| Black | Fūjin • Tsukihiko Amō's Black Trigger • Yūma's Black Trigger |