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Novice Operative with a couple of questions ... Does an operative melee weapon on a bayonet retain the operative property?
Two specific cases that come to mind:
If you have a small arm with a light bayonet, and you put an operative weapon on it, is the melee attack still with an operative weapon, even though this thing is clearly more unwieldy than before?
Similarly, if an operative weapon is on a sniper rifle, is the melee attack still operative?
This seems clearly the RAW, but I am concerned I might be missing something, since whacking someone with a baton on the end of a sniper rifle seems inelegant compared to other operative attacks.
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A baton or survival knife would be less elegant than other operative attacks, and so would get the -2 from bludgeoning or slashing bayonets.
What you really want to do is put a sword cane on your sniper rifle.
I agree that it's perfectly legal.
I advocate putting an energy-type Operative weapon in your Bayonet. Most opponents have a lower EAC than KAC.
But to answer the question, your Operative weapon does not lose the Operative quality when placed in a Bayonet.
As far as I'm aware all energy-dealing operative weapons are advanced melee, so might not be worth the 1-2 feat investment, but yeah, they also avoid the penalty.
(Alternately, dwarven operative ftw)
I advocate putting an energy-type Operative weapon in your Bayonet. Most opponents have a lower EAC than KAC.
But to answer the question, your Operative weapon does not lose the Operative quality when placed in a Bayonet.
As far as I'm aware all energy-dealing operative weapons are advanced melee, so might not be worth the 1-2 feat investment, but yeah, they also avoid the penalty.
(Alternately, dwarven operative ftw)
There is a Season 1 SFS scenario with an energy operative basic melee weapon, but it's the exception.