X-Baton

* Baton
* Blaster
* Gladius

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The **X-Baton** is a police baton capable of transforming between three different styles, each with their own unique abilities and merits. It is the primary weapon of the protagonist in *ASTRAL CHAIN*, as well as other members of the Neuron Task Force.

## Appearance

The X-Baton's small baton form closely resembles collapsible police batons. The handle is a rectangular shape molded to better fit a person's grip, and has a glowing line of bright blue energy running across it. The base of the handle as well as the top and bottom are a dark grey, with the sides being a lighter color. The grip is also decorated with two small red lines, on opposite ends. The main baton is a matte grey colour, with a lighter grey stripe running across the bottom and sides. The tip of the baton is orange.

The blaster form resembles a handgun, and is primarily matte grey with the same handle design as the baton form acting as the hand grip, without the line of blue energy not glowing, instead replaced with a dark grey indentation. The top of the blaster has accents in orange and red, as well as a line of bright blue energy running across the sides. The bottom half has one small red accent. As the blaster shoots energy, not bullets, it is missing several features found on regular guns; there is no magazine, magazine release, muzzle, or safety on the blaster form. Instead, it has a cylinder that points directly towards a gap between the top and bottom halves of the blaster's main body, allowing an energy bullet to be shot through. The tip of the blaster is painted orange.

The gladius form is the largest of the three, resembling a greatsword and being held two-handed by the protagonist. It has the same handle design as the baton form, but the line of blue energy is again replaced by a dark grey indentation that does not glow. The blade of the gladius form is decorated with five groups of four dark grey lines across each end, as well as several bolts throughout the blade, including one extremely large bolt at the very base. The blade has a long line of blue energy running across the sides, much like the other forms. One end of the tip of the gladius form has an orange stripe painted on.

When the X-Baton is used to attack, regardless of the form, the main body of the weapon glows with a blue energy and it becomes surrounded with blue, geometric crystal-like shapes. These disappear again as soon as the attack finishes.

## Gameplay

### General

The form of the X-Baton can be changed using the (⯅) and (⯆) buttons. Each form has a different function in battle, and some are required for certain situations. The X-Baton can be used to attack by pressing or holding [ZR] while it is equipped.

The small baton and blaster form can't damage shields that are found on certain chimera such as Laius, whereas the gladius form can break through them entirely, making it ideal for taking on enemies like that.

Attacking enemies with the X-Baton will refill the Legion's limiter gauge by a small amount.

### Combos

Each of the X-Baton modes offers a ground and midair combo as well as delay and charge attacks. Each of these can be followed with a sync attack after being executed, with the ground and midair combos only having a sync attack opportunity at the very end of their respective attack strings.

 Blaster Mode
 Gladius Mode

Sync attacks further expand each combo, with the new attacks depending on the Legion that the player currently has equipped.

### Command Skills

All X-Baton weapons receive two additional command moves with certain X-Baton upgrades, both of which have unique attacks with each weapon and can be followed with sync attacks. These are Assault Attacks (move the left stick in any direction then flick it to the opposite direction + ZR) and Spin Attacks (360 degree spin with left stick + ZR).

 Spin Attack

## Upgrades

The X-Baton can be upgraded by talking to Tabitha in the Neuron Headquarters. Upgrading costs G, as well as Material Codes. The X-Baton's highest level is 9, called Lv MAX in-game. There's also a mandatory upgrade to allow use of the Gladius mode in the second File, but this 'upgrade' does not contribute to the X-Baton's level and has to be repeated each time you replay the File.