{"data":{"id":18105,"title":"Portfolio: Lightning Bolt Company","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/18105-Portfolio-Lightning-Bolt-Company","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/18105","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/18105","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Portfolio","images":[{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27069,"name":"Lightning-Bolt-Company-Atzkav.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/asli181u3raewr\/source\/Lightning-Bolt-Company-Atzkav.jpg","alt":"","size":82234,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-04-30T21:38:17+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27069","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27069\/similar"}],"images_count":7,"translations":{"en_EN":"This portfolio originally appeared in Jump Point 8.6.\nDependable, effective, and visually distinct. Since 2921, Lightning Bolt Company has carved out a unique roster of weapons around these core principles and garnered a legion of loyal customers across the Empire. The company\u2019s success is typically credited to the exacting eye of CEO Irina Arkadova. While she infamously stopped the initial run of Korolev shotguns from shipping after becoming convinced the safety should be moved millimeters to provide a better user response time, these tales of meticulousness are often eclipsed by more scandalous stories.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve heard lots of interesting things about myself,\u201d Arkadova disclosed to Total Defense in their July 2939 issue, \u201cUnfortunately, far too few of them are true.\u201d However, despite publicly denying the veracity of these tales, some believe that Lightning Bolt Co. intentionally allows these stories to spread for the sake of notoriety. Though Arkadova dislikes discussing specifics, there\u2019s one thing she freely admits: she used to kill people for a living.\n\nTIGHT SPOT\nPrior to founding Lightning Bolt Company, Irina Arkadova ran a private security force out of Odyssa, Magnus. Her handpicked team earned a reputation in the VIP protection industry for being effective but quick to escalate confrontations. While most of the company\u2019s operations went unnoticed, one infamous assignment played out live across the spectrum as Odyssa residents watched Arkadova and her team defend their clients from a series of increasingly dramatic armed attacks. In the aftermath of the very public and destructive contract, Odyssa authorities launched a full investigation into the circumstances around the attack and discovered that Arkadova\u2019s clients were linked to the notorious Otoni Syndicate. Arkadova claimed ironclad non-disclosure agreements prevented her from revealing information about her clients or the attack, so the authorities, left with no real evidence, were forced to close the case.\n\n\u201cYeah, I\u2019ve heard that one,\u201d Arkadova told Total Defense when asked about the rumors of an Otoni connection. \u201cIf that\u2019s true, then I\u2019m lucky to be alive. Working for them seems like a good way to make enemies, and I\u2019m not that hard to track down.\u201d\n\nThe only operation Arkadova cares to discuss is the one that started her journey to becoming a weapon manufacturer. Amidst an intense firefight, Arkadova watched in horror as her new laser rifle lost power while she was pinned down. She managed to survive thanks to a little luck and the quick rescue efforts of her team. The incident shook Arkadova to her core and revealed to her a troubling question: were the people designing these guns actually firing them?\n\nWhen her anger subsided, Arkadova curiously dismantled the defective weapon. Biagio Bhandari, a friend, fellow merc, and former Drake engineer diagnosed the failure while Arkadova probed him with questions. Bhandi later recounted, \u201cShe noticed everything. Why is this bolt here? Wouldn\u2019t it be better if this thing was reversed? I remember joking that she should have been an engineer. Turns out it wasn\u2019t much of a joke.\u201d Other team members joined the discussion, swapping stories about legendarily terrible weapon designs and close calls caused by failures. Sure, companies like Behring and Gemini had military and security consultants on staff, but how often did their experience line up with the chaos that PMC had to deal with on a typical op? During that discussion, Arkadova came to realize something important about weapon design: knowing what not to do was half the battle.\n\nDETAILS MATTER\nThat brush with death and the birth of her first child swayed Arkadova to be more selective with her assignments. When not active, she repaired and modified weapons, proving to be a quick study who swiftly expanded her expertise to ship weapons. Then, in 2921, Bhandari approached her with the idea that changed everything. Equally inspired by their discussion, he had designed a new electron cannon. Bhandari represented the weapon\u2019s crackling power with a few hastily sketched lightning bolts, so Arkadova honored the artistic flourish by naming the venture Lightning Bolt Company.\n\nFor the next few years, Arkadova and Bhandari obsessed over the prototype. Arkadova described the initial version as \u201cfunctional but unimpressive.\u201d She further claimed that \u201cNothing about it stood out or felt special, so why go through the money and time to make it?\u201d They tabled the project only to return to it months later after a bout of inspiration. Thus began a five-year iterative process that left Bhandari vacillating between being angered and energized by Arkadova\u2019s obsession over every detail. Arkadova poured any extra credits she made into the weapon\u2019s development and often crewed extra missions during particularly expensive parts of the process to help make ends meet. Finally, after clearing the safety testing and getting certified, they had everything in place to start producing their first run of Mayak electron cannons, but only enough money to make at most a few dozen models. Arkadova turned to her team and offered them shares in the company in exchange for capital. They almost all contributed. The extra credits allowed the company to double their initial production run.\n\nHanging by a financial thread, Arkadova sold the first run of Mayak electron cannons through word of mouth. Most went to friends and agreeable fellow mercs in Magnus. The response was overwhelmingly positive and the influx of orders required Arkadova to stop being a mercenary and become a full-time weapons manufacturer. However, Arkadova knew that her team relied on her for work and insisted she wouldn\u2019t shutter the merc operation until she could hire and train her entire crew for positions in the new company.\n\nThat glorious day came in 2932. Those that didn\u2019t want to walk away from the merc life worked for Lightning Bolt part time or left with a considerable care package. Those that stayed met with Arkadova every week to discuss weapon ideas and desired features. Arkadova continued to be influenced by these personal accounts of field use, such as inspiring her to add a series of heat activated vents along a sniper rifle barrel. This practical yet visually distinct flourish coincided with advances Bhandari made to the cooling system for the device that generated the electron charge. It would be these two advances that would make the Atkav sniper rifle possible.\n\nThe Atkav, Lightning Bolt Company\u2019s first mass produced personal weapon, was released to rave reviews and strong sales. The weapon became a quick favorite among security professionals who loved it for quick and effective crowd control, utilizing one charged electron shot that could spread to nearby conductive targets. The Yubarev pistol, utilizing the same charged electron technology, arrived the following year and cemented the company\u2019s current reputation for producing meticulously crafted, cutting-edge, and cool weapons.\n\nSome weapon industry experts have criticized the Lightning Bolt Company for not fully capitalizing on its potential; citing the company\u2019s slow development cycle and focus on features preferred by security professionals that alienate too many in the civilian market. Arkadova doesn\u2019t seem to mind leaving money on the table. Her goal for Lightning Bolt Company has always been to properly pay her team and produce reliable weapons that they would actually use.\n\n\u201cLook, I\u2019m such a pain in the ass about the small things because I\u2019ve been under fire,\u201d Arkadova admitted. \u201cAnd in those moments, only two things matter: the details and whoever\u2019s got your back.\u201d","de_DE":"Dieses Portfolio erschien urspr\u00fcnglich in Jump Point 8.6.\nZuverl\u00e4ssig, effektiv und visuell unverwechselbar. Seit 2921 hat die Lightning Bolt Company eine einzigartige Liste von Waffen um diese Kernprinzipien herum entwickelt und eine Legion von treuen Kunden im ganzen Imperium gewonnen. Der Erfolg des Unternehmens wird in der Regel dem strengen Auge von CEO Irina Arkadova zugeschrieben. W\u00e4hrend sie ber\u00fcchtigterweise die Auslieferung der ersten Serie von Korolev-Schrotflinten stoppte, nachdem sie davon \u00fcberzeugt war, dass die Sicherung um Millimeter verschoben werden sollte, um eine bessere Reaktionszeit f\u00fcr den Benutzer zu gew\u00e4hrleisten, werden diese Geschichten von Akribie oft von skandal\u00f6seren Geschichten in den Schatten gestellt.\n\n\"Ich habe viele interessante Dinge \u00fcber mich geh\u00f6rt\", verriet Arkadova gegen\u00fcber Total Defense in der Ausgabe vom Juli 2939, \"leider sind viel zu wenige davon wahr.\" Obwohl sie \u00f6ffentlich den Wahrheitsgehalt dieser Geschichten bestreitet, glauben einige, dass die Lightning Bolt Co. absichtlich zul\u00e4sst, dass sich diese Geschichten um der Bekanntheit willen verbreiten. Obwohl Arkadova es ablehnt, \u00fcber Einzelheiten zu sprechen, gibt sie eine Sache freim\u00fctig zu: Sie hat fr\u00fcher f\u00fcr ihren Lebensunterhalt Menschen get\u00f6tet.\n\nSPITZENPUNKT\nBevor sie die Lightning Bolt Company gr\u00fcndete, leitete Irina Arkadova eine private Sicherheitsfirma in Odyssa, Magnus. Ihr handverlesenes Team erwarb sich in der VIP-Schutzbranche den Ruf, effektiv zu sein, aber Konfrontationen schnell zu eskalieren. W\u00e4hrend die meisten Operationen der Firma unbemerkt blieben, spielte sich ein ber\u00fcchtigter Einsatz live im ganzen Spektrum ab, als die Bewohner von Odyssa beobachteten, wie Arkadova und ihr Team ihre Kunden vor einer Reihe von zunehmend dramatischen bewaffneten Angriffen verteidigten. Nach dem sehr \u00f6ffentlichen und zerst\u00f6rerischen Auftrag leiteten die Beh\u00f6rden von Odyssa eine umfassende Untersuchung der Umst\u00e4nde des Angriffs ein und fanden heraus, dass Arkadovas Kunden mit dem ber\u00fcchtigten Otoni-Syndikat in Verbindung standen. Arkadova behauptete, dass eiserne Geheimhaltungsvereinbarungen sie daran hinderten, Informationen \u00fcber ihre Kunden oder den Angriff preiszugeben, so dass die Beh\u00f6rden, die keine wirklichen Beweise hatten, gezwungen waren, den Fall zu schlie\u00dfen.\n\n\"Ja, das habe ich geh\u00f6rt\", sagte Arkadova zu Total Defense, als sie nach den Ger\u00fcchten \u00fcber eine Verbindung zu Otoni gefragt wurde. \"Wenn das wahr ist, dann habe ich Gl\u00fcck, dass ich noch lebe. F\u00fcr sie zu arbeiten scheint ein guter Weg zu sein, sich Feinde zu machen, und ich bin nicht so schwer aufzusp\u00fcren.\"\n\nDie einzige Operation, \u00fcber die Arkadova sprechen m\u00f6chte, ist die, mit der ihre Reise zum Waffenhersteller begann. Inmitten eines heftigen Feuergefechts sah Arkadova entsetzt zu, wie ihr neues Lasergewehr seine Energie verlor, w\u00e4hrend sie festgenagelt war. Dank ein wenig Gl\u00fcck und der schnellen Rettungsaktion ihres Teams konnte sie \u00fcberleben. Der Vorfall ersch\u00fctterte Arkadova bis ins Mark und offenbarte ihr eine beunruhigende Frage: Haben die Leute, die diese Waffen entworfen haben, sie tats\u00e4chlich abgefeuert?\n\nAls sich ihre Wut gelegt hatte, zerlegte Arkadova neugierig die defekte Waffe. Biagio Bhandari, ein Freund, S\u00f6ldnerkollege und ehemaliger Drake-Ingenieur, diagnostizierte den Fehler, w\u00e4hrend Arkadova ihn mit Fragen l\u00f6cherte. Bhandi erz\u00e4hlte sp\u00e4ter: \"Sie hat alles bemerkt. Warum ist dieser Bolzen hier? W\u00e4re es nicht besser, wenn das Ding umgedreht w\u00e4re? Ich erinnere mich, dass ich scherzte, sie h\u00e4tte Ingenieurin werden sollen. Wie sich herausstellte, war das kein guter Scherz.\" Andere Teammitglieder schlossen sich der Diskussion an und tauschten Geschichten \u00fcber legend\u00e4r schreckliche Waffenkonstruktionen und Beinahe-Zusammenst\u00f6\u00dfe aufgrund von Fehlern aus. Sicher, Firmen wie Behring und Gemini hatten Milit\u00e4r- und Sicherheitsberater angestellt, aber wie oft deckte sich deren Erfahrung mit dem Chaos, mit dem PMC bei einem typischen Einsatz zu k\u00e4mpfen hatte? W\u00e4hrend dieser Diskussion erkannte Arkadova etwas Wichtiges \u00fcber Waffendesign: Zu wissen, was man nicht tun sollte, ist die halbe Miete.\n\nDETAILS Z\u00c4HLEN\nDiese Begegnung mit dem Tod und die Geburt ihres ersten Kindes brachten Arkadova dazu, bei ihren Auftr\u00e4gen w\u00e4hlerischer zu sein. Wenn sie nicht aktiv war, reparierte und modifizierte sie Waffen und erwies sich als eine schnelle Lernende, die ihr Fachwissen schnell auf Schiffswaffen ausdehnte. Dann, im Jahr 2921, trat Bhandari mit der Idee an sie heran, die alles ver\u00e4nderte. Ebenso inspiriert von ihrer Diskussion, hatte er eine neue Elektronenkanone entworfen. Bhandari stellte die knisternde Kraft der Waffe mit ein paar hastig skizzierten Blitzen dar, also ehrte Arkadova die k\u00fcnstlerische Ausschm\u00fcckung, indem sie das Unternehmen Lightning Bolt Company nannte.\n\nIn den n\u00e4chsten Jahren arbeiteten Arkadova und Bhandari wie besessen an dem Prototyp. Arkadova beschrieb die erste Version als \"funktional, aber unscheinbar\". Sie behauptete weiter, dass \"nichts daran hervorstach oder sich besonders anf\u00fchlte, warum also das Geld und die Zeit aufwenden, um es zu bauen?\" Sie legten das Projekt auf Eis, nur um Monate sp\u00e4ter, nach einem Anfall von Inspiration, darauf zur\u00fcckzukommen. So begann ein f\u00fcnfj\u00e4hriger, iterativer Prozess, bei dem Bhandari zwischen Ver\u00e4rgerung und Erregung \u00fcber Arkadovas Besessenheit von jedem Detail hin und her schwankte. Arkadova steckte jedes zus\u00e4tzliche Guthaben, das sie verdiente, in die Entwicklung der Waffe und besetzte oft zus\u00e4tzliche Missionen w\u00e4hrend besonders teurer Teile des Prozesses, um \u00fcber die Runden zu kommen. Schlie\u00dflich, nachdem sie die Sicherheitstests bestanden und die Zertifizierung erhalten hatten, hatten sie alles vorbereitet, um mit der Produktion ihrer ersten Serie von Mayak-Elektronenkanonen zu beginnen, aber nur genug Geld, um h\u00f6chstens ein paar Dutzend Modelle herzustellen. Arkadova wandte sich an ihr Team und bot ihnen Anteile an der Firma im Tausch gegen Kapital an. Sie trugen fast alle dazu bei. Die zus\u00e4tzlichen Kredite erm\u00f6glichten es dem Unternehmen, die anf\u00e4ngliche Produktionsmenge zu verdoppeln.\n\nAm finanziellen seidenen Faden h\u00e4ngend, verkaufte Arkadova die erste Serie der Mayak-Elektronenkanonen durch Mundpropaganda. Die meisten gingen an Freunde und sympathische S\u00f6ldnerkollegen in Magnus. Die Resonanz war \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigend positiv und der Zustrom an Auftr\u00e4gen erforderte, dass Arkadova aufh\u00f6rte, S\u00f6ldner zu sein und ein Vollzeit-Waffenhersteller wurde. Arkadova wusste jedoch, dass ihr Team auf ihre Arbeit angewiesen war und bestand darauf, die S\u00f6ldnert\u00e4tigkeit nicht zu beenden, bevor sie nicht ihre gesamte Mannschaft f\u00fcr Positionen in der neuen Firma einstellen und ausbilden konnte.\n\nDieser glorreiche Tag kam im Jahr 2932. Diejenigen, die dem S\u00f6ldnerleben nicht den R\u00fccken kehren wollten, arbeiteten f\u00fcr Lightning Bolt in Teilzeit oder verlie\u00dfen es mit einem beachtlichen Versorgungspaket. Diejenigen, die blieben, trafen sich jede Woche mit Arkadova, um Waffenideen und gew\u00fcnschte Funktionen zu besprechen. Arkadova lie\u00df sich weiterhin von diesen pers\u00f6nlichen Berichten \u00fcber den Einsatz im Feld beeinflussen, was sie zum Beispiel dazu inspirierte, eine Reihe von w\u00e4rmeaktivierten Bel\u00fcftungs\u00f6ffnungen entlang eines Scharfsch\u00fctzengewehrlaufs hinzuzuf\u00fcgen. Diese praktische und doch optisch auff\u00e4llige Verzierung fiel mit den Fortschritten zusammen, die Bhandari am K\u00fchlsystem f\u00fcr das Ger\u00e4t, das die Elektronenladung erzeugte, machte. Es waren diese beiden Fortschritte, die das Atkav-Scharfsch\u00fctzengewehr m\u00f6glich machten.\n\nDas Atkav, die erste serienm\u00e4\u00dfig hergestellte pers\u00f6nliche Waffe der Lightning Bolt Company, wurde auf den Markt gebracht und fand rei\u00dfenden Absatz. Die Waffe wurde schnell ein Favorit unter den Sicherheitsexperten, die sie f\u00fcr die schnelle und effektive Kontrolle von Menschenmengen liebten, indem sie einen geladenen Elektronenschuss verwendeten, der sich auf nahegelegene leitende Ziele ausbreiten konnte. Die Yubarev-Pistole, die die gleiche geladene Elektronen-Technologie verwendet, kam im folgenden Jahr auf den Markt und zementierte den aktuellen Ruf des Unternehmens f\u00fcr die Herstellung von sorgf\u00e4ltig gefertigten, hochmodernen und coolen Waffen.\n\nEinige Experten der Waffenindustrie haben die Lightning Bolt Company daf\u00fcr kritisiert, dass sie ihr Potenzial nicht voll aussch\u00f6pft; sie f\u00fchren den langsamen Entwicklungszyklus und den Fokus auf Funktionen an, die von Sicherheitsexperten bevorzugt werden und zu viele im zivilen Markt abschrecken. Arkadova scheint es nicht zu st\u00f6ren, Geld auf dem Tisch liegen zu lassen. Ihr Ziel f\u00fcr die Lightning Bolt Company war es immer, ihr Team angemessen zu bezahlen und zuverl\u00e4ssige Waffen zu produzieren, die sie auch tats\u00e4chlich benutzen w\u00fcrden.\n\n\"Sehen Sie, ich bin so eine Nervens\u00e4ge, was die kleinen Dinge angeht, weil ich unter Beschuss war\", gibt Arkadova zu. \"Und in solchen Momenten z\u00e4hlen nur zwei Dinge: die Details und wer dir den R\u00fccken freih\u00e4lt.\"","zh_CN":"This portfolio originally appeared in Jump Point 8.6.\nDependable, effective, and visually distinct. Since 2921, Lightning Bolt Company has carved out a unique roster of weapons around these core principles and garnered a legion of loyal customers across the Empire. The company\u2019s success is typically credited to the exacting eye of CEO Irina Arkadova. While she infamously stopped the initial run of Korolev shotguns from shipping after becoming convinced the safety should be moved millimeters to provide a better user response time, these tales of meticulousness are often eclipsed by more scandalous stories.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve heard lots of interesting things about myself,\u201d Arkadova disclosed to Total Defense in their July 2939 issue, \u201cUnfortunately, far too few of them are true.\u201d However, despite publicly denying the veracity of these tales, some believe that Lightning Bolt Co. intentionally allows these stories to spread for the sake of notoriety. Though Arkadova dislikes discussing specifics, there\u2019s one thing she freely admits: she used to kill people for a living.\n\nTIGHT SPOT\nPrior to founding Lightning Bolt Company, Irina Arkadova ran a private security force out of Odyssa, Magnus. Her handpicked team earned a reputation in the VIP protection industry for being effective but quick to escalate confrontations. While most of the company\u2019s operations went unnoticed, one infamous assignment played out live across the spectrum as Odyssa residents watched Arkadova and her team defend their clients from a series of increasingly dramatic armed attacks. In the aftermath of the very public and destructive contract, Odyssa authorities launched a full investigation into the circumstances around the attack and discovered that Arkadova\u2019s clients were linked to the notorious Otoni Syndicate. Arkadova claimed ironclad non-disclosure agreements prevented her from revealing information about her clients or the attack, so the authorities, left with no real evidence, were forced to close the case.\n\n\u201cYeah, I\u2019ve heard that one,\u201d Arkadova told Total Defense when asked about the rumors of an Otoni connection. \u201cIf that\u2019s true, then I\u2019m lucky to be alive. Working for them seems like a good way to make enemies, and I\u2019m not that hard to track down.\u201d\n\nThe only operation Arkadova cares to discuss is the one that started her journey to becoming a weapon manufacturer. Amidst an intense firefight, Arkadova watched in horror as her new laser rifle lost power while she was pinned down. She managed to survive thanks to a little luck and the quick rescue efforts of her team. The incident shook Arkadova to her core and revealed to her a troubling question: were the people designing these guns actually firing them?\n\nWhen her anger subsided, Arkadova curiously dismantled the defective weapon. Biagio Bhandari, a friend, fellow merc, and former Drake engineer diagnosed the failure while Arkadova probed him with questions. Bhandi later recounted, \u201cShe noticed everything. Why is this bolt here? Wouldn\u2019t it be better if this thing was reversed? I remember joking that she should have been an engineer. Turns out it wasn\u2019t much of a joke.\u201d Other team members joined the discussion, swapping stories about legendarily terrible weapon designs and close calls caused by failures. Sure, companies like Behring and Gemini had military and security consultants on staff, but how often did their experience line up with the chaos that PMC had to deal with on a typical op? During that discussion, Arkadova came to realize something important about weapon design: knowing what not to do was half the battle.\n\nDETAILS MATTER\nThat brush with death and the birth of her first child swayed Arkadova to be more selective with her assignments. When not active, she repaired and modified weapons, proving to be a quick study who swiftly expanded her expertise to ship weapons. Then, in 2921, Bhandari approached her with the idea that changed everything. Equally inspired by their discussion, he had designed a new electron cannon. Bhandari represented the weapon\u2019s crackling power with a few hastily sketched lightning bolts, so Arkadova honored the artistic flourish by naming the venture Lightning Bolt Company.\n\nFor the next few years, Arkadova and Bhandari obsessed over the prototype. Arkadova described the initial version as \u201cfunctional but unimpressive.\u201d She further claimed that \u201cNothing about it stood out or felt special, so why go through the money and time to make it?\u201d They tabled the project only to return to it months later after a bout of inspiration. Thus began a five-year iterative process that left Bhandari vacillating between being angered and energized by Arkadova\u2019s obsession over every detail. Arkadova poured any extra credits she made into the weapon\u2019s development and often crewed extra missions during particularly expensive parts of the process to help make ends meet. Finally, after clearing the safety testing and getting certified, they had everything in place to start producing their first run of Mayak electron cannons, but only enough money to make at most a few dozen models. Arkadova turned to her team and offered them shares in the company in exchange for capital. They almost all contributed. The extra credits allowed the company to double their initial production run.\n\nHanging by a financial thread, Arkadova sold the first run of Mayak electron cannons through word of mouth. Most went to friends and agreeable fellow mercs in Magnus. The response was overwhelmingly positive and the influx of orders required Arkadova to stop being a mercenary and become a full-time weapons manufacturer. However, Arkadova knew that her team relied on her for work and insisted she wouldn\u2019t shutter the merc operation until she could hire and train her entire crew for positions in the new company.\n\nThat glorious day came in 2932. Those that didn\u2019t want to walk away from the merc life worked for Lightning Bolt part time or left with a considerable care package. Those that stayed met with Arkadova every week to discuss weapon ideas and desired features. Arkadova continued to be influenced by these personal accounts of field use, such as inspiring her to add a series of heat activated vents along a sniper rifle barrel. This practical yet visually distinct flourish coincided with advances Bhandari made to the cooling system for the device that generated the electron charge. It would be these two advances that would make the Atkav sniper rifle possible.\n\nThe Atkav, Lightning Bolt Company\u2019s first mass produced personal weapon, was released to rave reviews and strong sales. The weapon became a quick favorite among security professionals who loved it for quick and effective crowd control, utilizing one charged electron shot that could spread to nearby conductive targets. The Yubarev pistol, utilizing the same charged electron technology, arrived the following year and cemented the company\u2019s current reputation for producing meticulously crafted, cutting-edge, and cool weapons.\n\nSome weapon industry experts have criticized the Lightning Bolt Company for not fully capitalizing on its potential; citing the company\u2019s slow development cycle and focus on features preferred by security professionals that alienate too many in the civilian market. Arkadova doesn\u2019t seem to mind leaving money on the table. Her goal for Lightning Bolt Company has always been to properly pay her team and produce reliable weapons that they would actually use.\n\n\u201cLook, I\u2019m such a pain in the ass about the small things because I\u2019ve been under fire,\u201d Arkadova admitted. \u201cAnd in those moments, only two things matter: the details and whoever\u2019s got your back.\u201d"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":13,"created_at":"2021-05-05T02:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"5 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 22:57:01","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":18104,"next_id":18106}}