Phaeston

The Phaeston is an assault rifle in Mass Effect 3.

Description
Named after a turian spirit of creation, the Phaeston was engineered to provide the best possible balance between accuracy and firepower in a machine gun. Each shot is tempered by kickback dampeners inside the shoulder stock, which lets the Phaeston pack more punch than other weapons its size without sacrificing precision. Its fully automatic fire and relatively light weight has turned the Phaeston into the turian infantry's primary go-to weapon.

Player Notes

 * The Phaeston is a fully automatic rifle that is heavier than the M-8 Avenger but lighter than the M-76 Revenant.
 * The Phaeston does slightly less damage than the Avenger, and is heavier than the Avenger, but is otherwise superior in both rate of fire and capacity.
 * The main strength with the Phaeston is versatility. Even without mods it can fire 50 rounds before needing to reload. This allows the Phaeston to lay down suppressing fire for a longer period of time than the Avenger.
 * Another key strength is that because of the rate of fire, it can be used at close range very effectively, and its accuracy makes it pretty effective at medium range too. At longer ranges, especially out of cover, burst firing is recommended.
 * The only real weakness of this Assault Rifle, is its lack of damage, which is countered by its fair accuracy and good rate of fire, as well as its equal damage against any opponent.
 * Also this shit is good with cryo and incendiary ammo.

Acquisition

 * Single-player: The Phaeston is available during the mission, Extract the Turian Scouts, on the planet Tuchanka. It is lying on the ground fairly early in the mission.
 * Multiplayer: Randomly rewarded by purchasing a multiplayer item pack.