Out of Body Experience

Out of Body Experience
After rescuing Roland, if you fast travel to the Bloodshot Stronghold, you'll encounter a solitary GUN Loader nearby the. Destroy him, and he'll leave behind his AI core with a designation of 1340. When you pick up the AI core, he will speak to you, and request to be put into another robot body, further along. Be sure to take Acidic weaponry along.

The first body is a Constructor. Upon being installed, 1340 will promptly attack you. Destroy this body, and his AI core will again drop. He'll promise not to attack with this NEXT body, which is a WAR Loader. Of course, he lies. Destroy the WAR Loader body and retrieve his AI core. He says he wants to try being something peaceful, like a radio, in Sanctuary.

Take him to Mad Moxxi's bar and install him in the sound system in the back. He'll promptly begin blaring awful music. Attack the radio, pull him out, and 1340 will finally give in and say that he'd rather help you than kill you. You can take him to Dr. Zed to make him into a shield, or to Marcus Kincaid for him to become a shotgun. You must take him to the actual person concerned, not one of the vending machines.

Reward
1340 makes a strong Hyperion-brand shotgun with automatic firing, and when using the scope, the pellet spread tightens to become more regular. The exact stats, and even the name of the weapon, are slightly randomized. As a shotgun, 1340 will also comment when fired, or zoomed in, or you get a critical hit, or reload, or switch to him. If you find the commentary amusing (or can tolerate it if you don't), 1340 is a great weapon for close range, and a good one for medium range.

Shield info coming soon.