History of Duke Mk. 44

Duke Mk. 44 is a Legendary Kinetic Hand Cannon with the flavor text "Slow to shoot, but brutal upon impact."

Overview

An Aggressive Frame hand cannon at 110 RPM with a 9-round magazine. Destiny Game Wiki lists Outlaw, Opening Shot and Rangefinder in the second column, and Kill Clip, Rampage and Auto-Loading Holster in the third. Destinypedia notes the weapon was designed for the first Destiny, appeared in promotional material and the E3 2013 gameplay reveal, and only reached the game in Destiny 2.

Acquisition

Both sources place it in Forsaken (Season 4 per Destiny Game Wiki), from Legendary engrams and faction rank-up packages. Craftable and Adept status are not stated.