Hook
Latches
Both words in one sentence
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Tribes: Vengeance (A game set in the Starsiege universe) has a grappling hook pistol, which shoots out a hook at extremely fast speeds and latches onto any surface except for players.
Source: Grappling-Hook Pistol - However, since it's the future, the hook is also a robot, so it then walks like a spider over to a pipe, latches on securely, then gives the rope a couple of tugs to signal it's safe to climb.
Source: Instant Knots -
Secondary fire latches onto the environment with a hook... but then just projects a laser beam back to the base if you face it, slowly vaporizing anything caught in it.
Source: Video Game / Painkiller
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