M4A4 | The Battlestar (Factory New)

Skin overview

M4A4 | The Battlestar dresses the rifle as a piece of spacecraft hull: pale grey-green plating, a dark olive receiver and thin yellow accent lines. In Factory New every panel seam and stencilled block stays sharp, and the yellow trim reads as clean, unbroken lines. This is the grade for a buyer who wants the plating to look freshly assembled.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The handguard is covered in pale grey-green plating with raised rectangular blocks carrying dark stencilled markings, edged by thin yellow lines along the top and bottom. The receiver is dark olive, almost black, with fine yellow panel outlines and small technical details that give it a machined, starship-interior feel. The magazine repeats the light plating with yellow hazard stripes and engraved panel lines, while the stock and grip use the same pale green-grey tone with segmented panels. The barrel and muzzle stay dark and metallic. On worn copies the pale plating shows wear first on the handguard edges, the magazine base, the stock butt and the grip, and the thin yellow lines break up before the larger panels do.

The plating is clean across the whole rifle, with no scratches on the handguard, magazine or stock. Yellow trim lines are continuous and the stencilled blocks keep crisp edges. In game the light panels look bright against the dark receiver. Low floats inside this grade look fully untouched even on close inspect.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of M4A4 | The Battlestar is 0–0.64; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (11% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

M4A4 | The Battlestar belongs to The Wildfire Collection, which holds 16 skins.

The source is Operation Wildfire Case.

What it costs in each quality

Among 13 skins of the M4A4 in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 12th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 9% dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Yellow, black and olive stickers match the trim and the receiver, and holographic or metallic ones fit the sci-fi plating. The pale handguard panels are the most visible placement and work well for a single strong accent.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since pale plating shows scratches more readily than dark finishes.
• Look at the handguard edges and the magazine base, which wear first on this skin.
• On worn copies, check how much of the thin yellow trim is still intact.
• Review any stickers or name tag applied, as they affect both the look and the resale appeal.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the sharpest version of the plating and yellow trim.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean pale base for their combination.
• The pick for a showpiece M4A4.