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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 102 Joined: 5-April 09 Member No.: 17,053 ![]() |
Pretty much what it sounds like, what is the standard issue for UCAS Military? (If you want to narrow that, Army infantry). I'm talking about both equipment and implants.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 7-July 10 Member No.: 18,799 ![]() |
There was another thread about this topic that turned into an argument about whether the gummint would invest 50k worth of armor/arms on your average grunt. I tend to use a sliding scale of coolness for my various baddies (that my runners encounter all over the world).
Badly-Equipped Grunts: No Armor or [3/0] Armor SMG or Assault Rifle w/ No Mods Generic Grunts: [6/4] Camo + Helmet [1/2] SMG or Assault Rifle w/ Minor Mods (many stock weapons have laser sights, gas-vent 2s, etc) Well-Equipped Grunts: [8/6] Camo Armor + Full Helmet [2/2] w/ Commlink, Vision/Audio Mods, Biomonitor (As these are issued by a large army use the 'customized' encumberance rules) SMG or Assault Rifle w/ Good Mods (Smartlink + GasVent/Supressor w/ Specialized Ammo) Specially-Equipped Grunts: These are a real challenge to most shadowrunners and I tend to design them as a combat oriented team (hacker/gunbunnies/hwep guy and maybe a mage). Each of them is either sporting previously mentioned armor or something out of the books (security armor from SR4A but customized) or Military Armor (Light and Medium). Here I'd just give the baddies whatever your guys can barely handle. If your runners are emptying rounds into these guys and the bullets just bounce off, make sure this is what you want. Once my team was recruited by the army as cover for an op and I tried to come up with what sort of gear they might be given access to as standard infantry: couple sets of fatigues, previously mentioned [8/6] combat armor and a few special firearms (they were in the desert so I just modified some guns to include Smartlinks and Extreme Environment Mod) and gave them military commlinks (TacNet 2, Firewall + Encryption 5). You can also expect units to be issued specialized equipment for missions in specific environments (desert, artic, etc) that will include obvious necessities. Even with the accessories, this stuff still wouldn't run you anywhere near the budget of most Military Armor (which requires mobility enhancements and such). |
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