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 Feb 8 2013, 02:35 PM
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So I was thinking about just how long various bits of gear characters carry about last on a single charge and wanted to know what others thought. Now I know in a city environment this isn't usually a big deal as you can generally find a place to plug in. But what happens when you are out in the wilds or the arctic or a really nasty bit of the Barrens where there is no place to plug and charge? Vehicles and drones have a standard power cycle of 6 hours unless you upgrade it but what about your commlink or smart gun? Medkits and their autodoc, area jammers and all sorts of gear need to be powered so it can certainly be a non-trivial issue in the right environment. Thoughts?
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Mantis Commlinks, gear and batteries Feb 8 2013, 02:35 PM
_Pax._ Portable solar charging station.
Also, given the ... Feb 8 2013, 03:46 PM Medicineman QUOTE Thoughts?
No need for Micromanagement and/or... Feb 8 2013, 03:58 PM Mach_Ten also, in the current decade we have devices that ... Feb 8 2013, 04:37 PM
_Pax._ QUOTE (Mach_Ten @ Feb 8 2013, 11:37 AM) i... Feb 8 2013, 06:18 PM
SpellBinder QUOTE (Mach_Ten @ Feb 8 2013, 09:37 AM) a... Feb 9 2013, 06:21 AM _Pax._ QUOTE (SpellBinder @ Feb 9 2013, 01:21 AM... Feb 9 2013, 06:59 AM Jaid QUOTE (_Pax._ @ Feb 9 2013, 01:59 AM) Act... Feb 9 2013, 07:30 AM Halinn QUOTE (_Pax._ @ Feb 9 2013, 07:59 AM) Act... Feb 10 2013, 10:18 PM _Pax._ QUOTE (Halinn @ Feb 10 2013, 05:18 PM) [.... Feb 10 2013, 10:32 PM Lionhearted They just need to find a way to upsize clock batte... Feb 8 2013, 05:25 PM Lionhearted Why are you... never mind.
Mach, you might want to... Feb 8 2013, 06:23 PM Falconer I'd go with using the drone rules as a basis. ... Feb 8 2013, 06:26 PM Mantis Cool. I was more looking at this from a lost in th... Feb 8 2013, 08:07 PM KCKitsune If you're not completely opposed to WAR allow ... Feb 9 2013, 05:19 AM _Pax._ Well, if they KNOW they're going to be away fr... Feb 9 2013, 05:38 AM Mantis The idea is an unplanned stay in the wilds rather ... Feb 9 2013, 06:16 AM Shaidar QUOTE (Mantis @ Feb 8 2013, 10:16 PM) The... Feb 10 2013, 04:51 AM SpellBinder Hey, gotta start somewhere. First it's meters... Feb 9 2013, 07:05 AM _Pax._ No, it won't be "well into kilometers... Feb 9 2013, 07:25 AM Novocrane Thermal difference, kinetic energy and static elec... Feb 9 2013, 06:31 PM Pepsi Jedi I think in game terms, it's not something you ... Feb 9 2013, 11:28 PM ds1138 QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Feb 10 2013, 12:28 AM... Feb 11 2013, 02:10 PM All4BigGuns QUOTE (ds1138 @ Feb 11 2013, 08:10 AM) Bu... Feb 11 2013, 07:56 PM Umidori QUOTE (ds1138 @ Feb 11 2013, 08:10 AM) Bu... Feb 17 2013, 02:07 AM CanRay Charge off of body heat. Feb 10 2013, 12:10 AM X-Kalibur QUOTE (CanRay @ Feb 9 2013, 04:10 PM) Cha... Feb 19 2013, 06:44 PM Gnat QUOTE (X-Kalibur @ Feb 19 2013, 12:4... Feb 24 2013, 05:16 PM Lantzer On a related note, read the old Heinlein story ... Feb 10 2013, 10:40 PM CanRay Also the origin of Waldos, period. Feb 11 2013, 02:53 AM Pepsi Jedi I've gone into the woods, caming with no tech.... Feb 11 2013, 07:54 PM _Pax._ There is a recent scientific discovery that IMO is... Feb 16 2013, 04:56 PM Dakka Fiend Content-free video is free of content.
The tech ... Feb 16 2013, 05:15 PM Mantis QUOTE (Dakka Fiend @ Feb 16 2013, 09:15 A... Feb 16 2013, 09:06 PM _Pax._ QUOTE (Dakka Fiend @ Feb 16 2013, 12:15 P... Feb 16 2013, 10:44 PM Lionhearted There's fluff about batteries running on muscl... Feb 16 2013, 09:21 PM Mantis QUOTE (Lionhearted @ Feb 16 2013, 01:21 P... Feb 16 2013, 09:39 PM CanRay Safehouses has a commlink about to run out of powe... Feb 17 2013, 12:00 AM Novocrane QUOTE (CanRay @ Feb 17 2013, 10:00 AM) Sa... Feb 17 2013, 04:19 AM Mantis Gee Umidori, sounds like that would be rough. I... Feb 17 2013, 03:42 AM Lionhearted As a note, isn't the penalties for going into ... Feb 17 2013, 10:59 AM Mantis Have you seen The Grey? Something along those line... Feb 17 2013, 05:36 PM All4BigGuns Really, the best answer to the question is "I... Feb 17 2013, 05:37 PM Sengir Small generators powered by movement of the device... Feb 18 2013, 11:48 PM SpellBinder QUOTE (Sengir @ Feb 18 2013, 04:48 PM) Sm... Feb 19 2013, 03:26 AM Dolanar part of the problem is, it seems the GM WANTS the ... Feb 19 2013, 03:39 AM CanRay Oh, but there's so much more fun ways to do th... Feb 19 2013, 04:06 AM _Pax._ QUOTE (CanRay @ Feb 18 2013, 11:06 PM) Oh... Feb 19 2013, 08:53 AM Umidori That sounds like your average day in any random co... Feb 19 2013, 08:43 AM Umidori New? You point the gun at them and pull the trigge... Feb 19 2013, 09:40 AM _Pax._ Do you seriously not put your cameras behind armor... Feb 19 2013, 10:07 AM Umidori QUOTE (_Pax._ @ Feb 19 2013, 03:07 AM) Do... Feb 19 2013, 07:12 PM Lionhearted Seriously Ray, give Mungo a full on short story al... Feb 19 2013, 03:05 PM ravensoracle Forget the bookkeeping. Just make the batteries go... Feb 19 2013, 07:11 PM _Pax._ No, the LEAST the HERF gun will do is fry the ante... Feb 19 2013, 07:50 PM Umidori Actually, since almost all modern electronics in 2... Feb 19 2013, 08:32 PM _Pax._ QUOTE (Umidori @ Feb 19 2013, 03:32 PM) A... Feb 19 2013, 09:42 PM Umidori I just don't see how a handheld device can cre... Feb 20 2013, 12:36 AM _Pax._ Have I missed a description somewhere, then? I wa... Feb 20 2013, 12:40 AM Umidori Glancing at it now, no, there doesn't seem to ... Feb 20 2013, 12:53 AM _Pax._ Would also explain the lack of ammunition details.... Feb 20 2013, 12:58 AM Novocrane QUOTE At the gamemaster’s discretion, even optical... Feb 20 2013, 01:01 AM _Pax._ That's handy. But since your typical security... Feb 20 2013, 01:03 AM Novocrane Signal 3. Which is entirely outside the realm of a... Feb 20 2013, 02:08 AM CanRay *Mungo comes back with half a ganger and a bloody ... Feb 24 2013, 07:15 PM Tashiro I think I found a way to recharge.
Take this techn... Feb 26 2013, 02:08 PM Mantis Yeah I've been following this. Guess they only... Feb 26 2013, 04:15 PM SpellBinder I figure the stun baton and such need a lot more j... Feb 26 2013, 08:26 PM KarmaInferno It really shouldn't. Current shock weapons run... Feb 26 2013, 08:36 PM Mantis Yeah shock weapons rely on a capacitor to deliver ... Feb 26 2013, 08:50 PM _Pax._ But, current shock weapons CAN'T manage to hit... Feb 26 2013, 10:40 PM CanRay QUOTE (_Pax._ @ Feb 26 2013, 06:40 PM) Bu... Feb 26 2013, 10:54 PM Umidori At that point, why not just use a gun? People can ... Feb 27 2013, 12:27 AM _Pax._ Yeah, um, I think CanRay and I were thinking more ... Feb 27 2013, 01:45 AM Jaid QUOTE (_Pax._ @ Feb 26 2013, 08:45 PM) Ye... Feb 27 2013, 04:05 AM _Pax._ Sure, if you have ranks in Throwing Weapons.
But ... Feb 27 2013, 04:09 AM Jaid QUOTE (_Pax._ @ Feb 26 2013, 11:09 PM) Su... Feb 27 2013, 04:23 AM _Pax._ No, I was more referring to "taser, instead o... Feb 27 2013, 05:35 AM Jaid QUOTE (_Pax._ @ Feb 27 2013, 12:35 AM) No... Feb 27 2013, 09:20 AM Halinn QUOTE (Jaid @ Feb 27 2013, 10:20 AM) if y... Feb 27 2013, 05:14 PM Pepsi Jedi I know it's not really the point trying to be ... Mar 3 2013, 10:10 PM Umidori Tasers in SR don't really operate off batterie... Mar 3 2013, 10:35 PM Pepsi Jedi But that's still different from the type of ba... Mar 3 2013, 10:41 PM Tashiro How about a taser gun which trails wires, but that... Mar 3 2013, 11:57 PM Shaidar Not really, because retracting the darts would dam... Mar 6 2013, 12:38 PM KCKitsune Hey, this is kinda on topic, but not really: Can ... Mar 6 2013, 03:34 PM Jaid QUOTE (KCKitsune @ Mar 6 2013, 10:34 AM) ... Mar 6 2013, 03:46 PM KCKitsune QUOTE (Jaid @ Mar 6 2013, 10:46 AM) drone... Mar 6 2013, 11:27 PM Falconer KC:
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