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McGravin
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I'm new to the DS forums, but I've been reading up on drone and vehicle design and I've hit upon a snag that I can't work out. Can anyone help me?

So Rigger 2 says that anthroforms "... have not replaced metahuman workers except in high-risk hazard areas, such as nuclear power plants and ultra-heavy industrial work areas." and then goes on to say that they have two mechanical arms equivalent to cyberarms. Mechanical arms have a base strength rating equal to the vehicle's body squared, so on an anthroform (which has a body of 2) the arms have a strength of 4. Both of these numbers seem small for drones designed for "ultra-heavy industrial" work, but we can assume they also have smaller anthroform drones not built to troll scale and used for not quite so heavy work.

Now here's the part that I take issue with: mechanical arms can lift up to (Strength Rating x 50) kg, but the biggest load any walker powerplant (there aren't any anthroform-specific powerplants listed) can handle is 30 kg. That means that the drone can lift 200 kg, but it can't move when holding the load; it can only carry items up to 30 kg. So Rigger 2 is telling me that a drone designed for "ultra-heavy industrial" work can lift ultra-heavy industrial components, but it can't carry them anywhere?

It seems to me that anthroforms must be a special case when looking up walker power plants. Anyone have any insight on this? Any house rules? Even just doubling the base and maximum loads for anthroform powerplants would make it far more believable.
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- McGravin   Question about anthroform drones.   Aug 12 2004, 09:46 PM
- - BitBasher   QUOTE Both of these numbers seem small for drones ...   Aug 12 2004, 09:51 PM
- - McGravin   If all they're meant to do in industrial or ha...   Aug 12 2004, 10:00 PM
- - BitBasher   In the real world there is really no job except fo...   Aug 12 2004, 10:13 PM
- - Skeptical Clown   I would imagine that anthroform drones are only go...   Aug 12 2004, 10:45 PM
- - FrostyNSO   anyone here ever dream of drone-rigging a big anth...   Aug 13 2004, 07:22 AM
- - Lucyfersam   My advice is to pick up Rigger 3 revised, which ha...   Aug 13 2004, 07:41 AM
- - FrostyNSO   That would work I guess..but I was wanting a multi...   Aug 13 2004, 07:58 AM
- - Johnson   Well thay is interesting. I have not read rigger 3...   Aug 13 2004, 08:24 AM
- - Jonah   Or just get a good ol arthroform with some cosmeti...   Aug 13 2004, 12:45 PM
- - BitBasher   No anthroform can mount enough armor to stop heavy...   Aug 13 2004, 03:39 PM
- - mfb   a large electric fuel cell anthroform with maxed l...   Aug 13 2004, 03:59 PM
- - KarmaInferno   QUOTE (BitBasher @ Aug 13 2004, 03:39 PM) No ...   Aug 13 2004, 04:01 PM
- - mfb   also true. 5 points of vehicle armor is usually en...   Aug 13 2004, 04:03 PM
- - hobgoblin   err, a heavy pistol is what? 9M right? so with the...   Aug 13 2004, 04:03 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Johnson) Lift 50KG in one arm. what hydroli...   Aug 13 2004, 04:03 PM
- - McGravin   I'll have to check out R3R, then. The only pro...   Aug 13 2004, 05:03 PM
- - hobgoblin   about artificial muscle fibres, i recall reading a...   Aug 14 2004, 10:58 AM
- - Link   QUOTE Since the rules for cyberlimbs say they add ...   Aug 14 2004, 02:47 PM
- - BitBasher   Okay wow, I don't remember anthros having the ...   Aug 14 2004, 06:27 PM
- - Jonah   As stated, with enough dosh an arthroform can be P...   Aug 15 2004, 01:04 PM
- - hobgoblin   oops, forgot something when i was going over the a...   Aug 16 2004, 12:24 AM
- - Lindt   no, you cant have sex with them. What? That wa...   Aug 16 2004, 03:01 PM


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