designing vehicles and guns? Options

[Butterblume]

Nah, I let it slide. To much unknown variables to justify something like that.

[eidolon]

[Wakshaani]

I believe that teh Fubaki has four barrels of 10 rounds each because it only fires a Full Burst (Narrow), thus, "Metal Storm".

I *think*.

Now, if it only does Burst Fire, well, then conk someone on the head for me. :)

As for inventing your own guns, you can always wing it a bit. For example:

Shiawase Elements
(Hold Out Pistol)

Damage: 4P
AP: -
Mode: SS
RC: -
Ammo: 4 (cy)
Availability: 2R
Cost: 50Y

The Shiawase Elements, aka "The Piece of Shiawase" or "POS" is the bottom-line pistol for sale today. Manufactured in bulk from substandard steel in war-ravaged China, the Elements gets its name from the four-chamber cylander that feeds the revolver, each etched with a symbol for fire, water, air, and earth. (Shiawase made this weapon for sale in the innercity of the CAS and UCAS, which is why it matches 'classical; elements rather than the Chinese five.)

The Elements is a simple snub-nosed revolver, known for a poor alignment and even bending slightly when fired too much. It is, however, small enough to hide and cheap enough to be utterly disposable ... in point of fact, they're sold in vending machines all across North America. If you need personal defense, NOW, then Shiawase Armaments is there for you.

Note that the Elements is made of metal, so shows up on scanners, and, as a revolver, will not accept most upgrades. The Elements is a famously unreliable weapon, and, as such, it requires one less '1' to glitch than normal when firing it.

[Kyoto Kid]

[WhiskeyMac]

I always thought that the Sakura fired 4 round bursts as well. Just a side effect of having 4 barrels and firing electronically, I guess. I also thought that it sounded cooler because it's nickname is Cherry-Blossom Storm so why not have it spitting out a little extra to get that name.

What exactly does electronic firing do for firearms anyways? Can it make ammo capacity go way up or what?

[Jaid]

[yoippari]

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology...aw/1281426.html
Seems like that is what the sakura is supposed to be based off of. There should be a youtube video out there, look for metal storm. The low recoil is because before any recoil is percieved the entire burst has left the barrel(s).

After a little more google-fu it seems that while the initial burst has no recoil felt until after the burst is over, when you actually do feel the recoil it is pretty strong. So instead of recoil adding up as you pump 3-10 rounds out the barrel you get it all in one big jolt.

[Butterblume]

What yoippari said (and linked ;)).

Also, consider this: if your burst fires a shot from each barrel, you'll hit the target with each bullet impact a bit vertically apart (because of the way the barrels are arranged). Not, as it theoretically should be for a narrow burst, at the same point.

And, if all shoots for a burst comes from the same barrel, there is no reason to disallow different ammunition types in the different barrels. Switching from gel rounds to exex is just a free action away 8).

[Austere Emancipa...]

[yoippari]

[Kesslan]

[yoippari]

I'm not seeing the issue. Have one 10rnd barrel be loaded with stick-n-shock and the rest loaded with regular. You have to keep track of individual barrels ammo anyway since they are all seperate "magazines". Just say no mixed burst. It isn't like 3rnd bursts add up to 40 anyway. Of course if you rule that the 4 barreled gun fires 4rnd bursts then that whole argument dies.

[Eryk the Red]

Actually, there's really no need at all to keep track of the ammo in each barrel, unless you really care. Far as I'm concerned, it holds 40 rounds and needs to be reloaded once those 40 are spent. I would never bother with the paperwork to track each barrel's ammo.