 A new toy for The Star? |
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 May 9 2006, 08:38 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 6-April 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,433  |
ID Sniper
A whole new level of peril for those runners who want to stay 'low profile'. Or alternatively, a new toy for your resident gun specialist looking to keep tabs on the target. Edit: Turns out it's a parody site, boy is my face red. :oops: Still, it's a nifty game idea whether it exists RL or not. |
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May 9 2006, 08:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 29-March 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,420 |
Thats got a MILLION applications in the Shadows!
Consider it stolen. |
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May 9 2006, 08:42 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
....I've been working on a similar concept of an RFID tagger weapon.
Very nice. Need to convince my GM to let Violet have one. |
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May 9 2006, 08:44 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
It's the ultimate weapon in a world of information. I don't think any character will take a piss without doing a bug scan from now on.
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May 9 2006, 09:09 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
....hee hee hee. Time for a little more paranoia in the PCs lives. |
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May 10 2006, 01:05 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 9-May 06 From: Right behind you! Member No.: 8,538 |
Hasn't anyone read the Cannon Companion? Tracking rounds already do this...
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May 10 2006, 01:07 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
I thought those felt like a bullet, though? And honestly, it was hard to read the CC straight after reading the AV round entry.
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May 10 2006, 01:20 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 9-May 06 From: Right behind you! Member No.: 8,538 |
Me and my anti-tank streetline special disagree with you :)
Seriously, though... *looks up CC entry* it looks like they behave as regular ammunition, and even if they don't take damage you get to roll 1d6; on a 1 or 6 the round lodges in the target's armor. A bit more obtrusive than that thingie, I guess. |
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May 10 2006, 01:33 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Luckily, R3 made it plausible that only autocannons could load AV ammo.
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May 10 2006, 01:37 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Where'd you find out it was parody?
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May 10 2006, 02:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438 |
If a website for a product offers no information on how to purchase it, then that product is most likely fake. Like Bonsai Kitten!
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May 10 2006, 02:42 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
You like playfully batting things with your paw, don't you? Try batting... the inside of a JAR!!!
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May 10 2006, 02:47 AM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
I have this mental image.
My wife picking up the bonsai kitten and shaking it violently trying to get it to mewl at her... |
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May 10 2006, 02:47 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...yeah, but Tracker Rounds, like so many other cool toys, went *poof* when SR4 came about. As I understand it is going be a long wait before they may show up again since the combat supplement is at best third down the list (which would make it's release somewhere around December - January if we are so lucky). |
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May 10 2006, 02:49 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Well, with SR4 you can add an RFID to regular bullets along with a skinlink and some agents: now you can shoot people and attack their PAN and cyberware at the same time. |
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May 10 2006, 02:50 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
I should totally get Bonsai Kittens in my game.
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May 10 2006, 02:53 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Shapechange kitten to a mouse, put in jar, drop spell, bonsai!
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May 10 2006, 02:56 AM
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Mostly Harmless Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 937 Joined: 26-February 02 From: 44.662,-63.469 Member No.: 176 |
0.11mm "bullet" with an effective range of 1100 meters... Feels like a "mosquito bite" on impact. Uh huh. Time for someone to lay off the chronic.
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May 10 2006, 02:57 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 9-May 06 From: Right behind you! Member No.: 8,538 |
Ahh, I haven't bothered much with 4th, mostly because my group plays 3rd, has a lot of books, and saw no reason to change with the edition. I do remember similar problems from the time of the 2nd-3rd changeover, where the fun toys from FoF (and to a lesser extent SSC) weren't available anymore. Of course, the basic structure of the rules (especially with regards to equipment) hadn't changed much, so we just adapted the stuff that existed. Not sure how well that would apply to this situation. You know, if they didn't cost a minimum of 2000¥ per shot, it might be worth the while of corps to pack tracker rounds instead of standard in all of their guns. Would make tracking down those pesky intruders easier, not to mention ending "evaporation" from the armories ;) |
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May 10 2006, 02:58 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
..."Stick & Hack" rounds. I like it. Sounds like another cool toy for Violet to invent. |
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May 10 2006, 03:01 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 9-May 06 From: Right behind you! Member No.: 8,538 |
*comment cancelled because of mathematical error*
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May 10 2006, 03:05 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Discharging sabot, discharging sabot!! :D |
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