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[Ted Stewart]

I'm playing a covert ops character who uses nonlethal takedowns, and after a little thought there's a lot of potential for abuse there. The Defiance taser is low range and low rate of fire, so the unusually high damage seems like a fair trade.

However, stick n' shock ammo damage is independent of the gun firing it. This allows you to put it in a light pistol like the Yamaha Fubuki or machine pistol and use burst or fully auto to do a lot of damage in a distressingly small package.

I initially thought that S&S would be useless when facing drones and the like, but electrical damage offsets that. Imagine what shooting a computer with a taser would do to it's components, and you're looking at a similar situation. I haven't checked the drone rules in a while, so please correct me if I'm mistakened on this.

Are there disadvantages to doing this, or is it just broken?

I suppose, at the same time, are there any advantages to using my Defiance taser when my Fubuki does the same damage at better range and is also SA?