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Darkraven
post Oct 7 2007, 03:52 AM
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This maybe a dumb question, What exactly does the R and F mean in the availability of Gear, there isn't anything that describes it directly in the BB
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post Oct 7 2007, 03:56 AM
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R is restricted meaning with a special license you could have it.
F is forbidden meaning no one should have it outside of the Government/Militaries.

BBB page 300 black sidebar and page 303 under Legality.

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post Oct 7 2007, 03:57 AM
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Thanks, I'm retarded.

Although I'll blame it on lack of sleep.
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post Oct 7 2007, 03:57 AM
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Im pretty sure it explains somewhere in the core book but here goes anyway:

R = Restricted: Ergo if you have a license for it you will usually be ok although in some places it may just be downright restricted. Special rules for said places will probably describe such but we wont get into that. Basically if it has an R next to it then you need a license, or a fake one at least :P.

F = Forbidden: Exactly what it says on the tin. Such equipment is forbidden, not even a license can help you with this gear. If you have it then don't get caught with it basically.
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post Oct 7 2007, 03:59 AM
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Man now I feel retarded lol
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post Oct 7 2007, 04:05 AM
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QUOTE (Briggan)
Man now I feel retarded lol

don't worry it happens to the best of us
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post Oct 7 2007, 04:08 AM
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Eye R Retarded Two :rotfl:

NP mate, hope it helps.

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post Oct 8 2007, 01:31 AM
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The way I see it, legality also affects costs. "F" items cost 50% more on the streets and "R" items or services have a 20% markup. This is justified by the BBB page 303 and the street costs chart, I just assume that, for example, "f" rated items are permanently under a police enforcement crackdown and so on...

Also, don't forget that licenses for R items are tied to a (fake) SIN. Once that identity is burned, so are all licenses associated to it. And try to have a good explanation handy when they ask why a "corporate secretary" was issued a SMG license... : S

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post Oct 8 2007, 01:54 AM
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I'd want my secretary to have an SMG if I was a big shot executive. One of the risks of fantastic year on year results is that you might get extracted to work at somewhere crappy like GM ;)
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post Oct 8 2007, 07:17 AM
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Nah, you'd never want someone that close to you that armed. After you gave them a poor year end review, do you really want them to have a FA capable weapon nearby? Better to leave that in the hands of your capable bodyguards who get better pay anyway.
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post Oct 8 2007, 01:58 PM
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"F" and "R" items are things you might buy fake licenses for.
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post Oct 8 2007, 02:07 PM
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Nah, I don't reckon you can get even a fake license for an F-rated item; they're verboten, rather than just restricted.
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post Oct 8 2007, 02:11 PM
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As long as your type of ID covered it, I don't see why not.
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post Oct 8 2007, 02:15 PM
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Nah, I don't reckon you can get even a fake license for an F-rated item; they're verboten, rather than just restricted.

This is why I used the word "might".
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post Oct 8 2007, 02:32 PM
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Your Licence would have to be Corp Security or Military, and probably with a reason to have that item with you at that time . . . .

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post Oct 8 2007, 06:09 PM
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I think corp sec only in their own extra territorial property. I can't think of any reason for anyone short of the military for example to use a Panther cannon.

Now that's not to say that Lone Star might not have a few cannons and/or rockets hanging around for absolute emergencies, but I'm talking major emergencies like a super armoured up Bulldog with a HMG running around downtown.
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