The Last Stand, Out of Character Options

[Oenone]

Probably a good idea, because we have no idea what gear we might need to ship in the future.

And if the compartment is big enough we can also use it as a time out booth for anyone who causes trouble.

[DWC]

I can't get over the image of a blimp rising up out of Whampoa, surrounded by a swarm of gawking sprawl dwellers.

And yeah, there are at least two PCs walking around with illegal gear that can't be conveniently stashed. Who'd have thought that bone lacing was something you couldn't get a permit for?

[crizh]

Trouble is that it requires a facility to do and the vehicle would be out of commission for a few days.

I suppose I could always add it to the other bus and send the blimp without it, assuming I can rustle up some Astral Acceleration.

The other option is to send Vice to Seattle with some of the smaller, perfectly legal, drones and make do until the upgrades can be made.

Hmmm, back to the drawing board I think....

[crizh]

Who'd have thought that bone lacing was something you couldn't get a permit for?

Presumably Plastic Bone Lacing is pretty hard to spot...

[DWC]

Presumably Plastic Bone Lacing is pretty hard to spot...

I'd imagine it's found using ultrawideband radar, much like ceramic or polymer weapons.

And I don't think anyone who knows him would blame Granny for not wanting to spend 9 days in a blimp with Vice.

[crizh]

Granny's not planning on going anywhere.

You've only seen her outside of Whampoa about half a dozen times and three of those were in the last week. She's completely terrified of ending up in another research lab...

[Oenone]

I'd imagine it's found using ultrawideband radar, much like ceramic or polymer weapons.

And I don't think anyone who knows him would blame Granny for not wanting to spend 9 days in a blimp with Vice.

A Cyberware scanner would also pick it up, but then I think they both detect things in the same way. The Ultrawideband is just better at punching the signal through things (but a little less awesome at fine detail I'd suspect).

Edit - And given the general level of crazy in the party I doubt Vice would be the worst person to be stuck with.

[DWC]

A Cyberware scanner would also pick it up, but then I think they both detect things in the same way. The Ultrawideband is just better at punching the signal through things (but a little less awesome at fine detail I'd suspect).

Edit - And given the general level of crazy in the party I doubt Vice would be the worst person to be stuck with.

Yep. Definitely need to look into that bone density augmentation bioware as a replacement for bone lacing.

In the grander scale of things his issues are pretty tame in comparison, too.

[DWC]

Granny's not planning on going anywhere.

You've only seen her outside of Whampoa about half a dozen times and three of those were in the last week. She's completely terrified of ending up in another research lab...

Figured she'd put an end to the hermit days when her health and mobility ceased to be an issue.

[cndblank]

Yeah, but it has to be very common.

The stuff has been out for what twenty years?

Any former or current military/Law Enforcement/Security personal could have that.

Same goes for Wired 1 for that matter.

I'd imagine it's found using ultrawideband radar, much like ceramic or polymer weapons.

And I don't think anyone who knows him would blame Granny for not wanting to spend 9 days in a blimp with Vice.

[crizh]

Yeah, but Wired is only [R]estricted. Bone-lacing is flat out illegal.

[DWC]

I can somewhat understand the legality restriction, since it does make your unarmed attacks into real physical damage. If the law classifies bone lacing as an implanted cyberweapon, I can see it being forbidden.

[crizh]

It's interesting that almost all the Cyber-guns are only restricted but all of the blades are illegal.

[DWC]

My guess would be that implanted melee weapons are seen as assassination weapons because they're quiet killing tools, whereas implanted firearms are seen as tools for law enforcement or security firms and have their legality based on the physical guns.

Edit:
Also, an implanted firearm can be disabled by locking out the ammunition feed mechanism, whereas the best you can do with an implanted melee weapon is jam the port it comes out of.

[crizh]

Blades tend to leave less physical evidence at the scene.

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[Tarantula]

And more on the person who did it.

[crizh]

And more on the person who did it.

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[Ears]

And more on the person who did it.

And with retractable blades it actually becomes 'and more in the person who did it'.
Happy ghoul stabbing times. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[DWC]

And with retractable blades it actually becomes 'and more in person who did it'.
Happy times stabbing ghouls with them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Either way, it's less messy than caving someone's head in by punching them with a titanium laced fist.

[Oenone]

Either way, it's less messy than caving someone's head in by punching them with a titanium laced fist.

Which is why you aim for the throat!

I'd generally agree about the blades being illegal. Guns could be rationalised as something discreet bodyguards might employ, while a giant blade is less likely to see legitimate usage.

Granny could invest in a drone with an inbuilt holoprojector. Then she can pretend to leave the house without ever setting foot outside.

Actually.... I can think of a lot of uses for a microdrone with a holoprojector. Especially if you combined it with the little sound decoy drone from Arsenal.

[crizh]

'Help me Obi-wan. You are my only hope...'

[Intro]

I was thinking a different work. What you'd have there would be the light bee from Red Dwarf. I wonder how a shadowrunner based on Rimmer would do? That's an idea that I might have to work with.

[Oenone]

I was thinking a different work. What you'd have there would be the light bee from Red Dwarf. I wonder how a shadowrunner based on Rimmer would do? That's an idea that I might have to work with.

That's a pretty awesome idea. Even if you would be playing an utterly useless character! Although you could probably do a lot of damage by taking one rank in engineering and fixing someones drive plates.

Speaking of random runner ideas, I suddenly have the urge to make a character based on the main character from El Mariachi.

[crizh]

I was thinking a different work. What you'd have there would be the light bee from Red Dwarf. I wonder how a shadowrunner based on Rimmer would do? That's an idea that I might have to work with.

Ooooooo!

You could put LTA on a micro-drone, plus Improved Economy and Suncell and still have room for a holoprojector.

Dang that could work!

Now, I've got 10k (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) ......

[Oenone]

Personally I'd recommend the Ferret for your starting point. Because it has tons of slots and improved sensors as standard.

Although I suspect for this idea you'd need to increase the speed a little, because otherwise it'll be slower than Granny would have been before her leonization....