 Custom Transportation, What ya got? |
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 Apr 9 2009, 09:46 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 673 Joined: 9-May 08 Member No.: 15,965  |
Now we've all seen the cyberskates and the new hover feet but what about older ideas that just weren't fleshed out? There was one post that mentioned wings but my search-fu is week so please forgive me. But I'm talking more about Back to the Future hover boards and skates with motors in them. Anything you got, and the more creative the better.
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 Apr 9 2009, 09:54 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
"Hover feet?!" IMO, cyberskates were over the top, and out of line with Shadowrun's cyberpunk ethos. Kid Stealth legs were just barely within bounds (although how the hell digitigrade legs are supposed to be stealthy, I'll never know). But hover feet? C'mon, now you're just being facetious.
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Apr 9 2009, 09:58 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Take some hover feet, attach to board, hover-board.
Else, two cyber-Arms with rocket punch and grapple-hand with gek stuff and climbing claws. maybe hover-feet again. get by using your hands to attach yourself to driving vehicles. Small Dwarf or Pixy rigger, riding a drone piggyback. Watch Pilot of streethawk. Yes, the one with the two motorbikes coming from the modded truck. |
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Apr 9 2009, 09:59 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,263 Joined: 4-March 08 From: Blighty Member No.: 15,736 |
Tanegar,
Ground effect hover disks. A souped up version of the propulsion system used for the Microskimmer Drone. If I recall correctly the German version of Arsenal has a basic version of YT's plank in it. |
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Apr 9 2009, 10:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 673 Joined: 9-May 08 Member No.: 15,965 |
Must.... have.... THE PLANK! RadiKS here I com!
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Apr 9 2009, 10:19 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
QUOTE (Heath Robinson @ Apr 9 2009, 11:59 PM)  Tanegar, Ground effect hover disks. A souped up version of the propulsion system used for the Microskimmer Drone. If I recall correctly the German version of Arsenal has a basic version of YT's plank in it. Of what? |
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Apr 9 2009, 10:21 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
YT is a character from Snow Crash. Her "plank" was her skateboard. It had smartwheels, same as the Doble-O monobike in Arsenal.
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Apr 9 2009, 10:26 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Ah.
Over in the ADL Nexus we have just been discussing something like this. Skate-Board with Gecko-Tips on the Wheels, either Gecko-Feet,Grip-Feet or Adept Wall-Running, to allow for driving up and down walls and the such. |
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Apr 9 2009, 11:28 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,263 Joined: 4-March 08 From: Blighty Member No.: 15,736 |
Stahlseele,
By the English release versions of smart wheels any board which could use them would have to be a Drone. Hence, why I mentioned there being a basic version, since I thought the German release of Arsenal had a Drone board in it. Can you confirm? For motorised skates, well, you take a pair of Ferret RPD-1Xes and give them some custom machinery to attach to your feet. That should cost about 6.2K. On the other hand, you don't have to do any work yourself. They're fully autonomous, and you have a pretty impressive acceleration and maximum speed. Give it Improved Suspension, SunCell, Gecko Tips, Fuzzy Logic, and Smart Tires for the ability to truly go anywhere. |
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Apr 9 2009, 11:36 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Did not buy german Versions.
Only got English ones. Will try and dig up a german arsenal up at a buddy or something. |
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Apr 9 2009, 11:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 673 Joined: 9-May 08 Member No.: 15,965 |
QUOTE (Heath Robinson @ Apr 9 2009, 11:28 PM) For motorised skates, well, you take a pair of Ferret RPD-1Xes and give them some custom machinery to attach to your feet. That should cost about 6.2K. On the other hand, you don't have to do any work yourself. They're fully autonomous, and you have a pretty impressive acceleration and maximum speed. Give it Improved Suspension, SunCell, Gecko Tips, Fuzzy Logic, and Smart Tires for the ability to truly go anywhere. Now THAT is what I'm talking about |
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Apr 10 2009, 12:41 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
One of my PC, Doctor McCoy, uses himself as a form of transportation.
Athletics: Parkour at an insanely high level. Some cybernetics that help him with it, but that's it. He usually drives one of those Horsemen vehicles (PMVs?) that he's had the engine modified so it can do highway speeds (Barely). So far, the group has figured out that he's the best person to take out anyone up on top of, well, anything, as he can find a way up there. A Sniper in a Dockyard Crane was surprised how fast he could get up there! Here's the kicker, he's a Dwarf. So much for that "I don't have to outrun the dragon, just the..." joke with McCoy around! |
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Apr 10 2009, 01:05 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,263 Joined: 4-March 08 From: Blighty Member No.: 15,736 |
Dwarf Street Sams with Parachuting should take a Fed-Boeing Kull with Special Machinery: Drop Harness. One hell of a way to do a hostile insertion.
They may cry out whatever they wish whilst on a HALO drop. Personally, I'll be using "MADNESS?! THIS. IS. SEATTLE!" |
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Apr 10 2009, 03:53 AM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Apr 9 2009, 02:54 PM) "Hover feet?!" IMO, cyberskates were over the top, and out of line with Shadowrun's cyberpunk ethos. Kid Stealth legs were just barely within bounds (although how the hell digitigrade legs are supposed to be stealthy, I'll never know). But hover feet? C'mon, now you're just being facetious. Kid Stealth was the name of the Character that originated the tech in the novels (He was outfitted with custom legs)... they were named after him... |
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Apr 10 2009, 03:58 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
So... a character named Kid Stealth had himself a pair of custom cyberlegs built that completely destroyed his ability to be stealthy? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif)
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Apr 10 2009, 06:02 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Apr 9 2009, 10:58 PM) So... a character named Kid Stealth had himself a pair of custom cyberlegs built that completely destroyed his ability to be stealthy? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif) he wasn't socially stealthy, more "climb over that wall and not be seen" stealthy. digitigrade legs would not especially increase or decrease your ability to move stealthily, but they would presumably increase your ability to climb, jump, and otherwise get into hard-to-reach places, allowing you to take pathways that are not as closely watched. |
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Apr 10 2009, 02:04 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Kid Stealth also had a normal set of legs he could switch out, and that even his friends and associates had never seen him with.
When you're so obvious, turning back to normal makes you blend in all the more. |
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